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flutter/movements at 17 weeks

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Dhano21 · 02/05/2021 19:01

Hi i have been feeling tiny tickles for the past few weeks i felt some yesterday too . Today i haven't really felt any or i'm not sure if i missed any.

can you share your stories i have a posterior placenta .

this is scaring me

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Mygoto · 02/05/2021 19:04

The baby is so small at this stage that it’s nothing to worry about. They probably are still moving but you’ve not felt it. Very normal at this point

Sunny1112 · 02/05/2021 19:05

I felt this from 16 weeks onwards on and off.
Their still very small to be feeling everyday.
You’ll be getting kicked all day soon Smile

beginnerwitch · 02/05/2021 19:07

I'm 17 weeks and still haven't felt any movement. My Dr said this is not a problem and it can start to be felt any time between 16 and 20ish weeks

Tomatobear · 02/05/2021 19:08

Felt movements for a few seconds every couple of days from 16 weeks. Please don't worry, baby is still so tiny!

Firstimehere · 02/05/2021 22:39

I’m 20 weeks and still haven’t felt anything!

crobo87 · 02/05/2021 23:07

I have been feeling flutters since 15 weeks. At 17 weeks I felt nothing for 3 days. I panicked and spoke to the midwife who said it's completely normal as they are still small. I had an appointment that week anyway and she checked the heartbeat and all was fine. It's very normal not to feel them consistently or regularly at this stage z

Dhano21 · 03/05/2021 10:56

@Mygoto @Sunny1112 @beginnerwitch @Tomatobear @Firstimehere @crobo87 Thank you so much everything is just so worrying .

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Tomatobear · 03/05/2021 11:07

Bless you, it's such a worrying time! I remember the feeling so well. It's all worth it though Smile

Dhano21 · 03/05/2021 11:34

@Tomatobear can i ask you at how many weeks you felt regular pattern / movements ?

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Dhano21 · 03/05/2021 13:27

@crobo87 how many weeks are now ?

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jazzibelle · 03/05/2021 13:41

@Dhano21 This caused me no end of anxiety from week 16 - onward! My advice to you is: try not to read too much into what others have said RE: movements. We really are all different, and so is your baby.

I, like you, have a posterior placenta and felt my first flutters quite early on. It was around 16-weeks I felt my first kick, but that's only because I was leaning back showing my DH how my uterus looked like a pear and the baby happened to kick at the precise moment my hand was in the exact place. Otherwise, I'd have never felt it. It was weeks until I felt another.

After that, it was not regular at all. I felt no more kicks or big movements until well after 26 weeks. I panicked a lot during this time, because people would tell me what's "normal" according to Dr. Google, or whatever the NHS "standard" is. I would convince myself something was wrong because I should have felt the baby move more by now.

Please please please know, there is no "standard" there is just averages based on whatever data they have. I've been in Triage 3 times with reduced movements, but really I just have a lazy and quiet baby. As soon as I'm hooked up to the monitor the heartbeat is present and strong.

It's only really daily movements I feel the last few weeks, and that has been perfectly normal for my baby. Some women carry very active children, others (like myself) carry babies who find a spot they like and don't really move much from it.

I'm currently 37 weeks and still only really feel baby having a wee stretch of its back and doing something weird with its hands (that feels like it's churning butter or something in there).

If you are at all worried at any point, just pop along to your day unit or triage, they'll happily hook you up for 20-mins to check baby is ok. I also got a home doppler to ease my anxiety (other posters, don't @ me about the doppler) and it helped a lot. You must always trust your gut instinct though, if you think something is off based on your experience (not others') then get checked out.

It's so much easier said than done, but try not to worry too much :-) (coming from someone who worried like crazy for most of the 2nd and 3rd trimester).

DinoHat · 03/05/2021 13:53

I’m 27 weeks with no.2 I know for sure I felt some movements at 11 weeks but then didn’t feel it again for several weeks. Baby has probably just changed position and it was probably just a fluke. No harm in booking a private scan though.

shivawn · 03/05/2021 14:52

I'm 18 weeks and haven't felt any movement yet. My midwife told me that more sedentary people or people in sedentary jobs will usually feel movement earlier.

crobo87 · 03/05/2021 14:55

@Dhano21 I'm 19 1/2 weeks now x

Tomatobear · 04/05/2021 06:24

I'm sure it was 20-24+ weeks before things were more regular. Somewhere around there

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