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LittleMrsAmanda · November 2014

Can you tell what's what when the baby is poking out? I wanna know what I'm poking back at!

BookitBoo · November 2014

You can kinda feel the difference between a butt and toes. Otherwise I just guess

BookitBoo · November 2014

@BabyStandish‌

You killing me. You killing me dead! I hadn't thought about that thread in so long!

Mrs_Bennett · November 2014

Lol @BabyStandish‌!

I can usually figure out what position she's in, and therefore, what I'm feeling. This is baby #3 for me, and the first one that I've felt confident in doing that......although I still may be wrong!

LittleMrsAmanda · November 2014

I'll just keep guessing...maybe it'll get easier when he's a little more squished in there.

LadyXaverian · November 2014

I can never tell. Couldn't with my daughter either. Heck, I gave a lot of love last time to what i thought was DD's bottom, and it turns out it was my fibroid. So, what do I know? :P

mmooki · November 2014

I can never tell. I thought for sure the pressure right against my ribs last time was a butt... Nope, a head. Sometimes I can tell the difference between kicks and punches by how strong they are and then sometimes it feels switched around.

emilyp2013 · November 2014

My daughter inherited my mega-legs and it is extremely obvious to me when she's kicking vs punching. There is no comparison in power. She also apparently keeps her hands up by her head, also exactly like me when I was a baby. So those are easy for me to identify. I can't always figure out when it's her knee or elbow, though.

Bigboneded · November 2014

I think I can tell the difference between butt and head. Nothing else is distinguishable yet.... 1 anterior, 1 posterior placenta.... :-)

snowbaby1214 · November 2014

It's fun to guess. I always have one lump on my right side where she is comfy and make all the belly rubbers touch that spot to feel her.

longcat07 · November 2014

i have no idea. i'm only assuming based on my OB telling me last week that she's head-down. i can tell a butt from a knee/foot, but i can't tell a head from a butt or hands from feet or knees or elbows.

Trek3 · November 2014

I can usually tell, but this is #3 and I have done a lot of reading about positioning :P

It gets easier as they get bigger and more squished and less mobile.

This link is similar to the one from grumpycat, but has more detail and drawings:

https://spinningbabies.com/baby-positions/belly-mapping

LadyXaverian · November 2014

VioletGjoni said:

I was told the really hard bump next to my belly button is his butt from the ultrasound tech so I just tell myself I'm feeling his butt whenever I feel the overly hard spot.

See, this is what I thought was her butt, too, but I've been told it's my fibroid. I prefer to think I'm patting her little bottom, though. lol

TXUltraRunner · November 2014

I can tell when there's a foot at the top of my stomach and when there's a butt at my belly button. One is much larger than the other and I can feel the shape of it if I press back.

SheHulk723 · November 2014

My OB showed me at my last appointment where her head was and how I could feel it, so now when her head is close to my skin I can feel it and tell what it is (I showed DH and he thinks it's amazing) And I can tell when a foot is kicking me, but other than that I don't really know what all she's doing in there.

4littlebears · November 2014

I was told at my ultrasound that he/she was head down, so I know the butt is the big round thing I can feel and that it's all punches and head butts down on my bladder. Anything up toward my ribs is feet, and that's where it hurts the worst too so it totally makes sense. Most people are stronger in the legs than arms! Other than that... No, I wouldn't really be able to distinguish except maybe for the butt. lol @ butt baby!

robsbabygirl08 · November 2014

I just feel limbs, I can't tell a difference between arms and legs, or hands and feet. LO is head down so I assume that what is pushing against my ribs is feet. I can follow the outline of limbs with my hands, I just don't know which limb

longcat07 · November 2014

Trek3 said:

I can usually tell, but this is #3 and I have done a lot of reading about positioning :P
It gets easier as they get bigger and more squished and less mobile.

This link is similar to the one from grumpycat, but has more detail and drawings:
https://spinningbabies.com/baby-positions/belly-mapping

what a cool link (yours too, @grumpycat88)! according to that (just going by character of movement), beanie is either LOA or LOT (possibly LOP from time to time). i DO feel bigger movements in the upper right and smaller ones down low. i have a hard time actually "feeling" anything by prodding, probably because of the 1/2" or so of extra fluff i carry on my belly, plus the anterior placenta.

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Lanatir · November 2014

With both pregnancies, I haven't really been able to tell what's what. Like 95% of the movement is kicking/punching/headbutting ribs or bladder, rarely towards the front (posterior placenta last time, anterior this time). The 20w u/s also said baby was stuck in breech (they had a hard time getting pictures of her not "sitting" on part of my uterus), and I also can't tell if she's flipped or not, so definitely anyone's guess what's what.

It baffles my mind that apparently my mom could tell toes when little brother or I kicked her. I guess we just wanted the light to go away? haha.

spoonleg · November 2014

I usually can't even tell which kid is moving, much less which body part of said kid. There are 8 limbs flailing around in there, and it feels like a whole lotta crazy. That's all I know.

LittleMrsAmanda · November 2014

Glad I'm not the only one that doesn't know what's what! Hopefully in a couple more weeks we'll all be able to tell

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