weird abdominal symptom - feels like a baby kicking
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Anonymous
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Ok, so I feel bizarre even asking this, but has this happened to anyone else? I am two years post-partum, normal (vaginal) delivery, no issues there. Several times lately, I have felt something going on in my abdomen that feels exactly like when my daughter was kicking and moving her arms inside me. Seriously, it feels just like a baby's arm or leg poking around in there. I figured I should rule out horses before I started looking for zebras, and so I took a pregnancy test. Which was negative. (not surprisingly - I haven't had sex in a couple months and I've gotten periods since then.) I don't have any symptoms of ectopic pregnancy and it doesn't feel like gas. I doubt it's a tapeworm, and I haven't recently traveled anywhere where I was likely to encounter parasites in the food or water.
Anyone else experience this? Anyone have any ideas as to what it could be? |
Anonymous
| Gas/indigestion. |
Anonymous
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I have this also, and I think its possibly bowel related, like something is moving along the bowel (sorry, TMI!)
I don't know why I should be feeling it now, as I never felt it before having children, but similarly my youngest is 2 yrs old. I have been hoping its just one of those symptoms of everything being a bit moved around inside, that will eventually settle back to normal... |
Anonymous
| I had a very large, benign ovarian cyst that felt similar. |
Anonymous
| Could it be a muscle spasm? Does it feel like when you get an eye twitch? |
Anonymous
| OP here - I don't think it's a mere muscle spasm - it's really strong. And not painful, which I guess is good. I should have the cyst possibility checked out - I had one in the past, though it felt stationary and not like it was moving. Weird... |
Anonymous
| there is a show on TV called "I didn't even know I was pregnant". It's amazing how so many people had no symptoms...negative preg test, period, ect., yet still were pregnant. Perhaps get a pregnancy blood test to be sure? |
Anonymous
| OP, recently I saw a thread somewhere on DCUM about phantom baby kicks after pregnancy. A lot of women have them! I am def not preg and my youngest is 15 months and I feel them sometimes. I wonder if it's bowel. |
Anonymous
| I def have phantom kicks - it is the most bizarre feeling! Just last night DH and felt them together just like we used to do when there actually was a baby there. |
Anonymous
| I've had them too. I wonder if it is simply the case of having become more attuned to your gut during pregnancy and/or subconsciously wanting another. |
Anonymous
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm?
"The vast majority of aneurysms are asymptomatic. However, as abdominal aortic aneurysms expand, they may become painful and lead to pulsating sensations in the abdomen...." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdominal_aortic_aneurysm |
Anonymous
| I get it too and my son is 2. I blame the show "I didn't know I was pregnant" I am on mirena and have not had my period since february so that combined with the fluttery feeling means I am taking a pregnancy test every few weeks. I think I have felt them before I was pregnant but now I know what it feels like. |
Anonymous
| I am so happy to see this thread, I get them ALL the time and have gained a weight recently, but haven't had sex in a year, so am def.ly not preg. It is such a weird feeling... |
Anonymous
| I get it all the time, if I look at my tummy I can actually see it moving. No, not pregnant. I always assumed it was gas. |
Anonymous
| I was so glad to find this thread! I panicked because my son is only 9 months old today, and I made my husband run and get me several hpt's which were all neg. He thought I was crazy when I told him I thought I felt a baby kicking. It was all over the place like my son did, and it only occurred when I was in a resting position, so of course I freaked out! Idk how but every time I have become pregnant I knew, and even felt the egg implanting and cervix closing. So I became worried as to what it else it might be, so things moving back in place seems very plausible to me. |