What does kicking feel like?

tracie&shawn · August 2010

I've felt some strange things but don't know what they are. Does it hurt or is it uncomfortable??

ajcoghill · August 2010

So far for me it has neither been painful for uncomfortable. Sometimes it feels like a little rumble or like when you're in a pool and someone swims by you. I didn't begin feeling LO until around 20ish weeks. Now you can SEE him move. It's the best!

Hyfagal · August 2010

At first it felt like vibration to me. Like a small spot would vibrate in little bursts.

Then it was the vibration followed by a light poke, I assume that was kicking.

Now I can feel distinct kicking vs. rolling, wich just feels like a ball moving under my skin.

NewFamily09 · August 2010

The best thing I can compare it to is muscle spasms. If you've ever felt these, it kind of feels the same in that it's involuntary movement in your stomach.

yourmom5309 · August 2010

For me, at the very beginning, it felt like nervous butterflies in your stomach. The further along I got the more it felt like pokes, jabs, and nudges.

babyonthebrain2010 · August 2010

definitely no pain. not early, anyway, I've heard it can get rather uncomfortable in 3rd tri... for me the first kicks I recognized felt like someone flicking me from the inside. a.k.a. popcorn pops

I have never really had a "flutter" feeling....

LaurenandMack · August 2010

ajcoghill:
So far for me it has neither been painful for uncomfortable. Sometimes it feels like a little rumble or like when you're in a pool and someone swims by you. I didn't begin feeling LO until around 20ish weeks. Now you can SEE him move. It's the best!

Wow! This is the best way I have ever heard it explained! LIke when someone kicks the water by you really fast. Sometimes it feels like a finger just literally poking you from the inside. A girl on here said to put a paperplate on your belly when you think you feel it- and low and behold, the paper plate starts moving around! VERY cool!

tiffanyp · August 2010

NewFamily09:
The best thing I can compare it to is muscle spasms. If you've ever felt these, it kind of feels the same in that it's involuntary movement in your stomach.

This is how I would describe it as well.

LaLaaaa · August 2010

I definitely had the "flutters" for a while and someone else described it best by saying it felt as if you had swallowed a goldfish, lol. I was worried I wouldn't recognize kicks for what they were but I promise, when you feel it, you'll know it. Like babiesonthebrain said, it's like little popcorn kicks.

scrh2010 · August 2010

for me it felt like butterflies, then gas (little rumbles) and now it feels like poking. It all depends on where he's kicking me, sometimes if he kicks my pelvic bone it isn't horribly comfortable, but never painful.

stillbeaksgirl · August 2010

only way i can describe mine are it feels like a bubble is popping in my belly. you'll know when you feel it!

blueyd1 · August 2010

At first it felt like butterflies, but like some PP have replied, it now feels like little involuntary muscle spasms. I love it!

JoannaJes · August 2010

NewFamily09:
The best thing I can compare it to is muscle spasms. If you've ever felt these, it kind of feels the same in that it's involuntary movement in your stomach.

This is how I've always thought of early movement as well. Like a muscle twitch.

DanielleLee86 · August 2010

JoannaJes:
NewFamily09:
The best thing I can compare it to is muscle spasms. If you've ever felt these, it kind of feels the same in that it's involuntary movement in your stomach.

This is how I've always thought of early movement as well. Like a muscle twitch.

This is how I would describe it to. Sometimes it kicks over and over again and every once in a while a slight tap.

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