Movement -- it ain't just flutters!

Luna C · January 2014

Seems like a lot of us FTMs are having trouble figuring out when/if we're feeling the baby move. And I know the descriptions I heard don't match what I'm actually experiencing. Click which term best describes the majority of the movement you've felt.

Luna C · January 2014

I'll start: Mostly I've felt tumbling sensations. It almost feels like something broke loose and is rattling around in my gut.

The bubbles are the most obviously identifiable as baby -- but also the least common at this point. I've also had a fair amount of twinges -- it almost feels like a muscle strain but without the pain, if that makes sense.

ADalesa29 · January 2014

I get a rolling feeling most often but I totally know what you mean @CDK211 I've also felt that sensation.

nunzchucks · January 2014

It feels like pushing to me.

flerlgirl · January 2014

Mine kind of feels like my baby is farting inside me so I picked bubbles

katekat8721 · January 2014

CDK211 said:

It feels like somebody is taking a finger and gently drawing on the inside of my stomach. Does that make any sense at all?

I've had one (one!) little "maybe movement" like this on Scarlett's side. It felt like a marble was rolling down the inside of my tummy for just a moment. Nothing for a few days though, despite the pokes and prods :P

elsa1688 · January 2014

CDK211 said:
It feels like somebody is taking a finger and gently drawing on the inside of my stomach. Does that make any sense at all?

That's exactly how my mil described it!

bebemac · January 2014

@joules235 That's what I'm feeling, too!

Valie18 · January 2014

Mine have been full on kicks for a few weeks now. It feels like getting kicked by the button end of a giant clicky-pen.

AllyTales · January 2014

I voted flutters, that's what I felt from 18-21 weeks. It literally felt like a butterfly was trapped inside of me.

As of this past week, it's turned into jabs where I'm actually feeling punches/kicks.

lellymine · January 2014

Mine feel more like strong pulses. Like how you get a heartbeat pulse in your fingers. They've been getting a bit more like jabs the last two days though

yayksimp · January 2014

Funny how it's different for everybody. I get thumps and bubbles, but I would describe my mist persistent movement as something like a muscle spasm. Like, when you get a tic in you cheek or your thigh starts twitching-- that kind of sudden, involuntary motion. But from the inside. That's what most of mine remind me of. My little guy is so active! He's probably going to be beating me from the inside by 30 weeks.

ricecakes1216 · January 2014

I'll try to explain. My little guy is super low (I'm talking his head is right on my cervix) so that might make some of his movement feel different than if he was a bit higher. I feel most of his movement very low because of that. It really feels like he is punching my vagina. It's like a pokie/punchy twinge. It is really weird feeling. He is stretched out with a foot near my belly button. It feels like someone is poking me from the inside and sometimes like a knocking feeling and then sometimes like a ball being rolled on my insides. It's really strange. During our u/s he rolled and I felt it, it was like the ball being rolled inside me. Last night I was in the bath and I saw my belly move. I pushed back and he pushed back, so I continued to antagonize him and it lasted for like 10 minutes. It was so exciting.

Sorry that turned out long. I'm not sure how to describe the movements, but there is no denying that it's baby.

LaurelJoy91 · January 2014

I never got the feeling of "flutters" that everyone else described. At 19 weeks I started feeling occasional movement that felt very similar to a brief muscle twitch, then a week or so later I would also get a "wooshing" sensation that I figured was baby doing flips. It was much more definite than what I would expect flutters to feel like. Now I am definitely feeling real kicks which feel like soft jabs. I just started feeling the tumbling, sometimes it is strong enough to be startling, like my whole uterus is trying to get loose. I have yet to feel any movement from the outside though... I think I just have too much padding.

sjn00 · January 2014

My baby rolls around. Thats the only way to describe it.. Or like waves in my uterus haha.

lscal20 · January 2014

Bubble, flutter and tumbles

zolastele · January 2014

I chose SS: My little guy feels like strong muscle spasms, and sometimes a full on kick or punch.

SkyAngelMommy · January 2014

mine is like butterflies i think is the best way to describe it. He really moves alot after dinner! (:

diagonalley · January 2014

SkyAngelMommy said:
mine is like butterflies i think is the best way to describe it. He really moves alot after dinner! (:

until you have had confirmation that your baby is a boy, stop referring to the baby as he. You are seriously setting yourself up for issues if baby is a girl.

SkyAngelMommy · January 2014

mommyp10 I just have a feeling its a boy and I dont see the problem with hoping for a boy, im sure many of you want one or the other.

diagonalley · January 2014

SkyAngelMommy said:
mommyp10 I just have a feeling its a boy and I dont see the problem with hoping for a boy, im sure many of you want one or the other.

there is no problem with hoping for one over the other, but assuming with confidence is not a smart choice, as you still don't know for sure.

lscal20 · January 2014

zolastele said:
I chose SS: My little guy feels like strong muscle spasms, and sometimes a full on kick or punch.

