Can you feel the heartbeat from outside?

[DaintreeDream]

I know the feeling that you are referring to, it really does feel like a heartbeat, I felt it from about 20 weeks with DD up until she was born and assumed it was her heartbeat however I read somewhere not long ago that it is not the heartbeat but something else, no matter how hard I try I cannot remember what!, but it did make sense when I read it .

It was definatly not the hiccups, completely different sensation, I felt both things on a daily basis I just never felt by baby kick as my placenta was on the front wall so these other movements was all I had for reassurance.

If I find where I read it or if I remember I will pop back in, maybe it was the bloodflow as Kate said .