17+ weekers baby movement

lolob45 · May 2013

I am 17 1/2 weeks and weeks ago I felt little popcorn pops and was sure that was the baby moving ... now I don't feel them as much (maybe once per week) but feel something else that I can't describe. When I mentioned to my ob last week at our apt that I thought I had felt the baby move she told me not to be paranoid if I don't feel it every day because i'm still so early ... but nevertheless it makes me paranoid.

So, all 17+ weekers what does your baby's movement feel like and how do you know it's the baby and not gas?

kassinator · May 2013

I am 19 wks tomorrow and it feels like rolls and thups. The popcorn pops are sometimes baby but most of the time has for me. I can tell if it's gas if I fart shortly after the feeling.. Lol

kelle017 · May 2013

I'll be 19 weeks tomorrow. I felt a few little pokes at 18 weeks 2 days and have been feeling an almost tickling feeling (maybe that's the butterfly feeling).

It is sporadic and has only happened once or twice a day for a few seconds. The pokes haven't happened since.

It just feels different to me. I know that isn't helpful.

huntjul · May 2013

I'm a FTM, 18 weeks tomorrow, and haven't felt any movement.

allieb543 · May 2013

FTM, 19 weeks tomorrow, nada in the baby movement department.

Kfudge0714 · May 2013

FTM 17w2d and still haven't felt anything :

reneeandbill · May 2013

I'm 17wks and I have twice felt a rolling sensation in my lower abdomen that I think may have been baby. It seems to only happen when I am laying down too. I'm not sure it was really baby, but usually when I feel gas it goes the opposite direction from the rolls I felt.

Beccabby · May 2013

I am 17 weeks and my daughter asked me yesterday what the baby felt like when it moved and I described it as popcorn popping sometimes and also it felt more like I had a goldfish rolling around inside. This is my 6th pregnancy and with every baby the movements still catch me off guard when they first start happening.

las7838 · May 2013

I'm on my third and movement this time has been so different. I feel things but I'm never very certain it's the baby. With my previous two I was certain I was feeling them much sooner

Julie21613 · May 2013

FTM 17 weeks today and no movement. sigh................my OB told me not to expect to feel movement till 20 weeks +/- I was hoping for the (-)!

jorkz821 · May 2013

I'm almost 18.5 [ticker's wrong] and I haven't felt anything yet. Hopefully soon!

EmJ&B · May 2013

I'm 17w4d and I'm not feeling anything definite . . . kinda bummed about it

MrsStuessyWI · May 2013

I had thought I felt something a couple of time before 17 weeks. All of a sudden when I was 17 weeks, 5 days I felt 3 VERY distinct taps. It was amazing. I have felt the baby every day since then. It went from nothing to crazy ninja baby in one day. I mostly feel something I can describe as taps and pushes. I have yet to feel anything I would call rolling. They are definitely becoming more plentiful the father along I get. A few days ago I felt it from the outside. DH hasn't been able to catch it yet. He is so bummed out that he hasn't been able to. So, I hope for his sake he gets to feel it soon.

SWA80 · May 2013

I'm 17 weeks 2 days, nothing yet. I had a strange muscle spasm off and on yesterday but it was up near my belly button so I think too high to be baby.

LoElaine · May 2013

I'm 17wks 2 days, 2nd baby.
I feel kicks everyday, if I don't feel anything for a few hours I start to get nervous.
I felt the rolling sensation at 14 weeks with the flutters. Now it's full on kicks.

kaswanson · May 2013

I can feel little flutters a few times per day now, but I am a STM. It seems to happen when I've been really active and go lay down or when I'm really hungry, a couple minutes into a meal.

CamFam · May 2013

I feel jabs and rolls now, but only when I am completely still. I am a teacher, so I am moving constantly all day. Sometimes when I am running around, I feels pushes more than jabs and it makes me smile.

As far as how to know the difference between gas and movement is when I feel it and where in my body. This is my second baby, so it is more familiar to me. Kinda like, "what was that?" But it is too soon to feel from the outside so I just assume it is baby. Once you start feeling movement from the outside, it is more comforting!

citygirl17 · May 2013

I'm 17 weeks, 3 days. The other day I felt a little fluttering rumble in the area where the baby is. And just today I thought I felt a little tap! I'm sure these things are the baby as they felt different from any gas pains I've ever had.