This is my first baby and how would you explain how it feels when they move around in there?

Question

I've felt movement lately but not sure if it's just gas or stomach stuff or is it actually the baby? it will be quick boof boof. Like a kick or quick movement but I'm not sure.

I'm 20 weeks on saturday

Answer 1

It's very hard to tell with your first pregnancy. SOme say the first feeling is like butterflies, some say gas bubbles...The reason most multiple time mothers seem to feel their babies move earlier is b/c they recognize the feeling and know exactly what it is...By the time you know for sure (first time moms) that's what you're feeling you will look back and say Ahhh that WAS the baby...And it's usually not until week 20 or later...

Answer 2

The quick boof boof is probably the movement of the baby. At first they aren't very strong which is probably why you are guessing. But gas is normally painfull and a baby's kicking movement is like something pushing on the inside of your stomache. It doesn't hurt it is just a weird feeling. Good luck.

Answer 3

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.
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 he's doing just fine.

Answer 4

Im 23 weeks and first started feeling the kicks at 18 weeks. mine felt EXACTLY like gas! like a gas bubble .. but you don't get the urge to release gas.
I now know the difference .. once in a while I'll still wait for that urge to pass gas .. but NOPE! it's baby kicking :)

**drinking orange juice ALWAYS gets my baby kicking! try that **
congrats!! and God bless!

Answer 5

first how many weeks are you? Usually 1st time moms don't feel their baby kick til about 19 weeks along but no longer than 24 weeks.

it feels like a lil nudge inside of you. thumps here and there.

Answer 6

To me it just felt like a tickle, in the bigging. As they grown the stomp the heck out of you.

Answer 7

At first it feels like you have butterflies in your tummy ..Then it starts to feel like someone flicking you from the inside!! And as they get bigger and bigger it feels as though they are doing karate in your tummy!! It`s an awesome feeling!!

Answer 8

It feels like when you have a small muscle tic - like in your eye or your leg, it's just in your belly.

Answer 9

you feel like if theres someone in there like kicking or punching but very slow and soft.