When do you start feeling the baby move?

April 20, 2008

Hi Dr.Q and Ladies,

I'm currently 16w4d pregnant and I am just wondering when can I expect to start feeling that fluttering/bubbling sensation of the baby moving. Sometimes I think I might feel something but then other times I think it might just be gas or something. What do you all think? Is it still too early?

Also, I have been having alot of round ligament pain which includes alot of stretching and pulling, is this normal? Thanks in advance!

April 20, 2008

usually for most people after 20wks

April 20, 2008

Dr. Q is right, my first pregnancy it was around 20wks, but with this being my third, I felt him earlier around 15-16wks, so if you are feeling like "flutters" that's the baby :) They will get stronger in the next week too :) It's sooo cool. Oh, and I at first wondered if it was gas, but then realized nah, that's my baby :)

April 20, 2008

I'd say I started feeling her around 16 weeks. Although it was few and far between...like once every four days until I was about 20 weeks. To me it felt like a little goldfish swimming through my tum. Those feelings continued to increase for me, but it wasn't until 24 weeks when I really felt kicks (and my husband could feel them, too). I'm pretty sure I was feeling them before 24 weeks, but I couldn't identify them.

April 20, 2008

Thanks girls! Every once in a while when I am very still I feel a little flutter or a gurgle in my stomach. But I have to be very very still and sometimes I dont feel it at all so thats why I was wondering if it's gas or the baby! Well hopefully within the next few weeks they will get more noticable!

April 20, 2008

With my daughter I felt the first movements at about 17 weeks but not all the time..I'd say by 20-21 weeks it was regual

good luck!!!!!!!!!!!

April 20, 2008

i always start feeling it around 18 weeks!

April 20, 2008

Hey sweetie!

I felt my little guy once during week 16. It was like two little pops in my stomach. Then the following weeks I felt more and more. By 18-19 weeks I felt him more and more. It is so different for everyone. Hope you get to feel soon!! :) Take care and hope you are great!

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