Baby Movement

relizabethp · May 2022

Hello

For those of you who have felt the baby move- how frequent is it? Do you notice some days you aren’t feeling them, some days you are?

krthouse · May 2022

It has totally been off and on, more off than on. I remember it being the same with DS and with him I don't think I felt them consistently with him until after 20 weeks or so. Anterior placenta this time so I'm trying to not be too concerned if I don't feel them strongly or frequently.

momof_t_k_e_baby4 · May 2022

Felt the first movements on Saturday (16w6d). They were little nudges and pokes, not really "flutters" like I remembered from my previous pregnancies. I notice them a few times throughout the day, when I'm sitting still and paying more attention.

tpeci · May 2022

Hey! Started feeling some movement at 14 weeks (now am a bit over 15 weeks) but definitely very sporadic. Most days I feel nothing then I'll feel a few bumps/swishes. It's ridiculously early, I didn't feel anything before 22w with my first so I really didn't expect it this early. I definitely wouldn't worry if you don't feel much yet, even more so if you're a first time mom!

mcclanna · May 2022

I’m 19w today and felt the baby kick at 17+5. Never felt flutters just kicks right away and feel her every single day sporadically. My doctor did mention this is VERY early and unusual to feel this much movement this early, I just happen to be growing a soccer star. I believe the usual timing is around 23-24w.

bluebird1122 · May 2022

I felt the first little pulses and flutters mid 13 weeks, then they slowly grew stronger into little swishes and swirls that I'd feel sporadically every couple days through week 15, then one big flutter in week 15, and then nothing for over a week. I was slightly freaking out, and just kept reminding myself that "it's ok, it's early, most people don't even feel anything this early" but of course I kept waiting for little baby boy to let me know he's still in there. Then finally 3 days ago, at 17 weeks exactly, ironically at a friend's baby shower, my friend was describing to me what her first movements felt like, and within 20 minutes after that, our little boy was back in full force, and hasn't stopped swirling and kicking and fluttering around since. So so relieved, and wow! what a cool feeling! Absolutely can't get enough and can't wait to feel the first actual kicks that my husband will be able to feel too!

jilliboo · May 2022

I think I’ve felt flutters/kicks and yesterday while sitting on the bed I definitely think I felt kicks. I’m 17/3 but I’m not sure.

pangolindrome · May 2022

20+0, anterior placenta, FTM... and I THINK I might have occasionally felt... something. In particular between 4am and 5am. However, I have no idea if it's just my insides being weird. Definitely didn't feel like gas or stomach gurgles.

fichey · May 2022

Since around 16w I think I've been able to feel her? It's like indigestion without the actual indigestion if thar makes sense? I told my husband it feels like poprocks got lost inside my body. This week I've definitely been feeling more pronounced. I just really want to be able to feel her from the outside 😭

ferret22 · May 2022

Felt the first flutter sensation in week 16. I had a sharp cramp on my right side and then almost immediately after, a gentle tap tap in my lower left. It was funny, like my baby was going hey mom what was that? I'm almost at week 18 now and have felt the flutter sensation about three times since then, so it's very sporadic.

krthouse · May 2022

Had a chat with my midwife today about this and she said consistent movement starts around 24-28 weeks, at which point they want you to be aware of if baby isn't moving as much as usual. Looks like we've all got a ways to go before we need to worry, mamas 💕

pangolindrome · May 2022

@fichey YES! The analogy about Poprocks is what I've been feeling like... weekly and in very specific spots. I wish it was regular, like daily, but I am not so lucky.

@krthouse That's so far awayyyyyyy

krysnicole1022 · May 2022

I've been getting little fluttery kicks a couple of times a day. I had more consistent movement with my first three at this point but I'll take any movement.

holly0810 · May 2022

20 weeks tomorrow and I am getting really good movements daily despite the anterior placenta.

holly0810 · May 2022

I have been told by my consultant that now I feel baby movements daily I should begin to monitor them

krysnicole1022 · May 2022

17+3 here and I've been feeling fluttery kicks, rolling baby, and the occasional swift kick daily. My husband was thrilled to feel the baby push up. It makes me happy that he still gets excited about it even though it's our fourth baby.

sandy5693 · May 2022

I *think* I may be feeling flutters/movement the last few days - although still nervous I'm mistaking it for gas. 18w and anterior placenta, but I'm pretty sure at least some of them were baby...

krysnicole1022 · May 2022

@sandy5693 I bet some of them are! I have had anterior placentas with all four of my pregnancies and I always felt movement early on. OBs say it *could* delay feeling movement but not necessarily that it will. It's a good day when it becomes consistent obvious movement.

pizza1788 · May 2022

19W+2 here, ftm with anterior. To the best of my knowledge, still haven’t felt anything 😬

rin_dancing · May 2022

I started feeling sporadic movement at 15 weeks. Now at 17 and they’re a bit more consistent but nothing reliable. My dr told me not to get too caught up in tracking movement until 22-25 weeks since until then sensations can come and go depending on the baby’s position etc. I doubt I’ll be able to really stick to that advice, but for now while I can go a whole day feeling nothing it’s comforting.

