I Know We Are All Different But...

FML8608 · August 2012

...PLEASE make me feel better about the fact that I'm 20w2d and barely feel my babies move from the inside let alone the outside.

I've asked about movement before but at 16w to which you were all so helpful, now that I'm further along and not feeling much more than at 16w, I'm imagining the worst. I do have a morphology scan Friday and will hopefully find out I have A/Ps or somethng but in the meantime I' ve come a freakin' expert at worrying.

Everything has been "normal" with this pg, thank God, so I guess I expect to be in the "normal" range with movement and since I don't really think I'm 'normal', I have something to worry about so I'm overdoing it. TIA.

Jen0204 · August 2012

I don't think I felt any movement at all until 22-24 weeks. After that DD2 gave me a nightly preview of what she would be like outside of the womb and kept me up all night with her kicking

The worrying is also practice for when they're here. Are they eating enough? Are they eating too much? Same with sleeping. Oh my god, they're 4 months old and haven't rolled over yet?! It's constant and annoying and I try hard not to give into the worrying too much.

Good luck!

FML8608 · August 2012

Lol ok...you're right. And if I speak rationally to myself, I can talk myself out of sounding ridiculous but it's not easy Wink

chels38026 · August 2012

Do you know where the placentas are? I have only just begun to feel Baby B move, and I found out at my a/s yesterday that A's placenta is in front. I won't be feeling her for awhile. If both are in front, you won't be able to feel them until they are bigger because it is like trying to feel a kick through a mattress (how my nurse put it).

Jen0204 · August 2012

It's not easy at all! Once they move then it's "are they moving enough?". I kept setting goals for myself like "after I get through the first trimester I won't worry anymore". That came and went. Then it was "after I feel them moving I won't worry anymore" and then "after I get past the magic point of 24 weeks I won't worry anymore". I finally just said "once they're here I can relax and stop worrying!". Lol, yeah, right!

I don't think it ever ends. My mom still makes me text her whenever I get home from leaving her house at night

Breezy8407 · August 2012

I didn't feel any movement until 20 weeks, and even then I wasn't sure. I didn't feel a ton of distinct movement until 22-23 weeks or more.

Ditto PP about worrying...at the end the movement slowed down and since I was on bed rest I was hyper aware of the lack of movement. It never ends!

shaunah816 · August 2012

I first felt flutters at 20 weeks on the nose, but didn't start to feel really pronounced movement until around 23 weeks. Now I long for those days, a bit, because one of them is constantly kicking me in the cervix while the other is practicing karate on my ribcage

macchiatto · August 2012

I didn't feel any movement at all till 19w.

pea-kay · August 2012

I was barely feeling them at that point. Probably closer to 22 weeks when I felt them more regularly. And I had a posterior placenta.

FML8608 · August 2012

Ok, ok...the worrying will never get better. I have been pretty good about not worrying. I'm chalking it up to a/p and will find out if I'm right Friday. Thanks for the support, ladies!

flgator · August 2012

I just started feeling them last weekend, and this is my 3rd pregnancy (my 1st 2 were singletons). With my 1st pregnancy, I rarely felt my son. If I had to count kicks, they probably would have thought something was wrong. I think DH felt him only once. With my 2nd pregnancy, he moved all the time. I don't think I felt either one until at 20-22 weeks.

With this pregnancy, the girl seems to be moving a lot, but the boy is pretty quiet. I haven't felt him that much. There is always something to worry about as a mom. hth

ShopperKristi · August 2012

Just wanted to chime in and agree with pp's that I didn't really start feeling them until about 22 -23 weeks as well. I also still can't really tell who is moving b/c they are both head down and it doesn't feel distinctly one side or the other unless they have the hiccups (which didn't start until a few weeks ago). So once I was feeling them move I started worrying "what if one is moving and the other isn't?" - the worry never ends! Just try not to let yourself get overly stressed about it!

angelfire02 · August 2012

I thought I felt movement at like 16 weeks but it was unmistakable at about 22. Don't worry!

I know it's impossible not to....but you WILL know when they move and they WILL move. Then the trick will be to get them to stop so you can sleep!

FML8608 · August 2012

Alright well, I felt a LITTLE bit more movement today. I can distinguish them because the littel boy is on one side-ish and the girl on the other but until I can really feel them, I will just worry -it's preparation for the next 18+yrs right? Wink

LLK122207 · August 2012

FML8608:
Alright well, I felt a LITTLE bit more movement today. I can distinguish them because the littel boy is on one side-ish and the girl on the other but until I can really feel them, I will just worry -it's preparation for the next 18+yrs right?

It was right around 20 weeks that all of a sudden I could feel them a ton! Strong kicks all the time and hubby finally felt them too! Their posterior so I think that's why it took a while but boy do I feel them now!! I love when they're head butting and kicking my bladder and cervix!

Try eating ice or something sugary! I'm sure you'll start feeling them soon!

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