Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 83 Location: ontario, canada
Baby Movement Question Posted: 03-08-07 20:25pm
hello, so i am now 18 and a half weeks and
i don't know if i have felt my baby? I am
not on the smaller side so would it be
harder for me to feel it. But lately i
have been getting slight cramping almost
like period cramps in my lower abdomen
area. It doesnt hurt it just comes every
once in a while. Is this my uterus
stretching? What does it feel like when
you feel your baby? i know its hard to
describe, but how will i know if its the
baby or gas lol?
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ebarnhard33
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Posted: 03-09-07 11:25am
Hey there, I am almost 23 weeks now and I
first felt the baby move the day before I
turned 18 weeks. The cramping/stretching
feeling is most likely the ligaments
around your uterus stretching - this is
very common. For me, feeling the baby move
was *almost* like gas bubbles, but it was
different enough that I knew it was the
baby. It's just a slight fluttering
feeling that almost feels the same as
having a muscle twitch (that's how I felt,
anyways). After you know what it feels
like, you'll notice it more and more each
day... it's the most awesome feeling in
the world!
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Emma2
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Posted: 03-09-07 11:32am
your size has nothing to do with not being
able to feel the baby. Yes its normal for
1st time pregnancy not to feel much at
this point and no it doesnt feel like
cramps ..so thats not what your feeling.
the cramps are simply because your uterus
is growing and pulling ..you'll start
feeling your baby within the next few
weeks..congrats!
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chantigeek
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Joined: 03 Aug 2006 Posts: 83 Location: ontario, canada
Posted: 03-09-07 18:16pm
thank you for your posts:)
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vanessalouanne
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Posted: 03-09-07 18:56pm
Until 21 weeks you shouldnt be concerned
if you havent felt fetal movement. I felt
my baby move for the first time around 14
weeks. It felt like a flutter in my lower
stomach. But it was few and far between.
Now I feel her move all the time (Im 21
weeks on Sunday) and its gone from a
flutter heartbeaty feeling to a thud..Like
someone is doing it me fron the inside of
my stomach..Not painful but that bump bump
sensation.. haha hard to explain. Try
laying flat on your back and holding very
still..Thats I felt her for the first
time.
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Baby07
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Joined: 09 Apr 2007 Posts: 31
Posted: 04-12-07 10:02am
i'm 19 weeks now and and i didn't feel any
movement untill 17 1/2 weeks.. i still
don't feel much just a little poke here
and there!
