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Paranoid about not feeling any movement at 20 weeks
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Anonymous
| So every article I read and when I talk to my friends they say they had movement around 17-18 weeks. I am at 20 weeks and still feel nothing. I went in for a check up at 19 weeks and the baby looked fine but I can't help but be a bit paranoid. |
Anonymous
It happens at different times for everyone. I have an anterior placenta, which can make it harder to feel movement. I didn't know that until my 20 week ultrasound, though. At your stage, I was feeling random light things that I couldn't tell if they were the baby or indigestion.  Now I am 27 weeks and can feel definite movement, and more pronounced. Occasionally it is strong enough that my husband can feel it, but not often - and I believe that I am on the late side for that too. Anyway, it could just be where the placenta is or how you are carrying. Hope you feel something soon!
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Anonymous
| Do you know how your placenta is positioned (anterior v. posterior)? That can have a huge effect on how discernible motion is. Also, at 20w (first baby), I could still only feel movement when I was lying on my back, being quiet, with no distractions, and even then it was pretty subtle. I know my OB had told me not to expect to notice motion until 20-23w, so I think you are well within the normal range! |
Anonymous
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I was a little worried too, since it is not my first, and I was expecting to feel movement before 19 weeks. At 19 weeks, I felt the first definite baby "bumps", but not in front, in the back!?! Weird...
If your check-up and ultrasound are fine, then don't worry. It will happen soon enough, and then the kicking will wake you up in the middle of the night! |
Anonymous
| With my first, I did not feel anything until 23 weeks. HTH. |
Anonymous
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Don't worry! ESPECIALLY since you've just had an u/s that things look good. You saw the baby moving, right? That means s/he is moving, you just can't feel it.
I know I didn't until about week 21 or 22. Everyone is different. As PPs pointed out, placenta position can make a difference. Also, are you a size 2 or a size 10? Typically if you have extra layers of padding (not necessarily overweight/obese, but as opposed to being super skinny), it will also delay your ability to feel it since the baby is more cushioned. |
Anonymous
| OP here. I am a size 2 which is why I am a bit more paranoid. I was under the impression that if you are on the smaller size you tend to feel things early. |
Anonymous
| Just want to second the folks telling you that if you saw movement at your U/S and just couldn't feel it, that you really shouldn't worry. And that you likely just have an anterior placenta and/or are less sensitive to sensation from that area. Which is actually a GOOD thing in the long run. These early movements are really fun and reassuring, but later on it can get into uncomfortable/painful territory, and being able to actually feel all the BH contractions isn't all that great either. |
Anonymous
| I could have written this post a couple of weeks ago!! I am also small, and everything I read said thin women tend to feel the baby move sooner, so when I hadn't felt him move by 20 weeks I was really nervous. Turns out I have an anterior placenta (which means the placenta is on the front part the uterus, behind your belly button, instead of on the back of the uterus, toward your back). That means that there is an added layer of cushion when baby kicks. I am now 23 weeks and have just started to feel him. You will absolutely start to feel movement soon, but in the meantime, do not worry. My husband was *convinced* we simply have a very chill baby on ours hands. But the 20 week ultrasound showed our little guy doing flips and somersaults all over the place. He's definitely moving in there, it just took longer for me to feel it. Perfectly normal. |
Anonymous
| Ditto what all the PPs have said. I, too, have an anterior placenta, but even you don't, 20 weeks is not late. At 20 weeks i was justthen feeling some flutters that I thought MIGHT be baby but also might be gas or something! Now at 24 week, I am just at the point where I know I can definitely feel him and my husband still can't feel anything from the outside. NOTHING to worry about!! |
Anonymous
I was size 2 pre-pregnancy. Didn't feel movement until 19 weeks. |
Anonymous
I am a size 2 also, and I didn't feel movement until between 20 and 21 weeks. My sister, also my size, felt movement at 18 weeks. I was paranoid, but it ends up I have an anterior placenta. Also, I think I just didn't notice it -- the taps were so light and faint at first, and also extremely infrequent. I'm 27 wks now and I feel him kicking all the time. Don't worry, it will happen!!! 
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Anonymous
| I think the important thing to remember is you have SEEN him move on u/s and didn't feel that. So, even if you were completely abnormal (but you're not!) and everyone here was responding, whoa, that's crazy, you should have felt him weeks ago, you KNOW he is moving. For whatever reason, you can't feel him but there is no reason to worry because you know he IS moving. I would be more concerned if you start feeling him and then you can't feel it anymore. Really, try to just trust the process and not think too much about what other people feel and when. It might also be that you feel him and just don;t know what you are feeling. |
Anonymous
| I am skinny (except when pregnant) and didn't feel anything until 21 weeks. Different women feel movement at all different times. Hang in there! |
Anonymous
| I was worried about this, too, and didn't feel anything until at least 23 weeks, maybe 24-25. I wasn't a size 2, but was in no way overweight (before). I'm at 36 weeks now and he's going to be a soccer star, I'm sure! You will start to feel things, and it won't be subtle. Just be patient. |