Movement Anyone?

StephNordenmalm · October 2013

Hey Ladies,

Im right on edge of being an April mom. My due date is April 1st. Last time I saw my doctor he told me that you can begin to feel movement as early as 16 weeks. He said it wont be consistent but it could happen. I was just wondering if anyone has started to feel anything. For those that have or for the 2nd time moms, how would you describe the feeling? I feel like once I start to feel movement it might settle my nerves a little. I have had two previous early losses and I just want some reassurance that things are going good in there. I dont have an appointment for another 3 weeks.

Enjoy the rest of your night!

joyfullyfound · October 2013

Hi! Well, everyone describes it as flutters, and once you feel it, you'll see that's the perfect way to describe it. It's a little different for everyone, but for me, it felt like a feather tickling me from the inside. Very light, quick movements... Like butterfly wings. It's unlike anything else... you'll know.

The first time I felt DD, I was sitting alone in the house, reading a book. It was totally quiet, and there were no distractions. You may find it helps to sit quietly by yourself, without a TV playing, etc. Reading is perfect. And maybe lay out on the couch, so your tummy isn't scrunched up. Oh, and maybe not right after you eat when your tummy is making all sorts of rumbles and bubbling as it digests.

MamaFantastic · October 2013

i've been feeling pops and shifts for about 2.5-3 weeks now, but i'm a STM. with my first pregnancy, i was exactly 18 weeks along when i felt my first kick.

just in the past few days, i've been able to feel her much more consistently, and even from the outside on a few selection occasions. it feels like a rapid shift of your insides... literally like there's another person squirming around inside you. although... at the beginning it feels like a little pop or a flip-flop. i found at the very beginning, i needed to lie down on my back in a still, quiet place and put some gentle but steady pressure with my palm just above my pubic bone. you have to be patient... sometimes you can feel it and sometimes you can't! she tends to be nocturnal right now, though i am also feeling her more when i'm sitting and sort of folded over (maybe since she's squished? i don't know).

i'm due april 1st too.

amhah09 · October 2013

Seriously there are so many posts on this it's ridiculous. I'm sorry to be rude about it but I bet you can find at least two posts if you look a page or two down.

It usually starts out feeling like flutters and can feel similar to gas bubbles. Then it turns into these soft little pops (kicks). Early on it is probably felt more when you're resting or after eating/drinking sugar/caffeine. It will get more consistent over time and the more you feel it the more you'll think "yup that was definitely baby!)

I felt both my previous pregnancies around 16 weeks and this one around 13. I hope you start feeling baby soon because it will ease your mind and it is the most wonderful weird thing ever

Rrrrrachel · October 2013

I'm only 13 weeks (I think? Maybe 14 now) and usually I make fun of people who say they can feel movement that early, but I swear when I lay down at night sometimes I feel kind of a "mixing" feeling and I wonder if its the baby?

StephNordenmalm · October 2013

Thanks so much for your input! Ive been getting these funny feelings in my belly at night when Im laying down and going to sleep and I wonder if that might be it. Looking forward to the time when I can really feel it.

BTW, I did look back for a few pages and didnt see any posts with the topic of movement. Guess I just didnt go back far enough.

amhah09 · October 2013

StephNordenmalm said:
Thanks so much for your input! Ive been getting these funny feelings in my belly at night when Im laying down and going to sleep and I wonder if that might be it. Looking forward to the time when I can really feel it.

BTW, I did look back for a few pages and didnt see any posts with the topic of movement. Guess I just didnt go back far enough.

They may have been bumped with so much activity. My apologies, then.

pineconey · October 2013

i swear i feel it from time to time, but i always talk myself out of believing it's true. when i do think i feel it, it's like a twitching, and it doesn't last very long!

SeattleMomma · October 2013

I'm only 14wks 4days and all I feel is flutters. And that's only if I pay close attention while laying still.

Holljade · October 2013

I never remember feeling butterfly flutters BUT I have been feeling like something is shifting at certain time of the day, usually a night when I'm laying down. Like something slowly moving across part of my stomach. At first I thought it was weird gas movement, but now I'm wondering if it's actually the baby.

I'm a second time mom and didn't feel anything until the past week at the soonest. I'm 17w.

Xxooxtina · October 2013

Im 16 weeks now, due apr 4. Sometimes i think i feel a little something at night in bed... But wouldnt really describe it as flutters, just like a gas feeling but without having gas. When i had my first ultrasound at week 12 they said it was moving around a lot, and when i went to my midwife about 2 weeks ago we heard the heartbeat but LO kept moving around so she had to keep readjusting. That was really encouraging!

I really cant wait until i feel something that is different than just my digestive tract movement!

DemoDoll · October 2013

I'm almost 17 weeks now and I haven't felt movement yet because I have an anterior placenta. I also had that with DD so it took me until 18 weeks and that's when I felt sporadic kicks. DH even felt her kick at 19 weeks. The little bit of flutters I felt almost felt like light gas or a fish swimming in my stomach. Real kicks feel like a harder gas bubble popping. Imagine your knuckle pressing on the inside of your stomach, for some reason I always thought of that.

MrsH2you · October 2013

Was week 17 with my first. Nothing yet at week 13.

nyri&edi · October 2013

For me it feels like if the baby is scratching me with his nail. I know it's not it but that's how I can describe it. Though it could be my uterus expanding.

irisheyez7 · October 2013

I am 16 weeks due April 3rd and I do not believe I have felt anything but actually gas yet :-( I am excited for when I can feel it!

SeattleMomma · October 2013

It's like a light flutter or twitching feeling. You can feel it the best when you lay flat and still.

MrsEmilyS · October 2013

I have been feeling it for a few weeks but I'm a STM. Now I'm feeling something like a fish flopping around and little pokes here and there (they don't hurt or anything).

Jmblue · October 2013

I'm 16 weeks and haven't felt anything for sure. Anytime I feel something I thinks it's gas or something. Hoping I feel something where I know for sure.

Marusika · October 2013

I feel my baby very clear, many times per day. He makes little waves I feel with my hand.

NicoleAnne416 · October 2013

3rd baby here and i have felt flutters since about 13 weeks. Very faint. I have felt a few light taps/kicks mainly if my legs are up/knees up and leaning forward. I think baby gets a bit more squished in there then. With my first I felt flutters at 16 weeks.

homediva · October 2013

I have never felt a flutter (STM, now 15 weeks) and I never get what people are talking about! Must be my anterior placenta! When I do feel something, it feels more like a fish flopping!

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