Stitch feeling - is this bub's kicking?

[Lesh]

Hi guys,

The last two days or so I have been feeling every so often a stitch like feeling about one inch to the left of my bellybutton. It almost stopped me mid stride. I asked a few girls at work if this is what it feels like when bubs moves but they say no its a bubble feelinng, which I think I have been getting (still not sure if it is wind though!). I called my dr and he thinks that it would be the baby kicking.

Does it feel like this for anyone else?

[Alan]

Hi Lesh
It could be either. But I think it is more likely to be your uterus and ligaments stretching

[Inanna]

I agree with Alan. When you first feel your baby it feels "swishy", "like butterflies", "like gas but you don't foof", "like bubbles popping". That stitch feeling is common and I think most women have it but it is generally thought to be the ligaments that support your uterus stretching. Some women get a sore belly button too as this happens... I have all three right now!

Good luck with it all - us Mamas play such a guessing game don't we... But it all sounds like things are growing beautifully...

[Tiff+2]

Hi,
I had a similar thing and asked the dr he said the same as Alan... everything stretching. I get it in different spots now, in a V from my pubic bone area up across either side of my belly. It has got a lot worse and I couldn't move, it hurt so bad. Now it happens a lot less often and it doesn't last as long.
Hope it helps!

[Carmen2]

At 17 weeks, I think it sounds more like your uterus stretching. I remember having the very same feeling when I was around 17 weeks. As for the baby kicks, for me, it really started around 19 weeks. Now, I can actually see my baby's kicks from the outside of my belly. Good luck!

[mazzie]

It sounds like round ligament pain, I have had this really bad. Sometimes it hurts so much I can't stand up straight!
Baby kicking wouldn't be painful (yet :P)

[tellytubby]

I agree it sounds like stretching. When i first started feeling bub move it felt kind of like a grumbling stomach, except where the baby is. Now they are a lot stronger and more defined.

-tellytubby (22 weeks)

[australicat]

I have a constant feeling of the the stitch on my right side only. I think it is just a muscle thing, but I am going to the doctor tomorrow, just to be sure. The pain is a bit sharper when I am walking. When I sit down it is a dull ache. I hope it is nothing serious.

[Lesh]

Thanks guys the stitch feeling has stopped now so im putting it down to ligament stretching as you suggested. I have been having a few bubble feelings which I think may be the baby but still not 100% certain!

I have my 19wk scan tomorrow, so will be able to rest assured after that, I still don't feel like I'm having a baby! My belly is a little out there but not as large as some friends and givenI I dont think (!) I have felt bubs yet it all does not seem real! I will be able to relax a little more after I see that heartbeat tomorrow hopefully!

Only one more night to come to an agreement with hubby over whether or not to find out what we are having tomorrow!

[australicat]

Yes, me too. It stopped. The doctor couldn't see any problems either... phew!