@bcashaw the first time I was 18-19 weeks when I felt something and it felt like someone had set loose a flopping fish in my lower belly. I felt this one early, and it felt like popcorn popping.
Dont stress!! I've been feeling this one off and on for awhile and there are still days when I feel nothing for the whole day. It's totally normal to not have symptoms at this point and to feel "normal" again, and even my MW had a hard time finding his heartbeat the other day at 16 weeks.
@bcashaw for me it either feels like a pencil eraser gently tapping from the inside or flutters. Both my babies have been front and center so I feel them crazy early but wasn't sure it was really baby till about 16 weeks with ds after a few weeks of the weird flutters. 20 weeks is the norm though. If you are lightly cramping take it as a good symptom that your body is continuing to stretch and grow to accommodate a growing baby. Also I feel baby most at the beginning when lying on my back with my hand over baby, or in the car with the seatbelt, and definitely is Not consistent till 20+ weeks.
@bcashaw I know the feeling! I was sure I felt my first at 16 weeks, though I had been wondering if that's what I was feeling for a few weeks before that. With this one I'm 15+3 and haven't felt a thing yet. The midwives found the heartbeat very easily at my appointment on Thursday and that helped ease my mind. So I'm just hoping that means this baby is a lot more chill than my first
I confused the feeling with gas a lot with my first, and sometimes it would feel like a little goldfish swimming in my gut.
I know it's hard to tell yourself everything is okay, even when you know it probably is, so I just wanted to let you know you're not alone.
It's funny how it's the little things in life that mean the most...not where you live, or what you drive, or the price tag on your clothes... There's no dollar sign on a piece of mind, this I've come to know! *ZBB*
@bcashaw we are looking at that stroller as well! I wanted something all-terrain but lightweight. It seemed to fit the bill. I'll be interested to see what others say.
Also does anyone of you STM have the city mini jogger GT? Is there somewhere else that I should be asking about strollers ?
That's what we are getting. I had the regular city mini with my son but the adjustable handle of the GT is a must with my FI who is pretty tall.
just note, it's not a jogger really. I love it and it maneuvers well but it doesn't have jogger shocks and if you are serious about jogging you won't be happy. Great for *walking* even on unpacked trails but not running or jogging.
~Mom to an amazing Jan 2011 boy~ ~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
@pawcall we don't do a lot of jogging/running outside but we have some unpaved hiking trails we love. Will this stroller be good for that? I love how lightweight it is
@bcashaw I have very few symptoms now too, really just sore breasts. I'm anxious for my next appointment to hear the heartbeat and know it's all fine so I get how you're feeling!
@pawcall I don't think I've jogged a day in my life and I am pretty city. I think it's a good size for taking on public transit and it seems maneuverable (Spelling?) I love the fact that it has 3 wheels I am curious about the weight. I think I may have to go test drive it.
@pawcall we don't do a lot of jogging/running outside but we have some unpaved hiking trails we love. Will this stroller be good for that? I love how lightweight it is
It's fine for that, nice big rugged wheels
~Mom to an amazing Jan 2011 boy~ ~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
@pawcall I don't think I've jogged a day in my life and I am pretty city. I think it's a good size for taking on public transit and it seems maneuverable (Spelling?) I love the fact that it has 3 wheels I am curious about the weight. I think I may have to go test drive it.
The regular city mini is really light and folds tiny. The gt still folds tiny but is a bit heavier. Still not an issue to one handed fold while holding a baby, so, win!
~Mom to an amazing Jan 2011 boy~ ~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
Ladies, please don't stress if your symptoms go away or even if your belly flattens a little. I remember with my first (and it's happening now, too) that some days I could barely feel my uterus whereas other days it was clearly present. Also, if your symptoms are going away, that's a good thing in 2nd tri! You don't want to be sick all of your pregnancy! You'll start experiencing other symptoms, like acne and nosebleeds (weird but true), so don't worry if MS has gone away. I know it's hard to wait 4 long weeks for another heartbeat check, but just know that as long as you're not bleeding heavily, your pregnancy is probably progressing normally. Cramping can be RLP, which definitely happens more as your baby grows! If you start having severe cramping accompanied with bleeding, definitely call your doc and go in! 2nd tri definitely feels like a waiting game since your appointments are so far apart, but soon you'll hit 3rd tri and you'll start going in more often, so just enjoy the time you're not at the dr now!
@jess0211 awesome! I don't want to spend an obscene amount of money on a stroller. Also is it compatible with other brands of bucket seats or do you have to buy their car seat?
Ok sorry if this has been asked before but STM's what did the first movement you felt feel like, I know people say flutters but I am 14+ weeks and keep feeling a almost poking sensation in my uterus, like someone's finger tip is gently pushing from inside, did anyone else experience something like this early on?
