When did you feel the baby move?

[gingmg]

And what did it feel like? I have no idea what to expect. I'm 15 weeks so its still early right? I can't wait to feel him. Thanks!

 

[Kezzybear]

I started feeling slight "popping" sensations at 17 weeks. Kinda feels like Bowel gas bubble popping. This was only once every few days. Then started feeling a rolling sensation at around 18.5 to 19 weeks. Kinda made me feel a bit queasy. Then from 20 weeks I started feeling proper kicks and seeing my bump slightly jump.
There are so many factors which affect when you start feeling things. If you have an anterior placenta it usually takes longer to feel bub and if you are larger in body size, that can affect when you see bump move etc.

It's an amazing feeling hard to describe but you will know it when you feel it enjoy!!!

 

[GeralynB]

At 15 weeks I started feeling little popcorns every few days. Now I pretty much feel him everyday at some point. It's still little quick pops…not proper kicks yet. And it's always when I'm sitting down.

 

[Spiffynoodles]

I felt my first at 16+5 weeks, my second at 17+6 weeks, and this one at 10 weeks! Now I can feel this little one moving everyday. To me, the earliest movements feel like a goldfish in your tummy, and then they start to feel like a twitching muscle, like a little poke from the inside. Later on, though, there's no mistaking it! It's like a little ninja doing kicks and flips inside you!

 

[angiepie]

Felt stuff from 11 weeks, and proper kicks from 15. It feels unpleasant to me, like I have a big worm in my intestines.

 

[N27murray]

I felt first DEFINITE kicks at 20+5 which isn't bad considering this is my first pregnancy and I have an anterior placenta.

now at 22+6 I feel kicks and movements all the time (especially after eating ice cream lol).

it feels like a muscle spasm kind of. The first two kicks I thought were just muscles twitching but then after a couple more I realized it was baby thumping me from inside and I got super excited. Dh still cant feel it though

 

[PumpkinBump]

the early movements feel weird. Take your fingers on your left hand and very lightly brush them against your right arm. Thats what you will feel inside your stomach. Little light brushes. And you will feel pops and gassy movements. Im 16 weeks now and starting to feel them. Later on it will be kicks, etc

 

[Lemonade]

the early movements feel weird. Take your fingers on your left hand and very lightly brush them against your right arm. Thats what you will feel inside your stomach. Little light brushes. And you will feel pops and gassy movements. Im 16 weeks now and starting to feel them. Later on it will be kicks, etc

That's exactly what it felt like for me - like someone gently tickling me from the inside. I felt her at 16 weeks but it didn't feel like real kicks until around 19 weeks.

 

[cupcaker]

For me it was the 20 week scan day that I felt LO.

This time around though it was a little earlier, more like 17/18 wks

 

[pineapple91]

i started feeling small tickling type feeling low in my tummy around 15 weeks but only if i stayed really still and I guess it was 18 weeks i felt true movement every day

 

[hongkongchick]

i felt movements at about 18 weeks (though i am sure i felt something before that but i was unaware of what it was). it felt like bubbles bursting in my tummy, but it is definitely different from gas bubbles. later on, around 20 weeks, i started to feel the more definite "kicks", basically bigger bubble bursting lol

now i am 27 weeks, and the movements are not bubbles anymore, sometimes i think baby is in there having a gymnastics session lol