Advice on OH feeling movement?

[emicakess]

I swear I can feel most of the movement from the outside, and sometimes see it too if I am looking down at the moment.
Every time I call OH over she either stops moving, he claims he can't feel anything (because she stops kicking and im just getting flutters) or he says he feels twitching but I don't feel anything so how could he? Lol
I know she will get bigger and he will eventually feel and see it but I was just wondering if anyone had any advice to get her moving? Or any tricks to have OH feel the kicks?

 

[NoodleSnack]

If you start to note when she's most action and both wait for that time or drink some cold soft drink and lie down - which is what they advice pregnant women to do when they fear reduced movements to make lo move.

 

[emicakess]

Thank you! I have been trying to take mental notes of when she's moving but it seems so random still. But I will definitely try a cold soda! I don't normally drink soda so that might just work

 

[tickledpinkkk]

With my first pregnancy, I could usually get him moving pretty good by pushing on the bottom of my stomach where his little feet were. This would usually aggravate him enough to provoke some kicks back.

 

[paintrider89]

My OH would lay his head on my belly and we would watch tv and I would drink something sweet. My LO is all out her space though, so if he was there to long, she would kick him in the face, and refused to stop until he moved.

He also said that he could hear her moving. Said it was kinda like digestive sounds, but different.

 

[emicakess]

With my first pregnancy, I could usually get him moving pretty good by pushing on the bottom of my stomach where his little feet were. This would usually aggravate him enough to provoke some kicks back.

My OH gets upset if I poke at her lol he thinks it's going to annoy her. And ever since he started saying that I worry if it does bug her lol XD but it does work to get get to kick sometimes

 

[emicakess]

My OH would lay his head on my belly and we would watch tv and I would drink something sweet. My LO is all out her space though, so if he was there to long, she would kick him in the face, and refused to stop until he moved.

He also said that he could hear her moving. Said it was kinda like digestive sounds, but different.

That is such a good idea thank you, we are going to try that!

 

[Loup89]

my husband seems to have a lack of feeling in his hands, hes only ever felt her when his head is on my belly or his arm resting. I can even see her moving and he claims to not feel it.

 

[Mummafrog]

My baby has been the same from the start and still is, she pauses if people touch, little monkey hehe.
One thing that stimulates her to move is coldness, either my skin being cold or cold hands! Get your OH to run his hands under cold water and then rest them on your tummy, might get baby wriggling

 

[wookie130]

This is funny, because with my first baby, I'd be feeling and seeing her move like crazy, and as soon as I'd try to get my husband to look or feel my belly, she'd stop. What IS that??? LOL! It's like they know, and they're already trying to give Daddy a run for their money!!!

 

[emicakess]

I know huh!
Well we are in bed and I can feel her moving a lot so I had him put his head on my belly and.... BAM she kicked him hard in the head LOL it was so funny.
I think when he uses his hand he is afriad of bothering her so he doesn't press down at all and that's why he doesn't feel it... But his head is heavy enough to feel it.
Yay haha!

 

[paintrider89]

I know huh!
Well we are in bed and I can feel her moving a lot so I had him put his head on my belly and.... BAM she kicked him hard in the head LOL it was so funny.
I think when he uses his hand he is afriad of bothering her so he doesn't press down at all and that's why he doesn't feel it... But his head is heavy enough to feel it.
Yay haha!

Good deal! Always special when daddy's get to feel baby!

 

[mybabyluv3]

Think that's what I'm gonna have to try. Him putting his head on my belly. There always looks like a party in my tummy as soon as he walks out the room. I'm scared it will stop if I get up to follow him. He's just not patient enough to sit there long enough to feel anything.

 

[emicakess]

Think that's what I'm gonna have to try. Him putting his head on my belly. There always looks like a party in my tummy as soon as he walks out the room. I'm scared it will stop if I get up to follow him. He's just not patient enough to sit there long enough to feel anything.

My OH is not patient enough to sit long enough either! I tell him just put his hand on my belly and do whatever he was doing before (TV, phone, or whatever). Then I feel her and say "did you feel that?" and he says no, and then he says "Oh was that her?" and I say "I don't think so, I didn't feel anything...." And he gets frustrated and stops trying. Lol.

She kicked him in the head within like 5 seconds of him putting his head on my belly and I think it actually scared him, he wasn't expecting such a strong kick lol. I don't know if I can get him to do that very often though because I got the feeling he felt like he was squishing her.

 

[mybabyluv3]

I just told him he's gonna have to try it. I'm a lil worried though cuz dH has a big head, lol