Feeling baby move/kick

AmandaRoxann · February 2011

I am full of questions today. I was wondering for everyone that is in their first pregnancy, when did you first feel your baby move/kick? I thought I had at around 14 wks but my doctor told me that it was too soon since this is my first pregnancy and that I should be able to feel something around 16-18wks or so. Well I haven't felt anything else yet that I know of and I find that kinda wierd since at my last ultrasound they said the baby was very active nad moving around alot (this was a couple weeks ago). I was also wondering what it should feel like now at almost 19wks whenn the baby moves/kicks? Should it still be the fluttering feeling or should I be able to feel a small kick or somthing?

Hillargh · February 2011

I starting feeling the flutters at 15 weeks, and the kicks right at 18-19 weeks. They've just recently become visible, and able to felt from the outside. So around, 23 weeks for that. It greatly varies by the person, though.

Once you feel a kick, rather than a flutter, you'll know it (once baby starts doing it regularly). William is a super low baby, so it was easier for me to feel him. You should be able to feel it any time now, though! So exciting! The best way I can describe it from the beginning of feeling it, is a sudden, quick pressure. Almost like, if you were to open your mouth, and lightly flick the inside of your cheek, but that feeling in your tummy/abdomen. Now it's a total kick, and I swear he's meant for martial arts LOL.

I hope you feel baby soon!

Yellow_Daisy · February 2011

I didn't notice any movement until 20 weeks, maybe there was some before that but I didn't feel them or know what they were. Now I feel him all the time.

CHI-06 · February 2011

With my 1st pregnancy it was like 20 or 21 weeks when I first felt the baby which is totally normal. It will not feel like actual kick yets though...still more like gas/flutters. With my second I still didn't feel anything until 18 weeks.

I am now 14 weeks and hoping I feel something sooner this time

kjbarber86 · February 2011

Yes, this is my first pregnancy. I didn't feel my LO until just before 21 weeks. I think I was 21w6d. At first, I wasn't really sure if it was him. To me, it wasn't really the gas feeling that everyone describes it as. It felt more like when your muscle twitches, just not constant like that. Then as the days and weeks pasted, it got more and more obvious that it was my LO!

I was also seeing movement at my ultrasounds. At my 20 week scan, the tech told me that the placenta was between the baby and my skin--an anterior placenta. Do you know if you have an anterior placenta? I wouldn't have known if the ultrasound tech hadn't told me--I saw the placenta but I couldn't tell where it was in my body. Anyway, that's what prevented me from feeling him for so long. If you're not feeling movement by 19 weeks, you probably have an anterior placenta also.

ashes1010 · February 2011

Yellow_Daisy:
I didn't notice any movement until 20 weeks, maybe there was some before that but I didn't feel them or know what they were. Now I feel him all the time.

Me too. I felt them a few times between 20-22 weeks. After 22 weeks, I started feeling them every day.

MommaA117 · February 2011

around 17 weeks, maybe a few days sooner...

MommyHeid · February 2011

I also felt flutters around 13-14 weeks..but haven't really felt much since? Definitley not like what I felt before. I'm 17 weeks and would love to feel some real kicks!!

fadushi · February 2011

I felt my son around 15 weeks and more regularly around 19-20 weeks. With this pregnancy I felt the baby around 13 weeks but only about once a day right now. Can't wait until I feel him or her more often!

lookingformommyland · February 2011

I felt at 16 weeks to the day and it felt like a flutter. Since then it's felt like popcorn or like someone tickling me from the inside.

*Laney* · February 2011

WIth my second I felt it a lot sooner but I do remember advice that someone gave me when I was pregnant with my first...

You can lie down face down on your tummy and put your hands under your belly... that's how I felt my son move for the first time... Drinking juice helps since the sugar makes them more active

deftonesangels · February 2011

I am a first time mom and I felt my little boy around 17 weeks, so I think. I wasn't completely sure it was him, I only felt it twice. But last week which was at 20 weeks I totally felt him and I've been feeling him everyday since. It feels like my stomach is either sucking in like a muscle spasm or sometimes it feels like a little spot gets pushed outward. He moves a ton and he's always really low so its vey noticeable. You can even feel him by putting your hand on my stomach which is fun

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