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How early did you feel yor baby move?

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lilstar · 31/05/2013 13:07

Probably this has been asked numerous times but...

I am 14w2d according to my scan, but according to my LMP I would be 4-7 days less than that. It's my second pregnancy. I'm sure I just felt my baby fluttering. How early did you feel it?

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Guntie · 01/06/2013 20:49

16 weeks!

igirisu · 01/06/2013 20:47

I know I felt my baby moving at 13-14 weeks. this is my first child and apparently that's unusual (my MIL said it was gut rot) but I felt him moving, I couldn't feel him every day but it was maybe twice a week tiny movements until he was about 16 weeks. he felt like a little fish living in my tummy The movements became strong enough for my partner to feel at about 19 weeks and became visible at about 25. My friend carried her placenta differently and didn't feel her son move until much later, everyone is different

duchesse · 01/06/2013 18:28

I don't trust dating scans. For DD3 I know exactly when she was conceived. I know when I did my first positive pregnancy test. Yet the hospital added a week to my dates on first scan. This means that DD3 was born (alive by the seat of her little pants) 3 weeks past 40 weeks.

Excited85 · 01/06/2013 17:58

16 weeks, and first baby. Definite jabs from 18 weeks. Would describe as popping, almost like a pulsation under the skin. Amazing feeling!

lilstar · 01/06/2013 17:49

FoofFighter, I have had 2 scans. The first one went exactly with my LMP, the second one is a week out either way because I know the exact dates I was sexually active. Apart from that, I know when my LMP was...going by the second scan I would have had my period after I was pregnant. Since my confusion, I had looked up alot of info and threads on the subject. People stating they know the exact date of conception because they had IVF and their scan dates are out by a week. Aparently it can be out by +-7 days after 12 weeks. My 2nd scan I thought I was 12w5d, but they put me 13w5...both dates being after 12wks, I believe it might be wrong. But at the end of the day...I'll be happy if I have my section a week earlier because I can have a wine or 2 for my birthday then lol

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FoofFighter · 01/06/2013 16:56

at the anomaly scan usually.

MrsHY1 · 01/06/2013 16:55

This is all fascinating! I'm only 13+3 so wasn't expecting to feel anything for a while. I do know I have a retroverted uterus but I've no idea where my placenta is. At what point do you find out? Or should I have found out at my 12 wk scan? x

FoofFighter · 01/06/2013 15:58

BTW you can pretty much go by the scan date rather than LMP now, it's very accurate.

Lynd I too believe you, so annoying when people(especially when it's other women!!) say you imagined it or it was a fart it's my 4th pregnancy I think I know what I felt!

lilstar · 01/06/2013 10:40

JennaRainbow I've never described it as bubblues popping but I have seen alot of people describing it like that. I guess just like pain, everyone feels sensations in their body differently but when you do feel it you just realise and know! I felt the baby move yesterday but haven't felt it again since but I just know that is what I felt.

Lynd2104 I believe you! lol. If you search this subject online, there are alot of discussions where people claim to feel it even earlier than that too.

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duchesse · 01/06/2013 09:43

13 weeks with DS, about 17 weeks with DD1, 10 weeks with DD2, about 14 weeks with DD3.

I think foetuses vary a lot in amount of movement, size and positioning even that early, so it's natural there should be a wide range of times for feeling first movement.

Sleepthief · 01/06/2013 09:36

17 weeks with DS1 (was on a plane and kept feeling him doing flips, like when you are on a roller coaster), 9 weeks with DS2 (he was and continues to be incredibly active and strong, walked at 9 months etc) and 14/15 weeks with DS3, who was and still is only little

Lynd2104 · 01/06/2013 09:30

Im a first time mum and i sware i felt my LO fluttering around 12-13weeks, although nobody believes me :P

islingtongirl · 01/06/2013 09:27

I'm only on dc1 but it was about 19-20 when first got movement I was sure was baby. A few weeks before then I suspected I felt baby, a few little 'pops' and squirming feelings. I have a (high) anterior placenta though which may have meant I felt things a little later, plus had no idea what to look out for! Am 28 weeks now and can definitely feel her! It will come I promise!

JennaRainbow · 01/06/2013 08:00

Thanks lilstar, I'll look our for butterflies now! I've felt something like 3 bubbles popping quickly, could that be it? I think I just need to be patient but it's so hard as all you want to do is feel it!

lilstar · 31/05/2013 23:05

It's kind of hard to describe other than it feels like a wee butterfly flapping and tapping against you briefly....and obviously it has to be in the right area. Apart from that I would liken it to the feeling you get if you have ever had one of your muscles twitching? Almost like a soft beat...on the inside.

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JennaRainbow · 31/05/2013 22:57

I know this might sound silly but can someone describe what the fluttering and popping feels like? I'm 16 weeks and there's so much going on in there it's hard to know what's what!

Gingerbreadpixie · 31/05/2013 22:42

About 16 weeks. This is my first. Started as fluttering and "popping" sensations. Posterior placenta

Ilovestackingcups · 31/05/2013 21:20

DC1 18 weeks. Anterior placenta, not particularly active baby.
DC2 14 weeks. Posterior placenta, VERY active baby. Had very bad early 2nd trimester MS, on the first day in a week I managed to eat a meal, got some hefty kicks in thanks!

2Labradors · 31/05/2013 20:27

I'm pregnant with my 3rd and thought I started feeling little flutterings at 11 weeks+. Am now 14 weeks and its unmistakable and lovely. Had a cup of normal (not de-caff) tea today and baby was wriggling afterwards.

clare8allthepies · 31/05/2013 15:50

Hmm, seems to get earlier with each pregnancy, with DD nothing until about 22 weeks, have a retroverted uterus so don't know if that's why, hopefully will be sooner this time (14+2 now)

Vocalista86 · 31/05/2013 14:48

First baby - yesterday at 13+5, light flutterings. :)

Lydia161290 · 31/05/2013 14:31

Felt some popping movement at around 16 weeks, but didn't start to feel baby properly till after 20 weeks.

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StarlightMcKenzie · 31/05/2013 14:08

No. 1 14 weeks, no,2 16 weeks and no 3 just before 12 weeks.

BabyStone · 31/05/2013 14:05

I thought a felt a flutter at about 16/17 weeks then nothing until more obvious movements at 20weeks. Baby was normally asleep during scans and I had an anterior placenta

mrspaddy · 31/05/2013 13:57

I got little flutters at about 15 weeks (this is my first pregnancy) but honestly got very little again for a long time and only getting strong kicks as I am coming to 26 weeks. Baby very active in scans though.

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