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It took me a while to feel baby #3 move too, and I was worried because I'd always heard you feel them earlier the more you have. BUT.....my placenta is lying low in the pelvic region and extends up the front side of my belly so it was just 'hiding' the kicks. I am now 26 weeks, and I can't get him to stop! He just needed time to 'outgrow' the frontal protection of the placenta. Hang in there, it's coming!!!

Usually, you don't feel the baby until about week 24. Then, you begin to feel the "flutters" for a few weeks before you really begin to feel movement.

I never felt my first move and only rarely felt my second move. However every time I went in for an ultrasound you could see them kicking and moving all over the place. During the ultrasound you get to find out the sex and other stuff, I bet you'll see your little peanut rockin' and rollin' all over the place.

I don't know if this is your first pregnancy or not. In my case I "couldn't" feel movement either. But it turned out that I just didn't know what I was supposed to be feeling. If you have a little buzzing feeling (like gas) or a little squiggly feeling (like you might have to go pee) you are feeling the baby's first movement. It was nothing like the kicking or flopping feeling that I was expecting--so I almost missed it. (The kicking and flopping will come later!) Hope this helps :)

It could be the position of the baby or you may just not recognize the feeling. When I was pregnant with twins they did sonograms to measure their activity. I would always drink ice water or ice cold orange juice and that got them more active. Sometimes I would push (not hard) on my stomach and the baby would "push" back. But, that was probably later on in the pregnancy.

With my second daughter I didn't even know I was pregant until I was in my second trimester...she never moved the entire pregnancy. When I would go in they would do different tests to make sure she was okay. She had a good heartbeat the entire time, but just didn't move. Babies develope their personalities enutero...she is a very laid back child and has been since birth. As long as the heartbeat is fine, I wouldn't worry. You may just have a laid back child, count your blessings...my first was not. Good luck and God Bless and Have a Merry Christmas.

N., I think there are a lot of factors that go into when you feel the baby move. Is Mom short/tall, heavy/slim how is the uterus tilted, all kinds of things. If the heart beat is good then everything is fine and one of these days you'll feel something WONDERFUL!!

M.

I never felt my oldest son move. You could see him moving all over in the ultrasound but I didn't feel it. The nurse seemed amazed & since I could see the movement you would have thought I would have recognized it if I had felt anything. He was very docile, but obviously moving all over in the womb. He is still my more easygoing "better-natured" child. My second one kicked me so hard all of the time I just couldn't even imagine....sometimes it almost got annoying because it was firm, fast & would be nonstop for 20 minutes or more at a time. He is still my more active / intense child. I guess my idea is as long as the heartbeat is okay I think things will be just fine for you.

I wasn't able to feel my son move other than the occassional warm sensation in my abdomen at 21 weeks. It wasn't until closer to the third trimester that I could easily discern kicks and punches - and he didn't do that all that often compared to how some women describe their babies. He's pretty fiesty now though, go figure.

I have a 5 month old son and when I was pregnant I didn't feel him move until around 26 weeks. It depends on where the placenta is attached too. My placenta was attached so that it acted as a pillow and I couldn't feel him move for a long time. He was perfectly healthy... 8lbs 10oza and 21.5 inches. So don't stress too much, I'm sure all is well:) Good luck and enjoy the sleep while you can!!

I agree with these ladies, you M. not recognize the movements, they do feel like your stomach has food or air moving through it. Later you will feel so much that you long for these day's, remember to savor every moment, you never know if you'll have another time to know these feelings!

That is normal N.. Most of the time you won't feel any movement until after the half way mark. It is when the baby starts to get bigger and have less room to move that you will really feel the kicking and movements. So calm down and enjoy your pregnancy and holidays!

Question? Is this your first? Sometimes we dont know what we are feeling in side, when we dont know what to expect. I had a "mom" tell me that her doc informed her since she is a bigger girl she may not feel normal movement, I responded to her since I am bigger that I felt loads of movement each around 15 16 weeks, with my first I just didnt know that the "gasy" "butterfy" feeling was baby movement. Also these guys (sencond trimester) dont move a great deal and if they do its not like an under a lb in wt is going to create a wave of moving power. When your baby gets bigger I am sure you will feel more than enough baby movement and at times be tired of feeling so much. so relax and enjoy every minute. Get the recomened tests and write down your questions for the doctor. Good Luck!

Your baby is just likely swimming in quite a bit of fluid and it's also possible you aren't recognizing the movements. When they first start they can feel a lot like the fluttering feeling we get when we have a gas bubble go through.

With my last baby I had the placenta placed in the front. So the babies movements pressed against my intestines without the cushion of the placenta. Every movement made my stomach feel gassy. In fact, I had tons of gas. The baby had to get quite big before I felt much and unfortunately, my husband and kids really couldn't feel much all the way to the end because of the placenta being in the way.

Don't worry yet. Soon you'll be feeling it. But by all means, do get an ultrasound if they haven't offered you one yet.

Suzi

i didn't feel my son for what i thought was forever, and then when i did i just figured that's what it was, because it didn't feel anything like what i thought it would...it felt more like a muscle spasm, which i get all the time. i've even gotten them in my abdomen/stomach area, when i wasn't pregnant. so it wasn't the huge exciting moment like i thought it would be. even when i was close to delivering, he never punched and kicked me hard (and i could never tell if it was head, elbows, feet, etc, like some moms can, or say they can...lol!) case in point he was head down one day, then two days later when my water broke he was feet down, SO even if i had tried to guess what was poking me, i would have been wrong anyway lol! and now three years later he is one of the most antsy, restless, hyper kids i've ever met. i thank god he gave me such a boring pregnancy!

Depending on the position of the baby and the type of movements it makes, you may not feel it. I hate this stupid show, but there are lots of women who had babies "without knowing it" and one of the reason they give is they never felt the baby move. Some people just don't. Now, if you start to feel the baby move frequently then it stops moving for more than 6-12hrs, call your doctor, that can be a problem. The baby maybe moving backwards or just not moving in large enough movements for you to feel. Good luck!

it took me awhile to feel my second because my placenta was on the front of my belly and he was kicking that.