@KLink15 that's exactly what it felt like for me!! And most of the time I was putting pressure against my belly with either my hand or the seat belt. Pretty soon you'll feel a second poke and you'll know for sure that was baby!
How fast does what you eat or drink get to the baby? LO seems to react super fast to sugary food. I swear I felt her earlier while I was sipping lemonade and tonight snacking on peaches.
Awe I'm in that kind of limbo too where it's still hard to believe dispute having heard heartbeat and had 2 scan and everything is all fine . I don't feel pregnant and I don't feel like mum material and I'll have to wait since my midwife said not to expect to feel a thing till 20-23weeks first pregnancy and anterior placenta so I'll just have to wait I think The only thing that seems real is all the Flippin blood tests
Also I feel like I'm a crazy obsessed person whenever I try talking about stuff like cot and nappies and what to get now or when to shop . Like I'm ahead of myself or something but I don't want to leave it as we are buying a house (moving 2 hours away from family)and it's going to be hard to get it all done and ready as it is I don't want to run out of time .
@jess0211 awesome! I don't want to spend an obscene amount of money on a stroller. Also is it compatible with other brands of bucket seats or do you have to buy their car seat?
I used a Graco infant seat last time and bought a britax for this time. Adapters are $15-20 on amazon
~Mom to an amazing Jan 2011 boy~ ~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
@bcashaw Now is such a hard time of pregnancy when most symptoms are gone and you're not totally showing yet, but still can't feel the baby. I didn't feel the baby until 21-22 week a last pregnancy. This pregnancy, I have felt the baby already. I think I just know what the beginning feels like so it's easier to spot now than it was when o was a ftm. So, you probably are feeling baby but just don't realize it yet. One thing that has helped me... as long as you're not bleeding you can be pretty sure that baby is still ok.
About the stroller - my friend has a city mini and loves it. It's a great stroller. You can google online what car seats it's compatible with.
However, if you're thinking of having more than one kid, you may think about getting a city select. Otherwise, you'll lose money trying to sell the city mini when you have your second baby and getting a double stroller. I go Have the city select and it is heavier than the city mini, but when I have baby #2 I just buy an extra seat and pop it on the front of my stroller. I can even have many diff combinations like Seat and bassinet, two seats, seat and car seat, and then all facing each other o facing away. And if one kid isn't with us, we can click that extra seat our easily.
@klink15 I have been feeling flutters off and on the past few days but not strong enough to say for sure it's the baby moving, I also had some poking or tapping feeling last night. One of the nurses I work with who is a midwife and does research with pregnant women said that it sounds like movement. She also said if I lay on my tummy I will feel it stronger. I'm too afraid to think it's movement when it's not!
@TeacherMama7 thanks for the advice. I do LOVE the city select (i used to be a nanny so I've test driven most double strollers) but we are not planning on more kids. I am kind of waiting to find out if we will still have our foster child then, but even if we do have her it will only be for 3 months after baby is born because of the 1 year rule that they have for kinship fostering here. . . So I think I'd opt to carry baby, stroller toddler and go with the city mini. I also love the uppababy can't remember which model, but I cannot justify spending that much on a stroller.
Question for STMs: At how many weeks gestation did you have your anatomy scan? I feel like in the past my doc hasn't wanted to do it before 20 weeks, but I see 18-22 online.
My husband is out of town for 2 weeks around that time, so it will either have to be done at 18w6d or wait until 21w3d. Obviously I'll ask at my next appointment, but the thought of waiting an extra week or more makes me so sad!! ETA: I'll do whatever is best to see all of baby's systems functioning. I recognize that is the primary goal of the AS;) Just impatient to know when we'll be able to do it so I'm fishing from you guys!
@MississippiCatfish DD1 was at 22 weeks, DD2 was at 20 weeks (that tech sucked!!! Wouldn't even look to see the sex), and this one is at 19 weeks! I've also heard 18-22w is typical.
@MississippiCatfish Nope, she seemed like she didn't know what she was doing. She kept forgetting to look at certain organs. In total, I had like 3 external ultrasounds and an internal because she forgot to do so much. At the end, I was like what's the sex??? And she just shrugged and said we were done. I was pissed! We had already done a third party 3D so we were pretty sure it was a girl but wanted the reassurance since the 3D was done so early on.
@MississippiCatfish My OB won't do the AS before 22 weeks. She says the purpose is to check all the major systems in the baby and if done too early you don't get an accurate picture. It was hard to wait with DS because we wanted to know the sex so badly. On the flip side, my friend was pregnant at the same time, got her AS at 17 weeks and her doc couldn't get a good look at the heart. So my friend fretted for 4 weeks and came back at 21 to have another look. So I guess I am happy to wait.
