At 19 weeks, how often should I feel the baby move?

Question

No guesses please.

Answer 1

You won't feel the baby move alot and there are days when you won't feel the baby move at all until later in the pregnancy. Past 26 weeks you should feel the baby move every day.

Answer 2

You should feel the baby move, but some don't even do so until up to the 22nd week.

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.

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 the baby is doing just fine.

Answer 3

There's no specific answer because all women feel differently and all babies move differently. If this is number one for you, you may feel him/her daily, and you may also have those days where you feel nothing... you may have not even felt movement yet. If you've had a baby before, you would have more sensitivity to the feeling, but it's hard to put specifics on how often exactly. It is too early for kick counts, and it's perfectly normal to not feel anything for a few days in between though. Good luck!

Answer 4

I didn't feel my baby move until 20 weeks but when i started to feel the baby move i didn't feel it very often very other day at first. then i only felt it once a day. if your active you wont notice the baby moving. Try laying down for a while and see if the baby starts moving.

Answer 5

Well I'm just shy of 20 weeks and I have just recently started feeling movement but mostly at night when I am resting ater a busy day but every baby and womens body is different plus if your a smaller sized woman you might feel it sooner then a larger woman which I am. But Congratulations and dont worry yourself the baby will make its self known as soon as its ready (HINT: those butterflies you feel are probably your baby)

Answer 6

I am 27 weeks pregnant and I felt the first movement around 19th week. It was very faint and I wasn't sure whether it was gas or the baby.It was like that for a couple of weeks but I started feeling the kicks and punches around week 23. Now I feel the movements everytime I eat or drink something or even listening to music and it's pretty regular like every 2 hrs or so.

Answer 7

at 19 weeks there is no definite amount that you should feel the baby. i am 22 weeks and am not even counting the movements yet.

Answer 8

Im 19 too. And i barely feel my baby move.

Answer 9

My first I didn't really know what I was feeling til they got stronger, about 22 weeks.

By the 2nd I knew what to be aware of and I felt it probably about 20 wks.