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When is it normal to feel the baby move?

When is it normal to feel the baby move?

Is it a very distinct feeling? Can you tell it was the baby?
asked by enm52 1 year 23 weeks ago
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It is really tough in the beginning and with your first. I did not feel my daughter until like 17 weeks and one day I felt a thumping and was like I think that is the baby. After 20 weeks they become kicks with force and you will be able to feel them. To me it never felt like butterflies even with my son when I felt him at 11 weeks. Felt more like bubbles floating and popping. Then I would have to lay still at night and just wait and sometime I would feel sometimes I would not. At 16 weeks with him I saw a fist or foot poke out and put my hand on it and could feel it. That was special! But each baby is different and some women do not feel until after 20 weeks.

At my ultra sounds I could see the baby moving but not really feel them. It was strange because I had felt them both move but there is so much room in there they can summersault and roll around no problem.

I felt a tiny fluttering around 15-16 weeks with my daughter. It was almost like bubbles popping.

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