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Movements with First pregnancy

19 replies

lauraa4 · 15/04/2015 11:08

Hey I know everyone is different but just wondering when everyone started feeling the baby's first movements? This is my first pregnancy and I keep thinking I'm feeling things but not too sure!

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TinyMonkey · 15/04/2015 11:50

About 23 weeks I think. I had a posterior placenta, but was carrying a fair bit of weight around my midriff.

EeekEeekEeekEeek · 15/04/2015 11:59

Around 17 weeks. Felt like a little muscle twitch.

How far are you along?

Fattycow · 15/04/2015 12:05

At 12 weeks for me.

OMC1 · 15/04/2015 12:18

About 21 weeks

heatherxo · 15/04/2015 12:20

Around 18-19 weeks

Hophop987 · 15/04/2015 12:21

Around 20 weeks

applecore0317 · 15/04/2015 12:28

17 weeks had feelings like I was being tickled from inside, 18 and a half weeks three strong popping feelings like popcorn popping and by 20 weeks I could see my belly moving where she kicked.

It will all depend on babies position and where your placenta is lying :)

pinkie1982 · 15/04/2015 13:18

Everyone is different. Mine was 16 weeks.

birchwoods · 15/04/2015 14:34

Around 20 weeks when I could be sure it was baby movement and not wind(!). I have an anterior placenta though. Now 23+4 and can feel regular kicks and saw my tummy move last night! I bypasses the butterflies stage, first feelings of movement were like little muscle spasms and like the feeling of gas moving in my bowel (nice!).

Lunastarfish · 15/04/2015 14:45

18 weeks for me when I was certain it was the baby and not wind. I didn't see my belly move until around 23/24 weeks. DP only felt the kicks for the first time at 25 weeks

Choccyhobnob · 15/04/2015 17:09

16 weeks for me

IceLemonGin · 15/04/2015 17:12

18 weeks for me. DH felt kicks at around 22 weeks. It felt like bubbles popping or muscle twinges at first.

Frolicacid · 15/04/2015 17:32

About 17-18 weeks. I'll be 22 weeks on Friday and I can feel proper kicks and a bit of a pattern now. Dh felt him through my tummy last night for the first time.

LorelaiVictoriaGilmore · 15/04/2015 17:33

I thought I'd felt movement for a while, but was sure by 17 weeks!

MrsAnxiety1 · 15/04/2015 17:40

Strong kicks/elbows from almost 21 weeks with anterior placenta :)

Caterina99 · 15/04/2015 20:53

22 weeks for sure. Few strange niggles before that, but nothing I was certain about. Anterior placenta

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lauraa4 · 15/04/2015 21:13

Thanks for all your comments ladies :) I'm 17 weeks but with it being my first pregnancy I'm not sure if it's baby or something else! Sort of feels like fluttering from the inside.

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MissTwister · 15/04/2015 22:06

Around 18-19 weeks.

Tinymonkey I've never understood why carrying weight around the middle would affect feeling kicks - there's no fat on the inside of your uterus and that's where you're feeling the kicks. It didn't affect me and I definitely have excess weight there!

MumToBe2015R · 15/04/2015 22:48

I'm 24wks still not felt proper movements. Slight fluttering around 22wks. I have Anterior placenta.

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