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first time kicks?

momtobe3384momtobe3384 member
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I'm a first time mother. I've never even been around a pregnant woman before so everything is new to me. I'm 17w 4d and i have no idea what I'm looking to feel when feeling kicks. What does it feel like? And please give me more than butterflies or flutters.... Thanks
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Re: first time kicks?

  • aliciac2008aliciac2008 member
    Like a twitch in your belly.
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  • rklinge0rklinge0 member
    A kick feels different than a flutter. A flutter is more like gas. A kick is a lot stronger and quicker.Every woman feels them at different times. I am 25 weeks and felt my first swift kick around 18 but my friend said she didn't feel anything until 21 weeks. Once you decifer if its gas or movements its a little easier to recognize. Most ftm feel movement between 18 and 22 weeks. So don't fret if you aren't feeling anything.
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  • KonaCoffeeBeanKonaCoffeeBean member
    I felt nothing until my 22nd week, and it's pretty subtle. Like a bubble popping or a little muscle twitch.
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  • finchfeeder80finchfeeder80 member
    I was about 21 weeks, and I'm in the muscle twitch club. 
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  • Henderson2015Henderson2015 member
    I am 18 weeks and am JUST starting to feel something - the best way I can describe it is a quick and tiny muscle spasm. It's very infrequent and completely random. It's exciting to feel :) 
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  • AmstreagleAmstreagle member
    Like a goldfish swimming around your belly.
    You'll feel lo soon enough!
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  • Yianna2013Yianna2013 member
    You will know it when you feel it. It won't be like anything you have felt before. I started feeling kicks at 16 weeks. Goodluck to you! It's amazing. I love when my baby kicks. 
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  • Campow83Campow83 member
    I'm almost 21 weeks/FTM and had no idea what to expect and wondered if I would be able to know. It feels exactly like a muscle twitch, that's the perfect description. I just started feeling them last week so it should be any day now for you!!!
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  • KonaCoffeeBeanKonaCoffeeBean member
    Yianna2013 said:
    You will know it when you feel it. It won't be like anything you have felt before. I started feeling kicks at 16 weeks. Goodluck to you! It's amazing. I love when my baby kicks. 
    This wasn't true at all for me.
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  • ipumpkinipumpkin member
    I think it came for me when I realized that my "gas bubbles" weren't turning into farts. It started around 18 weeks for me, and it does remind me of a fish swimming around in there or something as a PP mentioned. Then other times it feels like pops and bumps and stuff.
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  • kacdanzkacdanz member
    I am still struggling with this. I'm 21weeks and think I finally started to feel some movement this past week but not for certain. What it felt like to me was a muscle twitch or bubble like PPs mentioned.
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