The Baby Movement (or Lack Thereof) Thread!

mummy8 · September 2013

Im 17weeks and 5 days pregnant and no kind of movement yet. Any one else?

ETA (from SgrRay929) Hi ladies! Hijacking this post from @mummy8 to make it sticky. If you're worried about not feeling your LO move, check out all of the great and reassuring responses below. This will be sticky for a while since everyone in Feb '14 is in different phases. I'm pretty sure you can make it un-sticky (for you) my clicking on the gear and dismissing the post.

Madelyn0713 · September 2013

I'm *pretty* sure I've felt the baby moving, but I can't be certain. I feel what I'd describe as flutters or almost tickles but with everything going on in there, it could be anything. Definitely haven't felt any kicks or anything distinguishable. I'm 18 weeks today.

Gwen & kevin bambinoo · September 2013

Me neither. It'll be our time soon

hammysmommy · September 2013

Not alone- 17w5d and I can't feel a thing!

Reneej918 · September 2013

I am 18 weeks and still haven't felt the baby move. I learned at my A/S scan this week that my placenta is anterior and that I could be as much as 4 weeks behind the average women to feel the baby move.

hammysmommy · September 2013

My 10.75 yr old SD (she's very specific about her age

) has been asking both morning and night if I've had "any new feelings" yet... The first time she asked, I had to clarify and she means have I felt it move/kick yet. She's super excited!

Tmgtmg1029 · September 2013

I'm 21w5d and I have felt a twitching sensation in different areas of my stomach the last week. Not sure if those are kicks or not, but the sonographer mentions at every u/s that my baby is always moving around.

msmalea · September 2013

I am almost 21 weeks and think I have felt something but nothing definitive. I have seen anywhere as late as 25 weeks for a FTM. It is hard to wait to feel movement. My doctor told me for first births, the uterus isn't as expanded plus we are not sure what it feels like yet. As future moms we get worried! Hang in there!

Jenn765 · October 2013

I started feeling the baby last week right at 21 weeks - at first i wasn't sure and was wondering if it was just digestion. But i'm definitely feeling it more often this week! feels a little like the sensation of a pap smear, but better! Can't feel it on the outside yet, just pushing on the walls of the uterus internally.

Usharts · October 2013

I'm 21 weeks 5 days and I'm small (5' tall, and on the thin side). I'm a FTM, and was shocked when I started feeling movements (popcorn type stuff) around 13 weeks. At 16 weeks I felt the first real hard kick, and since then this baby has been one active circus entertainer. Hubby got to feel the baby for the first time at 20 weeks and it was so cool. Now I'm seeing the little one kick and my stomach moves on the outside. I recorded a video of it - it was so amazing, like a little alien trying to get out! But my SIL said she didn't feel her first until 23 weeks. Everyone's different. We had a couple losses, and my midwife said this baby probably just wants to reassure us everything is ok. Every time I feel a kick, I breathe a sigh of relief.

Jayleee · October 2013

This is my 2nd child and i didnt feel this one move until about 20weeks. Ull feel the baby eventually dw

tenfour · October 2013

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hammysmommy · October 2013

I think I finally felt LO last week (10/8) at 19w4d, but sadly wasn't able to fully enjoy/appreciate it at the time due to my furbaby's passing. Now it's not regular, but at least a couple *pops* per day - but they seem ridiculously low!

xcrissy1989 · October 2013

My first child @ 21wks and I can feel baby moving a lot. It feels weird when baby is moving & when my family is around the baby doesn't move a bit lol. Happy pregnancy \:D/

mummy8 · September 2013

Ive just been so anxious to feel baby. That's all i can think about nowa days.

Akrani · September 2013

I'm a FTM, 19w3d & still nada. We had a gender reveal ultrasound and she didn't stop moving the entire time. Can't sit still just like her mama.

Impatiently waiting for those first "flutters" yet not sure what to expect. Can someone please describe what I should be looking for?

mummy8 · September 2013

@sgrray929.. How do i do that? I dont mind at all

Lisimartinez · September 2013

I felt my son early and this one ( girl) not until this week 19/20 weeks big kicks

Rbfdac1 · September 2013

I'm 20 weeks 4 days and still feel nothing! Had my a/s last Friday and my baby boy was wiggling like crazy! Yet I couldn't feel a thing. It'll come!

cbear47 · September 2013

TyrannosaurusLex said:

car seat said:
I didn't feel my daughter until 23 weeks.

