Baby Movement

ibanezstarburst · May 2017

Is anyone feeling any movement yet? I'm a FTM so I'm not too sure what to expect. A couple different times today I've felt a fluttery feeling down really low. I have only felt it when I'm sitting or laying still. I'm not sure if it's the baby or if I'm crazy and over analyzing this. My doctor said I wouldn't feel anything until 16 - 18 weeks and I'm only 14.5. Anyone have thoughts or experiences to share?

am+mommy · May 2017

All I feel is what feels like a big hard ball in there when I try to sit with my knees up. No movement yet.

ugoglencoco · May 2017

I've been feeling flutters here and there but am not convinced yet. I feel like it's just muscle spasms or gas but I am a third timer so maybe it could be? I honestly don't remember when I started feeling it with my other 2 but I always start to enjoy pregnancy more once I can feel them moving around in there!

kissthesky32 · May 2017

ugoglencoco said:

I've been feeling flutters here and there but am not convinced yet. I feel like it's just muscle spasms or gas but I am a third timer so maybe it could be? I honestly don't remember when I started feeling it with my other 2 but I always start to enjoy pregnancy more once I can feel them moving around in there!

Same to all of this! I know I felt it earlier with the second than with the first, but still not sure when, exactly. And, yes - pregnancy is so much more enjoyable once you can feel baby moving

BayCamp · May 2017

I felt flutters at 13w (STM) and now at 17 felt a kick from the outside. Wayyyy earlier than my first pregnancy though.

ineedsixeggs · May 2017

I haven't felt definite movement yet with this one, but with my first I started feeling it around that time. I wasn't sure that's what it was either - thought it might just be gas. But around 16 weeks I was positive it was baby.

KMRR86 · May 2017

I'm feeling the same type of flutters at almost 14 weeks. Even though this is my second, I'm not quite convinced it's the wee one yet.

irishfrisky · May 2017

Nothing here at 13. My OB told me not to worry if I'm rounding 20 weeks before I fee anything because of my anterior placenta. I'm sad about that. She indicated that 17 weeks is pretty average otherwise.

TeacherMama7 · May 2017

The flutters very well could be the baby! I've felt the baby several times so far. I'm 14 weeks, STM.

cottingham3 · May 2017

I am 15 weeks and I have been feeling baby bumping around in there for about 2 weeks. Nothing from the outside yet and i cannot induce movement (like with preasure or speaking) like you will be able to latter on. This is #4 and I felt things along the same time frame with #3 but I was on bedrest already so I had nothing better to do that hope for kicks! The description of it feeling like a flopping fish seems pretty accurate to me for those early bumps.

ibanezstarburst · May 2017

Thanks for all your input ladies! I'm going to keep an eye on it and if it seems consistent then I'll believe it! I can't wait until I feel something is definite! It's so hard to tell what exactly it could be at this point.

bcashaw · May 2017

I felt it last night 16+3 and was SO relieved . Haven't felt it since but it was enough for me

SRB130 · May 2017

I have felt flutters a handful of times so far, with my first I didn't feel anything until 18-20 weeks I think and even then it was tough to feel anything.

Darivila2012 · May 2017

I'm on my fourth and I feel flutters at 13- 14 weeks. I did when I was a FTM too! Sometimes it'll feel like a full somersault

MKMandeville · May 2017

I'm a stm and felt initial flutters around 11-12 however, I only felt it like once every two days which was nerve-wracking. As soon as I reached 16 weeks this past Monday I have been feeling flips around the clock.

I felt the initial flutters with DD around week 14 so I wouldn't it count it out quite yet.

av2323 · May 2017

Nothing over here. About 12 weeks I thought I was feeling flips but since I am almost 17 weeks and haven't felt anything since I'm calling that gas

Hopefully soon.
DS didn't start moving until almost 23 weeks and he went straight to movement everyone could feel on the outside.

baby3forme · May 2017

I've felt quite a few movements the past two days. I'm 15w6d and this is my third. I've felt them all early.

CubsFan7 · May 2017

I can feel the baby move here and there for the past two weeks. I can feel more using a little pressure (like trying to find her heartbeat with the doppler) or if I am bending over. lol. She doesn't like to be squished.

zigzag8412 · May 2017

Thought I felt something at 14+5, it felt like bubbles popping or an eye twitch in my lower abdomen but I also thought it was too early as a FTM to actually be feeling anything so, idk. Now at 16+4, if I sit just right, every once in a while it feels like the lightest sweep of a fish's tail from the inside (like if you were holding a goldfish in a bag from the fair and his tail swept where your hand was carrying him). Not a regular thing I notice and not something I'd notice if I weren't looking for it, but it's unlike anything else I've ever felt, so I imagine that's the right direction anyway...

ETA: Also- as my doc has told me to drink half a can of coke as needed to help with my horrible migraines (pre-pregnancy I did NOT drink sodas!), and I feel like baby enjoys that cause I can usually feel something shortly after when I give in...

tashandma · May 2017

Baby was flipping around this morning at 14 weeks on the nose! It took me a second to realize it since I was super focused at work but it wasn't just a little poke! More like little swim around! So exciting

jess0211 · May 2017

I can't remember if I posted this before but one of the midwives I work with said to lay on your tummy for a few mins and you're more likely to feel the baby early on.

pawcall · May 2017

jess0211 said:

I can't remember if I posted this before but one of the midwives I work with said to lay on your tummy for a few mins and you're more likely to feel the baby early on.

