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Baby kicks like muscle twitches?

KittenMittens8KittenMittens8 member
in October 2015 Moms
I know, I know...another baby kick question...

I just keep feeling muscle twitches. are those kicks? IN the last few days I have been gable to feel those twitches on the outside. But it doesn't feel like something is kicking me, just twitches. I am 22w3d. At my 20 week ultrasound I saw baby move but i couldn't remember feeling anything. 

Does anyone else get these "twitches"? 
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  • J1DJ1D member
    Yes, the smaller kicks feel just like muscle twitches to me. My friend also described it well by saying it kinda feels like when your stomach growls but in the wrong place.
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  • MrsFaust1432MrsFaust1432 member
    Yes, muscle twitches. That is a very good way to describe it!
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  • LydiaPickLydiaPick member
    Yup- I'd say that's a good way to describe them! PS @KittenMittens8 - I love your name! My friend just gave us some hand-me-down little mitten thingies so baby won't hurt herself with her sharp fingernails....I showed them to my husband and he said- omg they're like kitten mittens!! Haha, we love that show :)
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  • aah1013aah1013 member
    Yep! That's baby! :)
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  • jennylynn103jennylynn103 member
    I've said the same thing to myself - that it feels like muscle twitches! Thought perhaps I wasn't imagining things, so it's good to hear that others feel/experience things the same way!
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  • dannie134dannie134 member
    That's exactly how it feels for me. I'm pretty sure it's the baby since it only started recently and seems to be concentrated in certain areas for a while. So exciting!
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  • MirandaC1984MirandaC1984 member
    That's what it has always felt like for me. I never really got the "flutter" sensation that everyone talks about.
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  • rhiannonbacarhiannonbaca member
    Before I could distinguish actual kicks, they definitely felt like muscle twitches. Even when he just does a little nudge versus a hard kick, it feels like that! It's probably baby :)
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  • sf00041sf00041 member
    Yeah, I have been trying to figure out if I can feel anything and yesterday I was certain I felt a kick, and then had a twitch in my leg that felt exactly the same way which made me less sure. But I do think that is the smaller kicks like everyone else is saying. :)
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  • Mariefg2Mariefg2 member
    Oh yes. My little guy likes to karate chop me in the butt. No one ever tells you that.
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  • Nicole02683Nicole02683 member
    Mine feel like muscle twitches too...
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  • mkross123mkross123 member
    I am almost 20 weeks and think I am feeling movement.....the muscle twitch is a good analogy, but I also feel like it is similar to when I can feel my pulse in my stomach. Which complicates things since I DO sometimes feel my pulse in my stomach. I wish there was an official way to know for sure!!!
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  • wandering.artist05wandering.artist05 member
    Muscle twitches are exactly how my baby's kicks feel- I never had the "flutter" sensational either.
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  • millette2015millette2015 member
    I'll jump on the bandwagon and say I'd definitely describe it as muscle twitches or spasms. And as they get stronger, it becomes more kick-like. When my male Dr described them as "flutters", I wanted to ask him if that's how it felt when he was pregnant.
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  • Birdee212Birdee212 member
    Agree with the muscle twitches analogy. And sometimes the movement is more like thunder rumbling in my belly.
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  • photomomma0488photomomma0488 member
    Yep - my baby definitely feels like a twitch or quick little pulse. Sometimes I feel stronger, more definitive kicks. But for the most part they still just feel twitchy :)
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  • AiramJAiramJ member
    Perfect description! I have been feeling it since 19 weeks. I have been struggling to find a way go describe it to my husband. Best I could come up with was 'an airbubble coming to the top of the water and bursting'. Muscle twitch is perfect! Can you see it yet?
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  • KLHauck12KLHauck12 member
    I also questioned what I was feeling since sometimes I would feel gurgles or gas bubbles up higher in my stomach too. But the past few days its been more constant (where baby is located) and I've never felt anything like this pre-pregnancy, so I think it must be baby. Plus I usually feel it after eating, using the bathroom, in the car, or when I have sugar.
    To me if feels kind of like a popping feeling (like big pop rocks). Sometimes it feels more like a tapping or poking feeling from the inside.
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  • fletcherj1fletcherj1 member
    Yep that is the baby moving hitting and kicking about.
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  • Knottie16288692Knottie16288692 member
    Mine doesn't feel like twitches or flutters. I'm 20 weeks and I'm not really sure if its the baby, but I keep getting this feeling like my stomach drops. You know the feeling you get when you are on a roller coaster or go down a hill fast? Its very strange! But happens mostly when I get up in the morning or when I'm sitting completely still.
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  • VioletandRoseVioletandRose member
    I don't know about muscle twitches, that sounds kind of "sharp" to me. Personally I think it feels a little duller, like a "knocking" from the inside, sometimes a softer tapping or tickle. I remember a lot of people in the beginning were confusing it with gas, so I kept waiting to feel gas bubbles or gurgling. It doesn't feel like that at all to me, I can tell it's coming from a deeper place (as in, deeper within my body).
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  • kindlycrystalkindlycrystal member
    Mine has always felt more like pops or pulses. Twitches is a good way to describe them. Sometimes, the stronger ones feel like thumps. Usually get them when I am sitting at my desk or in the car.
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  • knottie7cbb41f55fdd6874knottie7cbb41f55fdd6874 member
    I feel similar movements. How often do they happen and for how long for you ladies?

    Mine will happen for like 10-20 movements in a row it feels like but all within maybe like 5 mins. Then will calm down for a while. Wasn’t sure if that was normal to have so much movement all of a sudden?

    I wasn’t sure if maybe hiccups? Since only 20 weeks.
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