Is this baby kicking?!

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I’ve heard that when you first feel baby kicking it’s like flutters/bubbles. I just had a short succession of sharp (but not painful) stabbing type sensations, lasting for about 30 seconds. I wondered whether this could be the baby or whether I’m just over thinking. Can the baby’s kicks feel this way? It’s my first pregnancy and I’m 17 weeks on Saturday (wasn’t expecting to feel anything this early).

I’ve had exactly the same sensations and was wondering the same thing so will monitor this thread! I’m 19 weeks with my first this Sunday. I don’t think I’ve had ‘bubbles’ or ‘flutters’ mine have mainly been like faint stabbing (not uncomfortable) pulling throbs but they happen one at a time rather than consistently ! xx

It can feel different for everyone. I found it was like fizzy pop bubbles to start with and then it moved onto feeling like something was flicking my tummy from the inside.
I was around 24-25 weeks with my first but did have my placenta at the front.
Im 17 weeks with #2 now and have been feeling flicking the past few days. I missed the bubbles as I've felt quite gassy and that makes it difficult to distinguish.
Mine were never sharp pains though, that tends to be more ligaments and things stretching and pulling.

Sounds like it

I felt movement with my first at 15 weeks so it’s possible.
Having said that, I thought the sharp pulls and tugs were stretching pains and round ligament pains.
Mine was just a sensation of wobbling when I was perfectly still, movement that wasn’t coming from me. I wasn’t sure at 15 weeks but it did turn out to be the baby.

What about the sensation of tickling around the belly button area? Feels like it’s within!

Getting some more of it! I hope it’s baby kicking I can’t think what else it could be 🙊

I always find the funny thing is, that you can never be totally sure it's the start of movement until you get definite movement and then you realise that it must have been it.