11 weeks. 3rd pregnancy. Baby kicking above belly button a lot. Is this normal?

Re: 11 weeks. 3rd pregnancy. Baby kicking above belly button a lot. Is this normal?

• delujm0 member

  January 2017

  This is more likely to be you feeling your pulse or organs moving than kicks.  The uterus is still behind the public bone at 11 weeks so baby can't reach that high.  Baby is also far too small and weak for you to feel kicks at that stage.  Some second+ time moms feel movement by 13w, but not actual kicks...like rolling movement.  Baby isn't strong enough for you to feel it's kicks/jabs until at least 16w.
  
  Even though my uterus was still small with my second at that point, my organs had moved around earlier giving me a "bump" that looks higher up this time around (and has also caused earlier heartburn, yay).  None of this changes baby's location though.

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• andrea0418 member

  January 2017

  I'm 24wks and still not feeling kicks above my belly button yet. 

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• SaphireSweetie88 member

  January 2017

  MrsSmith0812 said:

  I'm 5'3. 175lbs. My uterus shouldnt be this high yet right? Even with my third?
  ive had all c sections previously. 
  Baby is kicking above my belly button....I'll press and then feel a kick. Baby kicks whether I press or not tho. Just proving it's not gas. I know it's kicks. 
  Thanks!

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  Like PP said, it is most likely moving / shifting organs that you're feeling.
  

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• Minger86 member

  January 2017

  Though I did feel some flutters around 12 weeks that I'm convinced were baby... They were very minor and always in my pelvic region. It's really not possible to feel baby kicking above your belly button that early on. I'm 28 weeks now, and just starting to feel movement above my belly button. It's likely shifting, stretching, muscle spasms, etc...

  

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• SnarkasaurusRex member

  January 2017

  Agree with PPs. Your uterus is still behind your pubic bone, even with your third pregnancy, and baby is still too small for you to feel solid kicks. I'd agree that it's just your organs and muscles shifting. (For perspective, at 26 weeks with my second, I still do not feel kicks above my belly button.)

  

  

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• delujm0 member

  January 2017

  also probably important to note is that even when the uterus extends beyond the belly button (which is around 16-17 weeks) it's unusual to feel kicks there until much much later.  I didn't feel high kicks until DD flipped head down permanently, which was sometime between 26 and 36 weeks (and I know this because an ultrasound at 26 weeks showed her as breech so they made me have another one at 36 weeks to ensure that she had flipped).  That's why I figured she had flipped...the kicks went from being low by my hips to up in my rib area.

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