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Anterior placenta - movements

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Vogue1992 · 09/02/2021 08:29

Just wondering if anyone who has / had an Anterior placenta can spread some light on when they felt Baby move and what it felt like?

I’m 19+4, sometimes at night I think I feel something not for long and not every night but to be honest I’m not sure if it’s in my head.

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Reeva1988 · 09/02/2021 08:33

Hiya, I’m 21 weeks today and have an anterior placenta. I felt my first clear movement dead on 20 weeks . I thought I felt little flutters leading up to that but then it was obvious when they were proper movements .

I was so worried that I wouldn’t feel anything at all until at least 24 weeks but I feel him more or less all day now.

My placenta is on the right hand side though so I only ever feel him low down and on the left . If you haven’t had your 20 week scan yet, might be worth asking them where your placenta is . You can clearly see on my scan that it’s on the one side xx

Sansa87 · 09/02/2021 08:34

Mine felt like little twitches to begin with, & even then I thought I was imagining it. It’s only because when I started feeling undeniable movement it was in the same place as the little twitches

I’m 27+4 today and I’ve still never felt her central, only ever low down or to the side.

LayingLow · 09/02/2021 08:34

I'm now 25 weeks pregnant with baby #4 BUT my first pregnancy with an anterior placenta..
I started feeling definite kicks at around 21/22 weeks.. I mostly feel them at the sides ( because obviously the placenta is at the front ) xx

Reeva1988 · 09/02/2021 08:34

Forgot to say it feels just how you imagine really . Something wriggling underneath your skin or sometimes more obvious movements . They’re unmistakeable to me x

Yellow85 · 09/02/2021 08:36

I had an anterior placenta in my second pregnancy. The kicks and movements were definitely ‘dulled’ in comparison, however if it was my first I doubt I’d have noticed to be honest. I still felt all the lovely little flutters! Just try and get a grasp on whats normal for your baby - I did end up in triage with 2 bouts of reduced movement (but they assume it was just how baby was lying) so nothing to worry about.

Csari · 09/02/2021 08:38

Hi, I have a high anterior placenta and felt flutters at around 13 weeks but it is my second pregnancy. I did notice that movements felt a bit dulled between week 15 and week 20 but I'm now 31 weeks and there's not much difference between movements with my previous pregnancy where I didn't have an anterior placenta.

BakewellGin1 · 09/02/2021 08:42

I had an anterior placenta and mainly felt movements toward my sides/under my ribs... Most movement for me was between 22/29 weeks.. He was breech for a while too and then laid sideways so in general was just awkward ha ha

I didn't feel him at all before 20 weeks x

readyforroundtwo · 09/02/2021 08:46

I have an anterior placenta and felt definite movement at 19 weeks, but I'm pregnant with my second.
With my first (posterior placenta) I didn't feel definite movement until 20/21 weeks

SunnySideUp2020 · 09/02/2021 09:00

20/21w definite kicks.
Felt weird things around 19w and a kick but thought i imagined it.
My placenta is in the front but still feel kicks all over the bump. Even where it is...

Blughbablugh · 09/02/2021 10:02

I've had anterior for both my pregnancies. Pregnancy 1 I didn't feel movement until about week 21/22. I'm currently 19 weeks pregnant and have felt movement for a few weeks, very subtle and in frequent but I think that's because you generally feel it earlier in second pregnancies.

Humpty11 · 09/02/2021 10:40

Hey, I have an anterior placenta and have felt movements since about 16 weeks. This is my second baby though. I have only felt movement once when I’ve had my hand resting on my stomach and this was when I was 22 weeks, I’m now 23 weeks and can still really only feel movements internally.

CheeseandWine91 · 09/02/2021 11:13

I'm 29 weeks and have an anterior placenta. This is my first baby so nothing to compare to, but I didn't knowingly feel anything until 21/22 weeks and didn't feel him every day until about 24/25 weeks. Now I feel him throughout the day and am very aware of what is him, even the faintest twitches. Now he's bigger I can really feel him when he turns or rolls, I am told when you get to the 31/32 week stage the kicks are less because the baby doesn't have enough room to kick. This of course doesn't mean the movements are less, just the big kicks!

Curiosity101 · 09/02/2021 11:26

I think I was around 19 weeks when I felt movement. By 22 weeks I could see kicks from the outside if I laid perfectly still on my back and waited. The kicks just looked like muscle spasms/twitches from the outside.

emmafou1807 · 09/02/2021 12:01

I felt what I could only describe as 'gas' from about 18 weeks but was in reality little one moving about in there. Didn't really feel any proper proper movements until 24/26weeks. And it was about 26/27weeks before they were strong enough for my partner to feel, before that I could feel it inside but he couldn't feel a thing. Movements got really strong about week 32 when his legs clearly extended past my placenta but then he shifted back behind and they haven't been as strong again. I still feel him move all the time but it's cushioned almost by my anterior placenta.

Nat4392 · 09/02/2021 13:46

This is my first baby and I have an anterior placenta. I felt the first bits of movement around 18 weeks. I’m now 24 weeks and feeling a LOT of movement!

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Vogue1992 · 09/02/2021 21:03

Thank you all for your replies, so very varied. Hopefully by 24 weeks movements are a lot more recognisable 😊

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