Each time I've felt her (just a few) it's been while lying on my stomach

kwaldy · May 2017

STM, haven't felt anything with this one.
With DD I felt the first movement at 18 weeks. I was laying on my belly and it felt like I had been poked with a pencil eraser lol. I never got "flutters" but maybe I don't pay attention enough lol

liz4382 · May 2017

I feel a lot of stuff going on at night especially. I am not sure if it is movement but I like to think it is. It's hard to describe what it feels like--kind of like flutters, kind of like little muscle spasms. Always around the same place in my lower abdomen, right where the baby should be.

dragonfly87-2 · May 2017

No movement here at 14 weeks and I have an anterior placenta, so not expecting to feel it any time soon either.

TeacherMama7 · May 2017

@liz4382 yes, that's how mine feels too. I didn't know how to describe it but that's it!

foxaírt · May 2017

@dragonfly87-2
Anterior placenta here also, FTM .midwife said probably not to expect anything till around 23 weeks so we wait. 16 wks now
Bit sad because I'm not feeling very connected to this pregnancy it's like everyone else is more excited than me and I'm just intimidated by having to be a mum .. feel like feeling the baby might help make it seem real . On the other hand it kinda creeps me out so maybe it'll be good to wait till I have alian type sensations

irishfrisky · May 2017

@foxaírt I feel the same way!

Roliepoliecoley4 · May 2017

I'm not sure if my ute or the baby had a growth spurt, but I went from feeling movement about an inch and a half below my belly button, to on the right hand side in line with my belly button over night yesterday.

peregrinefalconx · May 2017

With my first, I felt her at 15 weeks. She was a kicker and never stopped, even after she was born--never stopped moving her legs. It was a fluttery/twingy feeling (I guess?) at first but I knew it. I can feel DD2 now (at 16w).

Karrotelle · May 2017

I'm 14w3d and I have been feeling them for a few weeks now. This is also my 3rd pregnancy so I know what early movement tends to feel like, and it's twins so double the movement going on. Their movements are definitely getting more obvious and I find during the day I'm too distracted with our kids to notice them but after the kids are in bed and my ass is parked on the couch, I feel them often.

NYTino24 · May 2017

Tomorrow is 15 weeks and I just felt flutters.

bklynchica · May 2017

I'm 16 weeks and I think I've been feeling them on the outside for two weeks, but it took a while for me to acknowledge that it was actually babies kicking. Now it's quite obvious. My belly also gets visibly lumped up when they gather on one side. I think I feel them so early because of the combo of twins, and I'm very petite/skinny.

MaximumEffort · May 2017

15 weeks and haven't felt anything. The only thing I ever feel is when I'm laying on my back and my uterus shifts. It's about at my belly button, one big lump. Which is great for DH to feel. I thought I felt flutters down low but I think it was probably just muscle twitching.

MississippiCatfish · May 2017

I think I've been feeling flutters for a couple weeks, but I tell myself every time that I'm wrong and it has to be gas. With my first three, I didn't feel anything until distinct kicks at 15 weeks.

2Dash · May 2017

I'm 15 +4 and now daily I'm feeling little flutters/flops and pokes (this is my third). At first you can tell yourself you're wrong and its gas or seems too high to be baby but when it keeps happening you clue in. Plus baby gets bigger every week so every week it becomes more obvious. For those who are FTMs there are times towards the end where they kick and you can see the impression of their foot pushing on your tummy. I have a mini daschund who likes to snuggle while I rest and he's been kicked by baby then he looks at me all offended

Furmommy · May 2017

@2Dash I literally LOL-ed at that!

17 weeks and I thought I had been feeling flutters, but last night I felt 4-5 pokes from the inside while I was trying to fall asleep! Pretty sure that's not gas! Eeeek!

bklynchica · May 2017

Last night, after I came back to bed from one of three nightly peeings, I was rolling over on my side to face BF and all the sudden felt this poke. It startled me and I in turn startled him, "did you just poke me in the belly?!" Now he's woken up and he's like what, no. Then I felt it again! Babies, or gas? I'm gonna go with babies because I've never felt gas like that before. They have leveled up!

NYTino24 · May 2017

I swear I felt what was like a swimmer's flip turn and then three kicks after it while I was in bed and slowly rolling to my side this morning. Baby was so active ar the 12 week scan that they only got it to turn in the right direction for like a minute, so I guess it's possible. I swear I felt flutters around that point anyway and definitely 13 / 14 weeks.

Tourmalily · May 2017

Oh my God I felt the baby kick today. I was sitting at my desk working and felt three very distinct blips in my stomach, like muscle tics. Nothing like gas or anything I've ever felt before. I cried and cried lol I can't believe it but it's so real.

Also, even though we are Team Green, my first thought was "she's kicking". First time I've ever assigned a gender to the baby. I wonder if I'm right...

ibanezstarburst · May 2017

Reading all these posts about everyone starting to feel flutters and kicks is so exciting!!

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