Baby movements or something else? First movements

[NightSkyWanderer]

Yesterday after I came off the treadmill I started having weird sensations.
18 weeks and the feeling is equal to my belly button but to the left. Is this too high for first baby kicks?. It felt really strong like thuds. Had a couple then nothing more. Then this morning felt some really strong ones and dh placed his hand on my belly ans he said he felt it. It felt so strong but I'm inclined to think it is my intestines or something ? Since midwife said movements would be subtle and i read partner cant feel anything til end of second or third trimester. I got it after a lot of stomach hungry growls this morning. This is a first pregnancy. Anyone any thoughts? Surely it's not baby?

My first movements were more like butterfly wings fluttering, but mine were earlier than 18 weeks, so possibly.

I'm 17 weeks and have been having clear flutters for just over a week now. With the occasional big thud, my husband also felt one of those said thuds last night. So probably is baby, and just that they are in a position where you can feel it clearer!

I didn't feel anything with my first until 22 weeks (anterior placenta). I had a posterior placenta with my second and started feeling very light sensations between 18-20 weeks. However, in both pregnancies my DH couldn't feel anything until I was much further along, probably around the 28 week mark.

@missmoosh oh that's interesting.
Dh is very excited thinking its baby kicking. I do notice I seemed to get them after a weird wave sensation. Are your thuds low? As everything I seem to read says movements would still be low down. I didn't think the uterus reached the belly button area until 20 weeks but something is definitely causing an occasional thud up this high. I've only started getting the thuds this past week

I’d be fairly confident that’s the baby. I’m 18 weeks and this is my third. Have felt flutters from very early and have been getting the odd kick now for a week or so. You’re not that far off 20 weeks so I don’t think it’s unreasonable for movement to be nearish the belly button.

@NightSkyWanderer I would say the thud was slightly to the left, maybe an inch below the belly button! So defo not low down! I get lighter more fluttery/fish flopping type feeling a bit lower down. The thuds have only been higher up though! So I do think baby's positioning makes a massive difference! (this is my first btw, so I have nothing to base if off, but when I spoke with my consultant last week he said it was baby!)

I had flutters at 14 weeks. They were like a fish flipping around and thuds at 17 weeks so I would say it's probably the baby. Every one is different.

The first movements I felt I described as like being a little frog in my lower abdomen, just pushing off from the side. I can't imagine anyone else could have felt it. Almost tickly and below belly button. This was about 18 weeks.

My partner has been able to both see and feel movement from about 18/19 weeks. This is our first so wasn’t expecting to experience this so soon but he never stops! Everyone is so different, loads of my friends never felt movement at all until 22-24 weeks. It’s mad to me cos our little froggy is so active and his movements are so strong!

Could be! I felt fluttering too with my first, but at 15 weeks with my second o had 2 days of feeling his leg or arm moving backwards and forwards across my abdomen, really bizarre as so early (must have been his positioning) then that stopped ... I was terrified for about 10 days and he really started after that
Enjoy!

Oh, this is super interesting, I actually wondered! I am 38 weeks now, anterior placenta. Is there such a big difference in how you feel the moves when you have a posterior placenta? I think I felt my baby pretty good during the pregnancy, but obviously can't compare as I never had a posterior one!

At 18 weeks, it's possible to feel baby movements, but they're often subtle. Sensations near the belly button could be gas, digestive movements, or early baby kicks. Partners can sometimes feel movement around this time. If movements are consistent, it's worth mentioning to your healthcare provider for reassurance.

I felt my first movement when I was 18 weeks and lying in the bath. I felt a kick and actually saw my abdomen move.