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01-28-2013 at 6:08 PM
StarshineR
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Feeling the Baby

Can people describe to me what their very first sensations and how many weeks along it was? I just want to know for first pregnancies. I just need it for comparison. 

I started 16 weeks yesterday, and was thinking about it a lot, so maybe it was my imagination.I felt as if someone had poured fizzy drink into my lower tummy and all over the bubbles were rising. It was a bit too much of a frenzy and worried me. I was on my back briefly when it happened. It stopped when I rolled onto my side. I was actually quite surprised to feel anything like that esp. this early, and I was thinking that maybe it wasn't what I think it could have been. It was very weird.

I really don't look pregnant at all. I bloat up a lot, but then the bloat is all but gone by the morning. I always imagined this would start when I started getting fat. 
 
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01-28-2013 at 6:22 PM
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To me , it felt like popcorn popping at the beginning. It was extremely infrequent and I had no idea if I was just imagining it or if it was real. In retrospect, I am quite certain it was real. I would guess what you felt was real, too.
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01-28-2013 at 6:25 PM
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I felt the baby a couple of days after the 16 week mark. I felt a very stong punch or kick in the ribs and was very surprised. There was no mistaking that movement. I mostly felt what I would call a fluttering sensation. Baby liked sommersaults for extended periods of time. I thought I had felt movement earlier than this but I too wasn't sure if it was baby or something else. Most likely your right and it's the baby. It will become easier to tell in the coming weeks and it will occur more frequently. 
 
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01-28-2013 at 6:57 PM
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I never felt flutters. Mine started out as slight pokes very low in my abdomen. They increased and now I'm feeling movement quite a few times every day.

I also thought my stomach would get round by now but people can't even tell I'm pregnant. Thankfully though I've only had to get a couple of pairs of low panel pants and my shirts should be fitting for a while. 
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01-28-2013 at 8:31 PM
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I always said it feels like a muscle spasm/twitch but from the inside lower center abdomen....
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01-28-2013 at 8:35 PM
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dtowngirl:

I never felt flutters. Mine started out as slight pokes very low in my abdomen. They increased and now I'm feeling movement quite a few times every day.

 

This was my experience as well.  I skipped the flutter phase most people told me would happen first.  I first felt a poke at 20w6d, then not for several days thereafter.  Now I feel her every day.
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01-29-2013 at 12:01 AM
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I also skipped the flutter/popcorn phase and went from feeling nothing to full on pokes/jabs at 16.5wks and my husband could feel it from the outside about a week later. 
 
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01-29-2013 at 1:41 AM
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My first time around it felt like a bubble popping, or like popcorn. I didn't really get the flutter phase with him. I felt the bubble popping sensation at about 18 weeks with him. This time around I felt a small "quickening" much earlier. Kinda like there was a fish in there or something.

Now I feel full blown jabs and kicks throughout the whole day.

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01-29-2013 at 10:03 AM
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I had the same feeling that you did.. fizzies or something, and within the following week it became more prominent, but could have been mistaken for gas.  Then, out of no where, it was obvious kicks and nudges, especially when I was laying down. 

I started having BHC's one day and a few moments after they stopped, I actually felt the baby kick.  Trust me, it's an undeniable feeling, and you won't question it, but right now, you MAY be feeling the baby, but it could also be gas. 

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01-29-2013 at 12:32 PM
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i started feeling the popcorn sensation around 15-16 weeks (this is my first & skipped the butterfly feeling) Now I feel baby roll and kick every day.
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01-29-2013 at 12:40 PM
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Question for those who describe their first sensations as pokes/jabs: how low in relation to your belly button and how did you distinguish them from a cramp? 

I've been feeling very occasional pokes, but I was expecting the popcorn or fizzy drink sensation, so I'm confused. They're also much lower than I would've expected, although looking at the chart of where my uterus would be at 16-17 weeks, I suppose it could be.  
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01-29-2013 at 1:07 PM
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mystererae:

Question for those who describe their first sensations as pokes/jabs: how low in relation to your belly button and how did you distinguish them from a cramp? 

I've been feeling very occasional pokes, but I was expecting the popcorn or fizzy drink sensation, so I'm confused. They're also much lower than I would've expected, although looking at the chart of where my uterus would be at 16-17 weeks, I suppose it could be.  

mine were a bit more like pokes and jabs as well, and sometimes they tickle hehe. trust, they feel WAY different from cramps. cramps last a bit longer and hurt more. these don't hurt, they're just...interesting feeling lol

I THOUGHT I felt the baby around 15 weeks? but it turned out to be just gas...it was up by my belly button. where I started feeling the baby at 17 weeks? under my belly button, around the top of my uterus. might be different for everyone, especially if it's your first one (or subsequent pregnancies)...but when I started feeling the baby, I just KNEW it was the baby. might sound crazy but yeah, I knew it wasn't gas. I knew what that felt like lol.

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01-29-2013 at 1:12 PM
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mystererae:

Question for those who describe their first sensations as pokes/jabs: how low in relation to your belly button and how did you distinguish them from a cramp? 

I've been feeling very occasional pokes, but I was expecting the popcorn or fizzy drink sensation, so I'm confused. They're also much lower than I would've expected, although looking at the chart of where my uterus would be at 16-17 weeks, I suppose it could be.  

 I felt them very low at first (near pubic hair line) and they felt nothing like cramps. It literally felt like a little kick or like someone was flicking me from the inside.  
 
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01-29-2013 at 1:36 PM
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Mama2Be13:
mystererae:

Question for those who describe their first sensations as pokes/jabs: how low in relation to your belly button and how did you distinguish them from a cramp? 

I've been feeling very occasional pokes, but I was expecting the popcorn or fizzy drink sensation, so I'm confused. They're also much lower than I would've expected, although looking at the chart of where my uterus would be at 16-17 weeks, I suppose it could be.  

 I felt them very low at first (near pubic hair line) and they felt nothing like cramps. It literally felt like a little kick or like someone was flicking me from the inside.  

This is comforting to me because my experience was similar.  
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01-29-2013 at 7:56 PM
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I had small fizzy flutters that started around 14 weeks. Now at 17 weeks, it's turned into more of a popcorn feeling. I'm excited for the full on kicks and jabs!

 
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01-29-2013 at 8:34 PM
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With my first it felt like I was. Ring flicked from the inside.  This time I have an anterior placenta and it took longer to feel things...now it is more or a thump.
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01-29-2013 at 11:42 PM
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I've been feeling baby for about a week now. This is baby two.
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