strange question?

Rubyangel84 · January 2014

Hello, I am 17 weeks as of yesterday and and not feeling movement yet. However when I lay down flat a hard bulg appears in the lower half of my stomach I can reach down and actually feel the baby is there. Sometimes if I push it moved away and other times it just stays in that spot. I don't feel movement inside or outside obviously but I can feel it there by touch. I don't recall experiencing this is my last pregnancy. So my question is has anyone else experienced this?

LegalLadyBug · January 2014

One of my twins is low and the other is up by my belly button. I never really feel the higher twin because she has been facing inward but I have a hard lump there like what you described.

FAWKES81 · January 2014

Yes, when I was where you are that is all I could feel. Although, sometimes I was wondering if it was the baby I was rubbing or a backed up turd.

Give it a few weeks and you'll start to feel the thumps & bubbles!

snowpants · January 2014

1. It's perfectly normal to not feel movement at 17 weeks...even if it's not your first pregnancy.

2. It's perfectly normal to have that hard bulge below your belly button because that's where the baby lives and it needs it's space yo!

3. If you push it around, it would make sense that it would move since it's not a tumor or anything.

So yeah, I don't think you need to worry.

Sareynoo · January 2014

I wouldn't worry, I didn't feel this one regularly until about 19 weeks.

Mizoo · January 2014

I didn't feel movement until 18 weeks and a few days. Even then it was sporadic, now at almost 21 weeks I am feeling her every day pretty much all day!

Also I definitely have the bump you're referring to. I don't have a lot of extra padding, so it was a very strange feeling to lay on my back, look down toward my feet and see my stomach bulging out! It still kind of catches me by surprise sometimes. :-)

tbmadeamistake · January 2014

I have a coworker who never felt either of her girls move, and they are both happy healthy pre-teens now. She looks at me like I'm nuts when I mention feeling a kick. I can't imagine not!