i was surprisingly early in feeling Gremlin move (9.5 weeks - lived in denial that it was her for about 4 weeks but it kept up!) - DH was able to feel her at 16.5weeks. i have a posterior placenta so nothing there to "cushion" the kicks. she now actively chases my hand, hides from hubby's - and thrives on kicking daddy in the head while he listens to her wriggling around in my tummy...
my niece (4) felt her when i was about 24 weeks, my mum at about 25 weeks, and my other niece (8) at about 26 weeks. my SIL has seen her kick a few times, and their cat has copped a kick or five to the head (he just won't learn!)
i did a course on Black Saturday (calmbirth) and the woman taking the course was saying how a friend of hers was very excited as he'd finally felt bubba move at 34 weeks! it is so very variable. the anterior placenta is a bit thing to preventing feeling it from the outside. i think we, as the mum, are more likely to feel it earlier cos we can feel from the inside and outside and KNOW that what we felt on our hand was indeed the same as what we felt inside kwim?? i also thought a smaller person would feel external movement earlier than a larger lady - but as a larger lady, i've debunked my own theory on that one...
I felt bub at about 20 weeks, and DH felt at about 22. I expect to go to the inlaws tonight with them expecting to feel bub moving too! Hopefully he puts on a show.
Have you tried laying on our back when bub is kicking and letting your partner try and feel bub move? I find that is the best way and you can feel all the movement really well on your back. It has been the only way my parnter has felt bub move.
I felt my baby move at 19 weeks and that same day DH had his hand on my stomach while we watched TV. He said that if I hadn't told him what it was he would have assumed it was digestion because the movement wasn't easy to detect. My placenta is anterior.
Now the baby is very active and today it rolled over and i could see my belly moving.
I think in the end it comes down to timing. Other days he has tried to feel it and the baby stopped moving every time he put his hand on my belly.
This is my first pg and I felt bub move when I was around 15-16 weeks, DP felt him move at about 18 weeks, family felt him kick when I was 20 weeks It started off that he was only active in the late afternoon, but now he is active most of the day.
I agree its all about timing. Most of the time bubs only kicks when Im by myself and when someone eventually goes to feel him, he will stop lol
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It started off that he was only active in the late afternoon, but now he is active most of the day.
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