Yeah I get the muscle spasm or twitching feeling too, that's a good way to explain it. Hubby asked me and I said it almost tickles inside, but doesn't...he didn't understand lol

ElTrain5 · January 2014

It feels like someone's rolling a pool ball inside. Like it's pushing outwards and moving across my abdomen. I think it's him flipping.

kks4471 · January 2014

I feel flutters, then all of a sudden, a big twinge. I'm guessing the twinge is him completely rolling around, while flutters are just him kicking.

MarciP83 · January 2014

I can easily distinguish between gas and intestinal gurgles, and then baby movement. This is baby number three for me and the past two pregnancies I remember wondering what was what. But this one is obvious. I'll be 21 weeks tomorrow and have been feeling definite baby movement since week 17 or so. Started as more of a rolling, now it is jabbing and kicking, paired with hiccups (which always cracks me up).

LadyMacaron · January 2014

It started as a "popcorn popping" like feeling, then almost tumbles/rolls. Like that feeling you get when you drive down a hill really fast. And now, along with those rolls, I feel little punches/kicks. Although I have to have my hand on my belly to feel those little pops.

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katekat8721 · January 2014

CDK211 said:

SkyAngelMommy said:

mommyp10 I just have a feeling its a boy and I dont see the problem with hoping for a boy, im sure many of you want one or the other.

If you find out it's a girl and start a post about how sad you are...I'm going to flame you. Just a heads up.

Actually if you have a boy and post about it, I'm still going to flame you. I'm judging you for assuming you are having a boy.

For any White Knights thinking "garsh, that's so mean", here's why you're wrong:

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12235833/mommy-to-be/p1

ricecakes1216 · January 2014

@jmar2011 that's how it was at mine too! The week before I had a cervix exam and the doctor was shocked that baby was so low. They say this will help with my delivery.

puttyeast · January 2014

@lellymine said:

Mine feel more like strong pulses. Like how you get a heartbeat pulse in your fingers. They've been getting a bit more like jabs the last two days though

This is exactly how I would describe it! It is like a nonrhythmic heartbeat. I wasn't sure it was baby or not for awhile but I'm starting to think it has to be.

JmeJoLee83 · January 2014

I call it "squiggles" lol

damnmermaid · January 2014

Yes! This was me last night!

I was sleeping on my right side and all of a sudden I felt baby moving for a good 15/20 minutes. I couldn't sleep anymore. I just laid there enjoying it all. I honestly don't know how to explain it though. The day before yesterday It felt like 1 bubble popping inside your stomach, one after the other. Yesterday, It was a bubble plus a bit of muscle strain plus like someone using their finger to lightly draw around the area. It felt so good though knowing I can feel baby moving now. I can't wait for the kicks to get stronger!

bebemac · January 2014

I call him my squirmy!

BMonroe812 · January 2014

Jealous!! Haven't felt baby just yet.... I'll even lay there real still and think I feel something only to realize it's my own heartbeat. Soon enough I'm sure I will!

kbellizio3 · January 2014

I get a sensation like a muscle spasm or twitch. Although today I got a good hard push on my lower abdomen that was borderline uncomfortable. It felt very odd

catsinawindow · January 2014

Mine feel mostly like "pops" little punches from the inside.

babygabe614 · January 2014

Mine started about a week and a half ago and it was the popcorn popping sensation. Now I feel definite twinges and pulls low in my abdomen, and some occasional thumps as well. I love it!

lest12 · January 2014

I think rumble/tumble is a good description...

It also feels like someone is playing the drums against my insides, very quickly, for 3 second intervals.

elsa1688 · January 2014

puttyeast said:

@lellymine said:

Mine feel more like strong pulses. Like how you get a heartbeat pulse in your fingers. They've been getting a bit more like jabs the last two days though

This is exactly how I would describe it! It is like an nonrhythmic heartbeat. I wasn't sure it was baby or not for awhile but I'm starting to think it has to be.

Ahh that makes sense now!!

QSerMama · January 2014

Last night I felt some pinching which was followed by a ripple-wave effect feeling.. Not sure if this was baby? FTM here

Luna C · January 2014

I may be going slightly off-topic in my own thread, but I also sometimes feel a "heaviness" in my lower belly/uppper FUPA region -- normally when I stand up from a sitting position.

It doesn't feel like the baby, although I'm sure it's baby-related (as opposed to food/poop related.)

Could that be RPL?

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