Kicks!

[MHill]

Hi
What does it feel like when the baby first kicks? Where do you feel it and at how many weeks? I'm 19 weeks and think i may just have felt my first kick - it was a couple of inches below my belly button but can't really describe what it was like!

[whomovedmychocolate]

Bubbles, fish, wiggling, all sorts of things.

Congratulations, it's lovely for the first few months. Then it can really wind you for the last two!

[MintChocAddict]

Was probably first kick. It is really hard to describe but kind of different to anything you've felt before. Sort of like small pops at first I thought.
How exciting! Enjoy.

[dan39]

Its hard not to get a wee bit anxious cos they are all so different for everyone! A good tip I got was 'have you ever felt this feeling before?' and if the answer is no then its prob baby. I personally think 'kick' is a misnomer as they can't just yet and its a feeling of some kind of displacement (of fluid maybe?) rather than a David Beckham boot...I guess that comes eventually! Mine feels like trapped nerve if anything (am 22 weeks and still a bit anxious that not felling more).

Congrats on feeling it though!!

[ranirani]

oh, my first one was in the middle of the night, quite strong, so I even woke up! amazing... then nothing for a week or two, and I wondered did I just dream it? Now it is kicking left and right, it is the most beautiful moments, amazing how much love you can feel to a little one you have not even seen yet!
It feels like someone kicking you from inside