"Style" of kicks changing for anyone else?

jj0313 · August 2014

Hi there! I didn't expect this to happen so soon but I already feel like my kick styles are changing. I feel like I can tell she is taking up space in there and can feel her just MOVING where as before I felt her kind of flailing or kicking like she had all the room in the world. Before I had a hard time picturing her as anything bigger than, say, a grapefruit, but now I know she feels bigger.

Anyone else? It's a curious feeling and somehow makes the end nearing feel much more real than before.

hiketheworld · August 2014

Yes! I've noticed this the past few days as well. I feel way fewer kicks and so much more general movements. It is pretty cool!

jmichlik · August 2014

That has been happening to me too in the past week or so. I feel a lot more of where she is leaning and sliding around, still some kicks but definitely transitioning as she grows. She gets hiccups a lot these days too!

missnacholover · August 2014

Yup! Fewer punches and more overall jerks and rolling/waves. Space will get limited!!!

TeeJ526 · August 2014

Definitely more rolling around than kicking. Occasionally I'll see a lump on my side and its probably her butt. It's fascinating to see, but feels weird at the same time.

Kristy774 · August 2014

Yup! More of a rolling feeling. And when I do get kicks they are hard!

MMN&JKK · August 2014

My LO is so freaking active all the time he is definitely my son lol can not sit still lol. He rolls around gets the hiccups and kicks and punches the crud out of me. Sometimes I have to sit down cause it feels so weird and it's so strong people freak out and think I'm in labor lol I'm like no baby's just break dancing lol

jj0313 · August 2014

@MMN&JKK‌ I was just saying last week I think mine just learned to twerk.

MuchlyGen · August 2014

I was just thinking about this the other day! It's a really distinct difference. Pretty amazing.

huntress17 · August 2014

I'm still getting kicks but I'm starting to get the stretching/rolling/grinding on the abdominal wall lol and it's intense

mrsodonnell12 · August 2014

I'm noticing the slow transition as well. Less monster kicks, more movement. The movement is a bit Creepy. I should be used to it with this being baby #3... But I'm not haha!

KMW08 · August 2014

My lil guy is mellow I think. The movements are getting stronger though. The other day, I swear he was doing something like this

Except it was more of a right arm, left foot jab. As I would feel up high, the down low and repeat.

kristyru03 · August 2014

I'm glad you posted this because I have def. noticed less kicks and more rolling type movements. I kept telling myself it was probably normal and not to be paranoid so I'm glad I'm not the only one!! He's still moving around a lot it's just different than before.

kaimee27 · August 2014

Yes! It feels like she's kicking less strongly...but it's probably just that the way she's moving is changing. Yesterday, for the first time she parked some part of herself against my stomach. I've never been able to just feel her in one place from the outside before, it was pretty awesome.

Curlyfries851 · August 2014

Today I felt movement on 2 totally different sides of my belly at the same time...really made me realize he really IS getting bigger lol

scarlet3egonias · August 2014

Yes, for sure!

I read Alphamoms blog yesterday for week 26 and actually laughed out loud at this line: "Remember those early bubbly butterfly kicks? Yeah. Those have been replaced by something akin to a rabid mongoose flippin’ out inside a burlap sack."

The first few days that it was different I was nervous but soon realized it is still movement, just not the pokes and jabs I was accustomed to. Now it's like I can feel a foot/arm/leg move across my insides. It's slower and stronger and just... different. The jabs I do feel are like they are hitting my internal organs. Haha. I had my first "ohh THAT was a kick to the bladder, gotta pee now!"

kstirton · August 2014

I am experiencing this too. I haven't had any real big jabs - which I didn't get too many anyway, I think she stays pretty low and I feel movement so much more when she's higher! But I do feel the general movement so much more now that she's bigger. Feels like a worm wiggling around in there. Sometimes I can put my phone on my stomach and just see it kind of jump around.

kfo22 · August 2014

Last night, I could feel she was transverse as I was laying on my side. It was almost as if she was trying to jump on the bed... I could feel poking on opposite sides of my belly. Poked her back so I could fall asleep :P

joshua+rebecca11 · August 2014

I have definitely noticed a difference in baby movement the last week or so. My LO is rolling, pushing, kicking...the other night it was actually hurting/uncomfortable, I didn't expect it to get to that point to later on, but I guess I'm third trimester so...it's getting pretty big in there!
@Econosaurus - what your plan if baby is breech and what is your husband's thought? Just out if curiosity.

hidingangel82 · August 2014

My belly vibrates often now, like, it feels like I'm having muscle spasms, and my abdomen will just twitch.
I have a coworker who is older and never had kids, and she just gets so creeped out when she sees it happen... i just laugh because i know Noob is doing Zumba in there.

brichar31 · August 2014

YES! I've seen and felt her hand or foot go from one side of my belly to the other

kstirton · August 2014

my belly is sore today

clumsyatheart · August 2014

I'm experiencing this as well! It feels like a shivering wiggle, plus jabs. I don't get them as much standing up, but when sitting or lying down...holy crap. It gets really uncomfy! But i'm finally able to see her move now. I thought i would be freaked out and make alien references, but not so much (i still make some alien/aliens references. Just too convenient).

Dana633 · August 2014

Me Too! If I sit or lay still he rolls all over in there, and I can see my stomach roll. Sunday morning I was sitting in church and I'm not sure if it was a foot, but something was definitely pushing up under my ribs. I had to sit up real tall and push the top of my belly a little, after a few minutes I finally got him to move. I thought I was going to have to walk out of church. Not very comfortable.

Melodyhay · August 2014

Yes! Just in the past week he's like a different baby! Those rolls are getting uncomfortable, but I wouldn't trade them. Movement is good! Getting bigger and bigger is good! Gotta remember this.

I do love watching my belly move. Never gets old!

Watertreader · August 2014

Reading this is very reassuring. Thanks for posting! Yes, my LOL is doing more long rolls than isolated kicks. It's so odd to be able to see my belly being pulled in one direction or the other!

Nfranco973 · August 2014

Kristy774 said:
Yup! More of a rolling feeling. And when I do get kicks they are hard!

This exactly ^^ more movement and way stronger kicks now

Melissa2216 · August 2014

I am noticing the exact same thing, OP. In fact, sometimes when DH asks me if I've been feeling kicks, I freak out a little because I feel like I'm not noticing them as much. But come to think of it, I'm feeling more rolling/bumping into wall movements now as opposed to distinct kicks.