STM (or more) - When did you first feel the baby move?

trucksntutus · December 2015

For the ladies who've had the pleasure of being pregnant before, when did you first start feeling your baby kick or move? I'm just curious! Currently, I'm 10 weeks and I've looked around online a bit to get an idea of when you would start to feel them moving around. Dr Google says roughly between 16-25 weeks as an average.

born2run911 · December 2015

First time I felt flutters at 19 weeks. Everyone is different! Sometimes I swear I feel flutters now even though I know it's not possible, just a feeling you don't forget I guess.

SparkySunshine · December 2015

I was about 14 weeks, but I didn't feel it again for over a week. Everyone is different though! (Yes I know it wasn't gas)

mandyjulie · December 2015

I think it was closer to 25 weeks for me to feel even the flutters. I can't remember exactly, but it was definitely toward the middle of my "20s" before I felt anything. Then the kicks really started up in the late 20s/early 30s, where they were distinct.

I definitely wouldn't expect to feel them until closer to 20 weeks, but you never know.

HRiely · December 2015

I was about 16 weeks with my DS and then 14 with my second pregnancy.

netsirk2013 · December 2015

I was 12/13 weeks, but it was more like flutters and I didn't know what it was at the time. No true kicks (that my husband could feel) until right before my 20 week ultrasound.

LaurenAsh23 · December 2015

With my first I started noticing them around 15/16 weeks, so I'm anxious to see with this one if it's much higher earlier since I know what to expect

juliaL13 · December 2015

I think I was about 19 weeks. It was a very definite, unique feeling. For me it didn't feel like a flutter--more like a tiny muscle spasm in my tummy, or like something flip-flopped around in there. By week 22 it was definite kicks that you could feel from the outside.

jenkeale · December 2015

I started feeling flutters at 17 weeks.

hannahmp · December 2015

I was 15 or 16 weeks and I was eating a tuna sandwich on my couch. I remember the moment very clearly. It didn't happen on a regular basis for a few more weeks though.

Singingmama10 · December 2015

I was 18 weeks when I first felt DS kick. It was a TRUE kick. I never felt "flutters". About a week later my DH could feel it on the outside, I think that it is pretty rare for someone else to feel it that quick, but it was super exciting to get it share that with him.

acadia07 · December 2015

First - 16w
Second - 14.5w

These were the points when it became regular and there was no mistaking it, for me.

Taymiller · December 2015

22 because I am chubby and had an anterior placenta

FluffleSprout · December 2015

18 or 19 weeks. I'm curious this time around since most feel it sooner.

Croscrew · December 2015

I started to feel them with DD around 24 weeks.

m8881 · December 2015

Around 18 weeks with both my first and second. It felt like little zaps, like a lightning bug in my tummy.

jen11797 · December 2015

I didn't feel an obvious baby movement until about 23 weeks. Since I had been told I could feel him as early as 18 weeks, I was unnecessarily anxious about the fact that I didn't feel him! He more than made up for it in the following weeks.

Dayzie14 · December 2015

16 weeks with my first and 15 weeks with my second. Just consistent flutters though...actual kicks in the early 20s week range. Husband couldn't feel the baby from outside until about 22 weeks.

Hear Me Ro · December 2015

I felt him moving at 17 weeks. It felt like a fish wiggling vigorously.

DobbysSock · December 2015

I actually don't even remember the exact week... I wonder if I wrote it in her baby book?

It's funny lately I've felt what feels like the early little flutters. I'm only 8 weeks so I know 100% it's just gas or in my imagination, but it's making me happy because the baby movements were one of the only things I enjoyed about being pregnant! I can't wait for them to start again.

I do remember that with DD once I could feel the movements on the outside it still took weeks before DH got to feel it. Poor guy - literally every time he would sit near me she would stop kicking! I told him (and actually I do think it's true) that his voice must have been interesting or soothing to her and she stopped wriggling around to listen to him. Once we figured that out he tried sneaking over quietly and touching my belly before speaking and it worked, he finally got to feel a kick.

dinodna3 · December 2015

I first felt flutters at 16 weeks and DH was able to feel kicks at 19 weeks.

mrsmommya · December 2015

17/18 weeks

anskip · December 2015

I first felt flutters at 13w 4d. Yes.......I am the one who writes it all down

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quartz02 · December 2015

I think flutters around 18 weeks. It felt like a light tickle on the inside.

xc1148 · December 2015

Late... Like 22 or 24 weeks. Of course I was worried haha. Always with the worry...

ach298 · December 2015

With the first, around 17 weeks. Around 13 weeks with DS2.

Puddles03 · December 2015

I think it really depends on where your placenta is located, I could feel them internally at about 22 weeks but could feel from the outside until closer to 25 weeks but I had an anterior placenta so it was normal.

Y0urm0m · December 2015

I didn't feel flutters ever. Kicks started around 19 weeks. I'm worried this time around I'll miss them since phantom kicks never stopped after my first was born

MrsRo731 · December 2015

Hmm I don't remember for sure but I think around 20 weeks - I had an anterior placenta which is why it was later like some PP have mentioned.

addyplusone · December 2015

At about 15/16 wks I felt flutters. At the 20 wk ultrasound is the first time I felt an actual kick!

PugsandKisses · December 2015

15 weeks for both. However they were very irregular.

dani1124 · December 2015

I felt flutters around 18 weeks and kicks around 20ish weeks! I cant wait to feel that again!

vtulch · December 2015

I was 17w5d when I felt the first real kicks!

Christal161 · December 2015

I remember movements, around 20 weeks and flutters a little before. But nothing before 18 weeks for sure (for me).

candypantsls · December 2015

17 weeks as I was driving in my car. Smiled the entire way home.

chelseakae07 · December 2015

16 weeks with my baby girl! It felt like little bubbles in my stomach! I can't wait for it to happen with this little one!

MrsRo731 · December 2015

@chelseakae07 - Yes, bubbles! That's exactly how I described it, too

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taboullio84 · December 2015

Around 16 weeks.

MotherOfDucks · December 2015

17 weeks with my first. 12 weeks with both of my boys. Once you know what you're looking for, it seems a little more obvious.

Tattooed+Mommy · December 2015

I'm sure I felt flutters, but I wrote them off as gas. I didn't feel definite kicks until after 20 weeks. By the time I was sure they were kicks, you could feel them from the outside.

At first and for a long while, I could only feel them really low, near my pubic bone. Then one day- BAM- I could feel them above my belly button. My placenta was anterior, so until he was a decent size I couldn't feel kicks through it- just above and below.

Btw, anyone else out there NOT particularly enjoy the feeling of movement? I know it's very important to know health of your baby, and a nice reassurance when they finally roll over when they haven't moved all day, but more often than not I really didn't enjoy it. Towards the end the kicks are painful, and may have lead to a few wardrobe changes when the bladder was involved. And the rolling was always nauseating. Literally like being on a roller coaster- but without the fun parts.

MamaBish · December 2015

19 weeks

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