I probably could have popped this into the randoms thread, but I thought it might be good for it to have it's own thing. I hope I'm not the only one feeling this, and it could be nice to track when we feel the babies move and for FTMs, hopefully to get an idea of what we're looking for here. Feel free to flame me for this, I'm kind of flaming myself.
I'm 15 weeks, 3 days, and I may or may not be feeling the baby moving. I honestly can't tell, and I'm afraid to say it is the baby and sound like an idiot if it's just gas or organs shifting. Definitely in the last few days, I have felt some weird things in my abdomen (lower, right where the baby was when they took the heartbeat and where the uterus should be at this point) Most of it has felt sort of like something small rolling over in my stomach, almost like a rolling pin being rolled across my abdomen. It doesn't really feel like gas. Just about an hour ago, I felt what seemed like someone taking rubber bouncy balls, like three of them, and rolling them around in their hands... but in my abdomen, right about where I'm pretty sure the baby will be. I'm a FTM who at least had an anterior placenta when they took the ultrasound a little over 2 weeks ago, but I am a small person. I'm basically just wondering if anyone else thinks it might be the baby. My MIL thinks it is, but I'm just confused over here. Tonight more than ever it felt like it really might be. Am I kidding myself?
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Re: Baby Movements
This is pregnancy # 2, I'm 14 weeks tomorrow and haven't felt a thing. I definitely wouldn't describe those first baby movements as a rolling across my abdomen in my case though. Feels more like gentle flutters, like a butterfly flapping its wings.
My doc yesterday: Any movement yet?
Me: Nope.
Doc: That's the right answer.
That said, even if it's not the actual baby you're feeling, it IS a product of your pregnancy, so you're not going crazy!
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Nothing since then, though. He must have been really mad or something!
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Edited because I posted before I finished typing.
My doctor said it was possible, but Tbh I hope I have an anterior placenta because the whole idea freaks me out.
Those videos where you can see hands and feet from the outside - ackkkk!!!
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I was 18 weeks when I felt movement my last pregnancy. This time, I haven't felt anything internal yet, probably - am 17 weeks today. The other day, DH and I both felt an avocado-size lump protruding from right over my belly button. We poked and it moved slightly, then disappeared. Probably too high to be baby, but WTF!
anything until almost 25 weeks, and I would literally go days without feeling him, even as late as 36 weeks (literally ended up in the ER after not feeling him for three days and he was fine). Anterior placenta+sunny side up presentation+lazy baby=very hard to feel movement. I was literally lying under the ultrasound wand and the tech is like, ok, he's kicking the wand...you can't feel that?? And I'm like, nope, nada.
This time around, I started feeling the butterflies (continuous flapping, fluttering feeling rolling from the outside of my belly across to past
my belly button) at one day prior to 15 weeks. It's still infrequent and I definitely feel it more when I lie down quietly at night after my son is in bed, but it's pretty unmistakable. I'm probably only feeling Baby B, since A has an anterior placenta, but I am 16 weeks now, this is my second pregnancy, and it's twins, so I'm not surprised I'm feeling even faint flutters earlier than last time. Im honestly looking forward to when it picks up, although nervous about the rib thing. My son never found them, so I don't really know what that feels like.
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I am 16+4 and have been feeling some things the last few days that I also think could be baby, but like you, I'm unsure. I am also a FTM, small build, which I have been told typically alows you to feel things sooner. I am hoping the feelings get stronger and I can hopefully confirm at my a/s on the 31st!
With DS2, I have total mom amnesia as to when I started feeling him move! lol I honestly can't remember for the life of me. I'm probably going to go back and try to read some of my old TB posts from back then to figure out when I felt movement. That's actually a plus side of using a forum like this, all the random stuff I wrote about my pregnancy are saved and I can go back and read it! It's pretty fun to do.
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I reslly don't remember how far along I was when I get movements but I do remember feeling the little flutters. I haven't felt a thing yet at 14+5 but I'm also not expecting anything yet. I remember it being really distinct and absolutely knowing without a doubt it was dd. So fun
@PurplePoppy424 and @dancegurl1118 I had read online that the smaller you are the less padding there is for the baby's movements to be muffled by. The internet is wrong again lol.
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I thought I might be crazy, but this second time around I felt him at 10w5d. Same feeling, similar low location, and it continues to happen. I'm 13 weeks now.
My advice is to just enjoy the movements!