baby moving or gas?

[destynibaby]

so last night i felt what i thought was baby moving around, but after these little flutters/bubbles, i would get gas. but it doesnt feel like 'normal' gas if you know what i mean.
i guess my question is could the baby moving actually cause gas? like if baby was pressing against my intestines or something lol

 

[phineas]

I dunno If baby can make u fart hun tbh lol with my bub it feels deep in me and is just like when ur leg twitches etc! Then I've had the feeling where it feels like there's summat brushing against my skin inside. And today it feels like extremely light kicks randomly on my stomach. Before I can even think wait was that one, the light kicking feeling is long gone and I'm sat wondering lol!

Although baby has kicked me in my bladder and I had to run to the loo so not saying he isn't making u feel like ur gassy! X

 

[bexxc]

just like when ur leg twitches etc!

i've been wondering for a couple weeks if those little twitches were the baby. i don't get them very often, but every time they happen i think, was that the baby? i'm a first timer, so i have no idea what it's supposed to feel like.

 

[WantsALittle1]

I've had the same thing, but I do think there are a few features that can help you distinguish. 1) The speed of it -- gas bubbles tend to move slowly through my gut because I assume that intestinal peristalsis is a slow process. When (I think) bubba is kicking, it is fast and hard. It's not side to side, but directly outward. If I put my hand on my belly during a kick, the hand actually rises and falls a bit. 2) The feeling--is it rolling or twitching? Either could be bubba, but in my experience the twitching is followed by nothing but more twitches (likely to be baby) and the rolling is followed by a big toot.

Now... About your theory that the baby may stir up gas... What about the converse? What if a gas bubble glumping past the womb wakes up the baby and makes him/her kick?!

 

[phineas]

just like when ur leg twitches etc!

i've been wondering for a couple weeks if those little twitches were the baby. i don't get them very often, but every time they happen i think, was that the baby? i'm a first timer, so i have no idea what it's supposed to feel like.

I'm a second timer and never had them with my son, I just got one swift kick from him at 15w so ur not alone hun. I'd say it's very likely baby! I rarely get one on its own, even if it's a gap of 20 mins u can be guaranteed another will happen! And my legs and eye twitch all the time before preg so I no for def I never normally have twitches deep in me lol

And again with me the dr doing my scan took ages to find bab and was nearly in my back looking on my right side, and I goes hes not there, he's up here (left side just cross from belly button) and I was spot on! So them twitches are def baby!

Enjoy it

As for gas passing the baby and he then kicking is interesting! I wouldn't have even taught of that

 

[gretavon]

If stinky air comes out of your fanny, it was gas.

 

[SpringerS]

I've been wondering this exact same thing. I had bubbles at the start of 15 weeks so I figured that was the baby. A few days later I started getting a feeling like an internal poke, it was really gentle but it was like a short repeated poke, poke, poke. It went on for about half a minute. I thought it was probably wishful thinking as I didn't think I'd 'popped' yet and the feeling was an inch below my belly button but my midwife's appointment the next day confirmed that was where the baby is. By the end of the week I was feeling the poke more often and a bit stronger. I was at a comedy gig and I more or less missed the grand finale as I was feeling this persistent poke, poke, poke for about 5 minutes and it completely distracted me.

Then I felt nothing for 6 days so I thought I must have been wrong about it being the baby, though it had definitely found my bladder as I started experiencing the sudden desperate need to pee even and then not needing to go once I'd gotten to the toilet. But it started up again today, it was strong enough to startle me but only because I was sitting down at the time. Tonight I felt a similar feeling in a different spot but had gas straight after, which happened a few different times, so I'm not sure any more. I just wish I knew. It's very deflating to feel a poke, swell up with love for your tiny, kicking baby and then break wind.

 

[JaanRuk]

I remember when i first started feeling movement it felt like gas but it was def movement and not gas .

 

[amotherslove]

i bet it was movements. i had these wonderings a few days ago and i can feel him wiggling alot more now. he/she popped me in the uterus earlier

 

[gretavon]

I remember wondering this when I was pregnant with my boy, then when we went to the U/S we could see he was headbutting me. It was cute as all get out.

 

[aegle]

When LO kicks, sometimes it causes me to leak gas... lol.. And it's definitely her kicking. So perhaps

 

[SpringerS]

Mine is definitely baby! The poking started up again this afternoon and I lay back and felt along my belly underneath my shirt and I could feel little hard bits just under my skin (and fatty layer). I got my husband to feel too and he said he thought it felt like little bones. Once the poking sensation stopped my tummy went back to feeling like normal when I felt it. So glad to know for sure.

 

[emeraldbaby]

My babys movements feel like waves or a rolling sensation. Only way i can describe it