Something just moved in my stomach..

[Ohshitx]

I’ve name changed for this.

Something literally just rolled in my stomach, there was a popping sensation and now I swear I have a bump where I didn’t before. Nothing that strange until I mention that I’ve not had sex since November and I’ve had periods since then. But something is moving in my stomach, and not like trapped wind. I’ll get out for a test first thing, but I surely can’t be that many weeks pregnant and not have had a single symptom till now, surely? Please someone tell me I can’t.

It’s probably wind or your uterus contracting. It does happen sometimes - especially after having children...and it doesn’t mean pregnancy.
It happens to me very often but I never assume I’m pregnant - especially if I haven’t had sex in over 6 months...

I'm afraid I can't tell you it's impossible. But, a good two years after my son was born I was still feeling movement in my stomach which I could have sworn was a baby - bodies do weird things sometimes!

Still, sounds like a pregnancy test would be sensible...

Have you seen Alien?

Are you sure it's not just gas? Sometimes it feels like my stomach is moving with it, and it was weird adjusting post-pregnancy to it.

But it is possible. A friend of mine went into labour and she had zero bump and had periods the whole way through. I'd seen her a couple of weeks earlier and she was her usual slim self, so I was amazed when I saw the FB update to say they'd had a surprise baby! It's not massively common, but it does happen!

It could be wind. But I was 26 weeks pregnant when I found out. I know people much later. And I still didn't have any symptoms until 36 weeks. Get a test

It's not unheard of.. was it unprotected?

Hernia?
Wind?

I didn’t find out I was pregnant for 5 months

It wasn’t until I knew that I’d realised I’d been feeling baby move

I’d taken a test those 5 months before but it didn’t show a strong line so assumed it was negative and didn’t think of it again

It’s only since being on Mumsnet that I realised positive tests can need magnifying glass to see

Well to be fair it wouldn’t usually be my first assumption either. But it felt so like the movement of a baby, bit having said that I don’t know what a hernia feels like.

No it wasn’t unprotected.

It's unlikely but not impossible.
DP's old housemate went out clubbing on a Saturday night. Got up lunchtime on the Sunday with terrible stomach pains and had a baby daughter by the close of day

She said that her periods hadn't stopped and she didn't put on any noticeable weight

I get that sometimes too, it’s never had arms and legs gas/things adjusting if I’ve eaten a lot but never a baby.

Your lunch making its way down?

Certainly would be unusual but not impossible for it to be a pregnancy.

I have felt this loads of times since having DS ad it wasn't pregnancy.

My married menopausal neighbour.. had a baby at 49 years.. didn't realise until she was 7.5 months (she is quite big tho... )

Babe is 20 now.. and delightful...

How would you feel if you were pregnant?

Very possible it could be a baby, or it might be a trapped fart.... either way I can't wait to hear what it is!

Hoping it's nothing serious OP

I get this sometimes. Once it was so bad I was utterly convinced I was pregnant, I found myself stroking my belly as if there was a baby in there it was convincing.

Then I came on.

Could it be a hernia ?
You should definitely speak to aGP just to be sure.
Hopefully it’s just wind or indigestion.

@CrazylazyJane ha, I think your DP and I might share an ex-housemate!

My stomach/intestines/whatever do some crazzzzy things, feelings very similar to when I was pregnant. Rolling, thumping, fluttering, etc. My husband has often said he thinks there's an alien in there somewhere.

I occasionally get a gas bubble that feels exactly like a baby moving in there, a sensation I remember well from being pregnant.
Or at least I think it's a gas bubble. No baby has yet appeared.

Have a Large glass of orange juice/similar and lie dow and wait. It’ll either kick or you’ll fart

Maybe a hernia.