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Anonymous
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When did everyone feel their babies first kicks? I am almost 19 weeks (first baby) and haven't felt the flutters that everyone keeps talking about. BUT, last night when I lay down I felt this little "thump, thump, thump" that reoccured every 2 or 3 minutes for about 15-20 minutes. Is that my baby or a bodily function? Is it too early for me to feel little baby kicks?
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Anonymous
| It's not too early for you to feel your baby. I felt my baby kick for the first time when I was just shy of 19 weeks. A lot of people feel movement even earlier than that (even with their first baby). My baby's first movements weren't as repetitive as yours seemed to be, but I bet it was your baby that you were feeling. Until the little one gets bigger, you definitely will feel movements the most when you're lying or sitting still. Congratulations! |
Anonymous
| I'm 16 weeks with #3 and feel the flutter every night! |
Anonymous
| Yes, that's it. And now that I'm at 23 weeks, it's happens much more frequently throughout the day (and night) than it did at 19 weeks. I like to lay down on my back for a few minutes -- seems to get the baby going or else I feel it more that way. |
Anonymous
| Oooh, I can't wait to feel that kick, kick, kick! |
Anonymous
| The first time I felt my DD was at 16 weeks and it felt like I was on a rollercoaster (that kind of up and then down feeling in my tummy). It later became a much more rhythmic feeling which i later realized was her having hiccups! She didn't kick as much as move around. All in all it's the most amazing feeling! |
Anonymous
| Felt my baby move before 19 weeks and I know what you mean about being unsure whether it was the baby or my tummy rumbling. It does sound like your baby moving if there is a pattern. You'll be feeling the baby move more and more (also it will definently be more than a flutter in a few more weeks). I'm 25 weeks now and I can feel her everyday. It will be especially amusing when you can see your tummy move from their kicks. |
Anonymous
| I felt that same thing, around the same time. I call it "nudges"! I am now 23 weeks, and like the PP, feel that more frequently...yesterday at the doctors they said I will probably feel the real "kicks" around 24 weeks (yay!). |
Anonymous
Rollercoaster tummy...that's what it felt like to me too! I had a friend who was like 6 months pregnant with her first when someone asked her about the baby kicking. She said, "Oh, I haven't felt that yet" and everyone got all concerned. It turned out she was mistaking the kicks for gas bubbles! |
Anonymous
i am pregnant with #1 and felt my first kick at 18 weeks. i would have thought it was a gas bubble but since i have IBS (TMI?) i KNOW what gas feels like and that was not it. i felt another soft "thump" a few days later and by 19.5 weeks I was feeling kicks pretty regularly. i'm now 31 weeks and i swear i feel like he is bowling in there ... i keep getting these wild movements all over my abdomen!! 
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Anonymous
| OP here - thanks for all your stories! I am so excited to start feeling the baby every day! |