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12-13-2012 at 8:52 PM
niceileen
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Is it too early?

This is my first baby, and I'm only about 14 weeks. We went out to dinner tonight with my parents and after dinner I felt a quick tiny "thump thump thump" on the lower left side of my belly. Now I've read all about the "flutters" first time moms usually feel between 16 and 20 weeks...and what I was kind of expecting was something very light, like butterfly wings. This felt more like someones fingers tapping me from the inside. I waited to see if it was gas because I was telling myself "no way, its too early." But...maybe just maybe...do you think I felt the baby move?
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12-13-2012 at 8:54 PM
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I, too, did not feel flutters. It felt more like a potato just rolled over at 16 weeks. Now it feels more like kicks and taps.
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12-13-2012 at 9:15 PM
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I felt my 1st flutter at 14 weeks when I was laying bed.  After that I felt about 2 flutters a week.  Last week, I finally started feeling real movement.  She tosses and turns and kicks.  Its amazing.  Def my favorite part of pregnancy.
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12-13-2012 at 9:19 PM
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The first movements I felt were full roll overs, and it felt like the full contents of my belly were liquid and shifting. Now that I feel baby all day every day it does feel like flutters, or like a rumble of gas, a little vibration. 
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12-13-2012 at 9:38 PM
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I started feeling movement really early too. Flutters at 12 weeks. Full out kicks by 1516 weeks. My husband felt the kicks by 17 weeks. I was convinced I was crazy at first because it was so early but it was very clear once I could feel the kicks. Its my first as well. I think its definitely possible.
 
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12-14-2012 at 4:49 AM
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lol What is a "butterfly" even supposed to feel like? That comparison cracks me up. To me it feels just like you described. Like someone knocking or a painless muscle twitch or spasm kind of like your eye does sometimes but deep inside your stomach.

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12-14-2012 at 8:23 AM
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I felt my first movements at around 15 weeks, and they were the tap, tap, tap feeling that you describe down below my belly button.  I never felt the flutters either.  Now that I'm farther along, I know that was definitely baby because it still feels the same, just stronger. Good chance it was baby!  Congrats!
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12-14-2012 at 9:27 AM
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I first starting feeling taps around 15 weeks and it surprised me too. Your LO must have been in a good position for you to feel it, because that sounds like it was him/her!
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12-14-2012 at 10:28 AM
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It might seem to early....but he/she could have just been in the exact right spot to say hello :)  
 
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12-14-2012 at 11:45 AM
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I found the first movements really weird.  They weren't super light or super strong, and I kept questioning myself.  Enjoy the feeling, they start getting stronger!
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12-14-2012 at 4:28 PM
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Could be.... with my daughter I thought those beginning kicks felt like I was being "flicked" from the inside.
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12-14-2012 at 5:33 PM
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I think it could be possible. I started feeling tiny taps around 15-16 weeks, never really had the whole butterfly feeling except for once. But please don't be alarmed if you go a few days (or a week) without feeling it again. I'm 23weeks now and have only started feeling daily kicks for about  2, 2 1/2 wks now. :) enjoy the feeling when it comes though! 
 
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12-15-2012 at 2:09 AM
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DItto what PPs said. Baby could have been in the exact right spot for you to feel. Congrats!
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