Hey @SgrRay929, any chance we could get a sticky post about movement for the next few weeks? I'd be happy to write something.
I would appreciate this so I could go click on it every time I don't feel movement for a few days and start to question everything I know in this world to be true.
I feel you would do a great job writing something very simple, factual and reassuring. Vote!

THIS!!!

kracosta · September 2013

I'm 19w 4d, I felt him over the weekend a lot, but not so much the last few days. It's coming tho. I know it is soo hard to be patient right now. I can't wait until its consistent!

rachaelmary · September 2013

I just felt movement last week at 19 weeks.

Akrani · September 2013

cbear47 said:

I didn't feel my daughter until 23 weeks.

Hey @SgrRay929, any chance we could get a sticky post about movement for the next few weeks? I'd be happy to write something.
I would appreciate this so I could go click on it every time I don't feel movement for a few days and start to question everything I know in this world to be true. I feel you would do a great job writing something very simple, factual and reassuring. Vote!
THIS!!!

DITTO!

allie76 · September 2013

I just started feeling LO last week at 20w5d.

BzeetyD · September 2013

I've had 2 sensations recently (like yesterday) and I think they might have been bean related activity.

Sensation 1 - was on my side and low. Felt like popcorn popping against a pillow, a muted tap, sort of like small bubbles bursting, but felt different than what I think a traditional gas bubble feels like.

Sensation 2 - is in the middle and low, and feeling it deep inside and mid-inside and it feels a bit like a gentle goldfish swimming or swishing or brushing up against my insides. Or like a dryer cycle on tumble, but so gentle and rolling and a feeling that goes in and out of my own awareness. Like it's there and then gone and then back and then gone.

TM14.defunct635821369925797514 · September 2013

I'm 20 weeks, 3 days and have felt nothing. It freaks me out sometimes but people keep telling me it takes time. Ugh.

boogerbearoriginal · September 2013

It is normal to feel first movements any time between 16 and 25 weeks, FTMs typically feel it later than S+TMs. Also, baby's position, mother's physiology and placenta location will all factor into when you feel first movements.

Regarding what it feels like - to me, early movement feels like someone is poking or flicking me on the inside. And I only notice it late at night when I'm laying still in bed. Never during the day when I'm out/about. It's not until later that you should expect consist movement. At this point it's normal for days to go by between noticing anything and there's no cause for alarm.

Happy2beDanish · September 2013

I'm 20w5d FTM and still haven't felt anything either. I think I've felt that flutter feeling but not to sure yet. I'm sure we'll feel LO's soon!

MamaWombat · September 2013

19 weeks and I haven't felt anything I've felt confident calling movement yet. I thought I felt a flicker last Sunday, but I half-think I imagined it, since I haven't noticed anything since. I second (third? fourth?) the motion for a "don't worry" sticky post we can all call on for reassurance in moments of doubt. :-)

AndreaG2010 · September 2013

I didn't feel anything with my first until 21 weeks. I am now 17w 6d and still haven't felt anything this time either. It's normal, give yourself a few more weeks.

Mazingmommyof6 · September 2013

I have only felt a few little flutters
I JUST WANT TO FEEL HER SO SO BADLY !!!!!!!

micaelasmakeup · September 2013

car seat said:
I didn't feel my daughter until 23 weeks.

Hey @SgrRay929, any chance we could get a sticky post about movement for the next few weeks? I'd be happy to write something.

See?! Maybe I didn't need a snickers that day! I understand being worried but come on! These are worse the the name ones! At least the name threads have a different name everytime.

OP I'm 21w, a STM and just feeling baby consistently.

wheathergirl · September 2013

Tomorrow ill be 20 weeks and nothing so far! I'm totally bummed!

