When did you feel your baby move?

[satya]

I had flutters at 12 weeks and 16 weeks. Both times it was only once - after the NT scan & then the day after I had my amnio done.

Proper movements I felt at 20 weeks and they were few and far between for quite a while.

[shellbell3]

1st pregnancy not til around 20 weeks or so
This pregnancy was much earlier out 13 weeks.
I kept getting worried too first time round, esp when I got ppl asking constantly are you feeling it move yet. Generally first pregnancies takes longer time to feel movement I'm sure you will over next few weeks some time.

[2CheekyMonkeys]

the first time i felt it first pregnancy was during 19 week ultrasound we saw it on the screen at the same time so i knew for sure thats what it was. but still it didnt happen again for a while. i had an anterior placenta then which can muffle the movements or something like that.

this time i think i felt the baby from pretty early on but got a definate, definate movement last week. now it is very sporadic and not even every day. i know how you feel, but dont worry it will happen sooner or later and then it will be keeping you up at night! :-)

[Pregy E]

and then it will be keeping you up at night! :-)

HEHE - I hope not - hehe.. But i suppose a bit of whats to come Thanks

[Tobily]

I was about 16 or 17 weeks I think with the first one. But it's really not uncommon to not feel it until 18/19/20 weeks or even later - particularly if you are a larger lady or have an anterior placenta (this is where the placenta is attached to the front wall of the uterus - it tends to reduce the amount of movement you can feel particularly early on when the baby is still quite small).

Don't worry you'll be complaining about getting kicked in the bladder in no time

[Sterla]

Don't worry. This is my first pregnancy, and I didn't feel any movement until I was 20 weeks. It's a strange sensation, and different women describe the feeling of movement differently. For me, it wasn't like butterflies or bubbles popping - it felt more like odd muscle twitches. It might take you awhile to realise that what you're feeling is your baby moving, but the more you feel that same feeling the more confident you'll become that it is bubs moving. I know it's really hard waiting for those first movements, but don't worry - they will happen .