can you feel the fetus move?

Question

and at what stages?

Answer 1

I could feel the baby move at 15 weeks. FYI, no mother says "I feel my fetus move"

Answer 2

When should I start to feel my baby move?
You probably won't feel your baby kick until sometime between 16 and 22 weeks, even though he started moving at 7 or 8 weeks and you may have already witnessed his acrobatics if you've had an ultrasound.

Veteran moms tend to notice those first subtle kicks — also known as "quickening" — earlier than first-time moms. (A woman who's been pregnant before can more easily distinguish her baby's kick from other belly rumblings, such as gas.)

Your build may also have something to do with when you'll be able to tell a left jab from a hunger pang. Thinner women tend to feel movement earlier and more often than women who carry more weight.

What does it feel like?
Women have described the sensation as being like popcorn popping, a goldfish swimming around, or butterflies fluttering. You'll probably chalk up those first gentle taps or swishes in your belly to gas or hunger pains, but once you start feeling them more regularly, you'll recognize the difference. You're more likely to feel these early movements when you're sitting or lying quietly.

How often should I feel movements?
At first the kicks you notice will be few and far between. In fact, you may feel several movements one day and then none the next. Although your baby is moving and kicking regularly, many of his jerks and jolts aren't yet strong enough for you to feel. But later in the second trimester, those reassuring kicks will become stronger and more regular.

If you're tempted to compare notes with other pregnant women, don't worry if your experience differs from that of your friends. Every baby has his own pattern of activity, and there's no correct one. As long as your baby's usual activity level doesn't change too much, chances are he's doing just fine.

Do I need to keep track of the kicking?
Once you're feeling kicks regularly, pay attention to them and let your practitioner know right away if you notice a decrease in your baby's movement. Less movement may signal a problem, and you'll need a non-stress test or biophysical profile to check on your baby's condition.

Once you're in your third trimester, some practitioners will recommend that you spend some time each day counting your baby's kicks. There are lots of different ways to do these "kick counts," so ask for specific instructions.

Here's one common approach: Choose a time of day when your baby tends to be active. (Ideally, you'll want to do the counts at roughly the same time each day.) Sit quietly or lie on your side so you won't get distracted. Time how long it takes for you to feel ten distinct movements — kicks, twitches, and whole body movements all count. If you don't feel ten movements in two hours, stop counting and call your midwife or doctor.

Answer 3

With my 1st child I felt the movements about 14 weeks and they said I was crazy, b/c it's usuallt around 20 weeks, but they did and ultrasound and our son was moving when I said he was. OUr daughter I knew from the beginning, mostly because I knew what I was feeling. Most women don't feel it much before 20 weeks though. If you know you
're pregnant, trust your instincts. At first the movements kinda feel like a queezy feeling in your stomach. Good Luck.

Answer 4

if this is your 1st pregnancy, you will normally feel the baby move after approximately 22 weeks, but in some it is later, other sooner. I am 39 weeks pregnant on my 2nd baby and feels movement all the time and have done so since I was 24 weeks pregnant.

Answer 5

I didn't feel my little one move till I was 19 weeks. I never got that bubble like gas feeling that some get and it's your baby moving. I guess I didn't notice till he was big enough to give me a good kick. It is the best feeling in the world :)

Answer 6

I'm 17 weeks and 4 days and just starting to really feel movement. I felt it a few weeks ago as well but not like I feel him now

Answer 7

You will start to feel quickening around 20 weeks which feel like bubbles of gas or butterfly's
Some women feel their babies move earlier than 20 weeks, some later, but you will definatly know when it is your baby moving!

Answer 8

You can feel the baby move sometime between 16-20 weeks and sooner if you've given birth before.

Answer 9

I felt my little one pass at 14 weeks and boy develop into he/she a kicker! They could no longer get a perfect heartbeat reading at my appointment as a results of fact he/she stored kicking the Doppler! They theory i develop into further alongside then they initially theory as a results of reliable movements, yet after yet another ultrasound they desperate that as a results of fact i develop into so skinny formerly getting pregnant and because i'm so in song with my physique i develop into in a position to sense flow early on. it somewhat is possible (or perhaps probable) to sense fetal flow at sixteen weeks, maximum women don't sense it the two as a results of fact they assume this is gasoline or as a results of fact they seem to be a sprint heavier around the midsection (i'm no longer attempting to be impolite, it somewhat is only what the midwife advised me).

Answer 10

I felt movement from about 18 weeks. It just felt like butterfloes or gas bubbles to start with. later on there no mistaking it though, when it's kicking your stomach and bladder at the same time !