A couple of contradictions in pregnancy...

[ajlj1126]

I actually have two different questions, completely unrelated.

The first is that I'm 17 weeks now. I felt my DD kicking me (DH could even feel it on the outside) by 14/15 weeks. I was told you feel it much earlier with the second one, but I still haven't felt anything. I mean, nothing. Not even flutters. I'm starting to get worried.. by now with DD I was feeling full-blown kicks. Is this okay or should I call my OB?

The second question has to do with weight gain (yes, another one!)
I feel like I eat ALL THE TIME, I eat A LOT, and I'm not eating anywhere near as healthy as I did before I got pregnant. I used to work out twice a day and I had to stop due to a bleed they found in my uterus. But weirdly, I haven't gained any weight yet. What is going on? Am I burning a ton of calories just by being pregnant? I'm so confused..

Any ideas? Thank you in advance!

 

[lj2245]

I wouldn't worry about not being able to feel baby yet. I felt DS1 at 21 weeks, DS2 at 15 weeks and still can't feel DD1. I think it depends where the baby is lying and where the placenta is.

I ate a ton in my last pregnancy and was 7lbs lighter after I gave birth than I was pre-pregnancy. I do think you burn a lot of fuel in early pregnancy. I remember eating more frequently but a lot less food later in pregnancy as my womb squashed my stomach.

 

[amyleigh89]

Not sure about the weight... I only have to look at a slice of cake and I gain a lb.

The reason you aren't feeling much could be due to position of placenta. If its anterior could take a while for you to feel movement xx

 

[littlefishygg]

As the others have said, you probably have an anterior placenta this time. I do, I didn't feel kicks until 20/21 weeks and my OH didn't feel a kick from the outside until 23 weeks.

As for the weight gain, I have eaten worse during this pregnancy than pre-pregnancy and I have stopped going to the gym because I have just been too tired but until 18 weeks I didn't gain a single lb, I was the exact same weight. Then at 19 weeks I just started gaining weight and since then I have gained 8 lbs, nothing has changed in my diet or exercise.

 

[laurarebecca1]

On the weight subject...I was exactly the same and then at 20 weeks I started gaining, diet or the amount of eating hadn't changed and now at 25 weeks I've gained about a stone but im all baby apart from a bit on my hips and legs! And it was at 20 weeks that my bump suddenly grew over night literally!!!

I have an anterior placenta also and started feeling proper kicks at 20 weeks! From about 18 weeks baby has a big grow spurt!

 

[Wishing89]

On movement. I'm 19 weeks hardly feel any movement still. Definitely nothing from the outside yet. I felt baby #1 earlier I'm sure. My placenta is not anterior either but scan confirmed a couple of days ago all is well and baby is fine.

As for weight gain. Compared to my first pregnancy I've gained hardly anything and it's not for lack of eating that's for sure. Don't worry it's all normal and every pregnancy is different. I was worried at first but like I said scan showed baby is great!

 

[Reidfidleir]

Same has happened to me! I had an anterior placenta the first time and felt Ds at 11 weeks. Then from outside at 16.
I have an anterior placenta again and I didn't feel this baby for sure until 16 weeks and still haven't really felt from te outside yet and I'm 19 weeks!
One f the reasons I suspected a girl. And we are in fact expecting a lass.
Everything is normal and healthy with this one so far though.

 

[K123]

Movement I'd say is position of placenta. For me I didn't feel my first til about 22weeks because of an anterior placenta (and was worried about how late that was) and so was then shocked to feel movement at about 15weeks this time (as baby isn't kicking into the shock absorbing sponge of a placenta)

And as for weight - I was very sick early on (but got through this by continually eating biscuits) and I'm still lighter than I was when I got pregnant so I don't think it's that unusual.