knottie5a24fedba5d4429c · May 2022

16 w 3 days. Wasn't sure the last couple days since it is my first pregnancy but definitely confident I felt her move yesterday. It feels like a muscle twitch when I never really have a muscle sensation there. At the end of the night I felt it tapping on my right side; I thought it was all internal but my husband felt it with his hand and said exactly the spot I was feeling it. Posterior placenta so the tech said i'll feel a lot of movement.

robbinsegg317 · May 2022

18w5d here with an anterior placenta. I ‘think’ I feel something every couple days, usually on my right side. No strong or definite movement but feels like a swish or rolling sensation ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Doc said I’d prob feel something more definite by 22ish weeks.

pangolindrome · May 2022

21+1 today, FTM, anterior placenta, I got my first swift kick yesterday

siouxieq87 · May 2022

18+2… twice yesterday when my dog barked really loud I felt the baby jump:)

sandy5693 · May 2022

Okay, I'm sure I am feeling something at this point (the "popping" sensation people describe) - but it is always in the same place...is that normal? I'm still not believing myself

pangolindrome · May 2022

@sandy5693 For me it was always the same spot until this week, so for a few weeks it was the one spot.

sandy5693 · May 2022

Thank you @pangolindrome!

jilliboo · May 2022

I FELT MY BABY!!!!! It was similar but different to what I thought I’d been feeling, but definitely tiny kicks!!!!! Yay!!!!! 19/1 today!!!!!

knottie04f356589f8eab1a · May 2022

The first times I felt it was about 4 weeks ago. I'm 18 weeks. It felt more like a little gas bubble that didn't hurt but just felt a little strange. Generally the baby is moving about every 3 hours or so depending on what I'm doing. Usually only lasts for like 5-30 seconds. I'm 18 weeks and 2 days and last night my husband was finally able to feel the movement from the outside. More of a tiny twitch then a kick for him.

krthouse · May 2022

Baby is wiggling tonight! She's sort of tickling an odd-feeling spot too and I can feel her much more distinctly tonight than I have before. I need to go to bed but now I'm too excited to!

bows22 · May 2022

I’m feeling what feels like kicks but only around the top of my pants when I’m sitting down (the waist line? Is that the word I’m looking for? My brain isn’t working yet). Or like in the car when I’m wearing my seat belt. That’s where I felt the first kicks with DD too but for some reason I’m having trouble believing that’s what they are? Is anyone else only feeling kicks there? I feel some fluttery rolling movement in other places but only when I’m laying down on my left side.

pangolindrome · May 2022

@bows22 The first place I felt flutters was to the left a little above my belly button. For three weeks, that was the only place and it took a while for me to realize/accept what they were.

stephers_ · May 2022

@bows22 that's the exact same spot I've been feeling majority of the flutters!!! I have an anterior placenta so I don't feel anything on the front of my belly. 20+6 FTM so I was very hesitant to believe it was the baby, but for the past 3 days now, that spot is where I feel her most consistently. I'll lay down and try to feel her, and that's where I always feel her first. Then I'll feel on the sides, occasionally on top, but never in the front.

sandy5693 · May 2022

@bows22 same for me - either lower left or lower center when i'm laying down. Anterior placenta and almost 20w here. Feels like popping/fluttering not real kicks yet.

bows22 · May 2022

@stephers_ @sandy5693 I have a posterior placenta this time and a STM, so part of me is stressed that it’s not stronger yet, but am only 18 + 6 so trying not to get in my head about it!

knottie53602f6dd8d165fc · May 2022

20+2 I've felt constant daily twirls and switching of positions as well as little pokes for the past 4 weeks. She responds to my pokes back lol im loving it.

krthouse · May 2022

@bows22 That's also where I feel them the most with this one!

krysnicole1022 · June 2022

My oldest and youngest were both able to feel really strong kicks today. It absolutely warms my heart to see the joy on their faces when they talk about their baby brother/sister. My second missed it because the baby was done by the time she came over. My husband has felt it a few times over the last couple of weeks. It's my absolute favorite part of pregnancy. I'm so excited to be able to feel consistent movement. I'm 20 weeks as of today with baby 4.

jilliboo · June 2022

@krysnicole1022, I wish. I’m 20/5 and still haven’t felt strong kicks. I think I’ve felt yoga, but nothing resembling a kick.

krysnicole1022 · June 2022

@jilliboo since this is my fourth I'm definitely used to the feeling. I tend to have larger babies so that usually factors in. I have my 20 week scan today. With my previous kids they were somewhere between 2.5-4.5 pounds for the twenty week scan so I'm nervous. Hoping for something a little smaller this time. 🤣 This one feels smaller so maybe he/she will just be normal sized like all the other babies born in our families. 🤣🤣🤣

sandy5693 · June 2022

I am starting to get stronger kicks and I’m so happy about that, but they also scare the crap out of me 😂 Also they are only on the left side which I guess is just placenta placement?

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