It's not as hard to wait this time because we had the genetic testing done so we already know the sex of the baby.
@MississippiCatfish obv not a STM but my anatomy scan is scheduled for when I'll be 18w2d. They told me they wanted it done between 18-20 and gave me the earliest appointment that worked for me past 18w.
@MississippiCatfish Mine is scheduled for 20 weeks. I was told to schedule it any time between 18 and 22 weeks. Just know that if you do it on the early side, you may end up needing to go back to check some systems that aren't developed enough. There's not a big chance, but it's possible. Still - not the worst thing in a world to get an extra peek at baby.
My OB won't do earlier than 19 weeks. She acknowledged some do at 18, but stated that was too early in her (and all the doctors at the practice) opinion and can cause unnecessary concern if they can't see something b/c you are just too early. With my son I was a couple days over 19, with this little girl I will be the same.
I'll be 21+5 at ours. They schedule them all the same day since it's a small practice and they have a tech come in once a month to do all the anatomy scans on the same day.
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Dont stress!! I've been feeling this one off and on for awhile and there are still days when I feel nothing for the whole day. It's totally normal to not have symptoms at this point and to feel "normal" again, and even my MW had a hard time finding his heartbeat the other day at 16 weeks.
I confused the feeling with gas a lot with my first, and sometimes it would feel like a little goldfish swimming in my gut.
I know it's hard to tell yourself everything is okay, even when you know it probably is, so I just wanted to let you know you're not alone.
Here is a discussion. https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12576267/when-will-you-feel-baby-move#latest
TTC 9/2016 BFP 12/9/16 EDD 8/21/17 NMC 1/8/16 at 7w6d
TTC 2/2017 BFP 3/6/17 EDD 11/17/17 DS born 11/25/17 via ECS
TTC 12/2018 BFP 6/2/19 EDD 2/12/20 NMC / BO at 7 weeks, low progesterone
TTC 7/2019 BFP 8/21/19 EDD 4/22/20 CP at 5 weeks
TTC 8/19 IUI #1 w/ Clomid + Ovidrel + progesterone BFN, IUI 2 and 3 w/ Letrozole + Ovidrel + progesterone,
IUI 4 Follistim + Ovidrel + progesterone BFP 1/9/20 EDD 9/18/20
AMA, ITP in pregnancy, vWD type II - low Factor VIII, unexplained RPL and secondary infertility
ETA: I felt DD1 around 18w and DD2 around 15w.
Also does anyone of you STM have the city mini jogger GT? Is there somewhere else that I should be asking about strollers ?
just note, it's not a jogger really. I love it and it maneuvers well but it doesn't have jogger shocks and if you are serious about jogging you won't be happy. Great for *walking* even on unpacked trails but not running or jogging.
~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
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Regarding strollers, I had the regular City Mini with him and loved it. I used a Bob for running, which I highly recommend to anyone who runs a lot.
~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
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The regular city mini is really light and folds tiny. The gt still folds tiny but is a bit heavier. Still not an issue to one handed fold while holding a baby, so, win!
~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
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The only thing that seems real is all the Flippin blood tests
Also I feel like I'm a crazy obsessed person whenever I try talking about stuff like cot and nappies and what to get now or when to shop . Like I'm ahead of myself or something but I don't want to leave it as we are buying a house (moving 2 hours away from family)and it's going to be hard to get it all done and ready as it is I don't want to run out of time .
~EDD Nov 18, 2017 with my IUI success story~
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About the stroller - my friend has a city mini and loves it. It's a great stroller. You can google online what car seats it's compatible with.
However, if you're thinking of having more than one kid, you may think about getting a city select. Otherwise, you'll lose money trying to sell the city mini when you have your second baby and getting a double stroller. I go Have the city select and it is heavier than the city mini, but when I have baby #2 I just buy an extra seat and pop it on the front of my stroller. I can even have many diff combinations like Seat and bassinet, two seats, seat and car seat, and then all facing each other o facing away. And if one kid isn't with us, we can click that extra seat our easily.
I also love the uppababy can't remember which model, but I cannot justify spending that much on a stroller.
My husband is out of town for 2 weeks around that time, so it will either have to be done at 18w6d or wait until 21w3d. Obviously I'll ask at my next appointment, but the thought of waiting an extra week or more makes me so sad!! ETA: I'll do whatever is best to see all of baby's systems functioning. I recognize that is the primary goal of the AS;) Just impatient to know when we'll be able to do it so I'm fishing from you guys!
It's not as hard to wait this time because we had the genetic testing done so we already know the sex of the baby.
With my son I was a couple days over 19, with this little girl I will be the same.