WookieesCookies · September 2013

I'm 21 weeks tomorrow and a STM, I should be feeling things sooner but I'm just now starting to feel some definite movement. Everytime we see him on the u/s he is facing my placenta and cuddled up to it, snuggling it like a pillow. That's why I don't feel his kicks. At least I know he is going to be a snuggle little baby.

BabyDuckMama · September 2013

20 weeks and nothing! US tomorrow though so hopefully we'll see it's just the placenta absorbing all the kicks....fingers crossed

namanning · September 2013

I just reached 19 on Monday and I'm somewhat sure I started feeling movement this weekend and even while I write this. It's like PP posted about it feeling like little pokes or popcorn gently popping one at a time.

shashonie · September 2013

Found out that the baby was doing the samba and being rather contrite about showing it's right foot for our ultrasound today. I can't feel much of anything because the placenta is anterior, but the kid is definitely moving all around. Even during the doppler for the heartrate, you could hear the 'whooosh' from all the movement. I will say that I now know why I'm using the bathroom so much, the baby is literally tap dancing on my bladder constantly.

ChinaDoll87 · September 2013

20 weeks 3 days and have been feeling sporadic "flutters" but nothing super distinguishable, usually in the am and a few hrs after lunch time. Never at night and nothing that screams kicks.

addisonstudios · September 2013

I didn't feel baby kick until 18 weeks. Now, approaching 20 weeks, baby hasn't stopped kicking. It's amazing and you will just Know when it happens.

jenniejuniper1 · September 2013

I was such a nervous nellie about not feeling my baby move! My friend swears over and over that she could feel kicks at 14 weeks, and here I was at 19 not feeling a damn thing but bloat. It scared the hell out of me! But then sure enough, the day before I hit 20 weeks, I was woken up at 5am by what felt like a hamster with boxing gloves in there. I just laid there frozen with astonishment for 20 minutes, enjoying every punch and boot!

Now I'm at 20 weeks and 5 days and have felt the little fella rolling around and dancing in the wee hours of the morning every day since. As the day goes on though, I always feel him less - I'm still dealing with a lot of bloat in the late afternoon and evening though, which hurts and it sucks, and I think that has something to do with it. Either that or he's just a morning person like his Momma!

My mom told me that she didn't feel a single twinge from my sister and I until closer to 24 weeks, and that every pregnancy and woman is so different, that we should all expect the unexpected! I've heard a lot of pregnancy books and resources criticized for freaking pregnant women out because they don't happen to fall into the extremely narrow range of 'normal' that they declare for this, that and the other thing. If only we could all take a deep breath and enjoy the ride more!

crystalmt86 · September 2013

I can feel movement now and I think LO is a gymnast

RSBOYTON · September 2013

I just hit 21 weeks and it has only been this week that I have really started noticing anything. To me it isn't so much flutters or gas bubbles, but almost feels like something rolling in my tummy.

rebecca4980 · September 2013

I'm a STM-started feeling movements and kicks at 17w...I'm a skinny gal though so there's not much in the way of padding!
I didn't feel DS until week 23 or so. I remember at the anatomy scan the tech kept asking me "didn't you feel that kick?" and I felt bad because I had not.

CharlieMomma · September 2013

This is my 2nd so I knew what the flutters felt like, as opposed to just thinking my stomach was settling! I also felt baby kick way sooner this time around. First pregnancy, I had an anterior placenta so I didn't feel DD1 until 24 weeks. And then she NEVER.STOPPED. moving after that!

Akrani · September 2013

Had the most realistic pregnancy dream about this last night (probably because we were all talking about it on here). Woke up wondering if it as real but no such luck.

Really hope it happens soon because I'm starting to worry...

Kcountryman15 · September 2013

I'm a ftm and I felt my flutters at 13 weeks and now feel him roll and kick! DH can even feel it kick now and see it poke threw the skin and I'm only 19 weeks! Don't be discouraged though it depends on position of baby, uterus, placenta and your weight.

MissusPearson · September 2013

I felt flutters at about 16 weeks, than definite kicks about 1.5 weeks after that. My hubby has been able to feel her kick since about 19 weeks pretty consistently. I'm a FTM, but truly am finding every pregnancy is different as I have an anterior placenta and my OB seemed surprised I felt her so early. She seems to be extremely active