movement

[Jennie1178]

How many of you can feel the baby moving from the outside now?  It seems this week she is less active than she has been the past few weeks.  I have felt her only on one occasion from the outside so I'm wondering when it'll become a regular thing to feel and when my husband will be able to feel it?

[krey]

I am 25 weeks now and I have been feeling him move since 16 weeks and started feeling him from the outside at 18 weeks. Now I can watch him move all around from the outside, this week he has been more active than ever!! It's so amazing, my whole belly will move it looks like my belly is doing the wave. I love it when I feel him move around, I always joke and say hes a pro boxer hehe.

[BeeHappy76]

I am 21 weeks now and definitely started feeling the baby on the outside in the past week.. I've noticed that there are certain times of day (and especially at night right before bed) when the baby is very active and I can feel lots of movement. My husband has been able to feel it during those times, when it's not just a single kick but keeps moving around for a few minutes.

I also have anterior placenta, so do not feel too much on the inside. This past week I noticed that I can sometimes feel it on the outside but don't feel anything on the inside - very weird! But every once in a while it will kick on the side or down low and then I definitely feel it on the inside too. :) It is so exciting a reassuring to feel the baby move every day!!

[Mariana101]

I'm 20 week pregnant with twins (boy and girl) and they told me I have anterior placentas so I don't feel the babies much. I do a bit at night when I'm in bed but their bones will get stronger so they will kick harder and then I will feel them more:) The little boy is on my right laying down and the girl is on my left in a standing position. I feel her more actually:)

Congratulations to all of YOU!!!!!!!

[Jennie1178]

Thank you for your responses to this.  I feel her moving around but I think I'm always too late when I put my hand to my tummy to feel her from the outside.  The doctor told me yesterday at my check up that the way she was positioned has something to do with it so maybe that's just it.  I have felt her moving on the inside since about 18 weeks also.  The doctor told me to wait a while and said that as long as I am feeling her move on the inside, everything was good.

[esmie1012]

I'm 24 weeks and started feeling my baby girl move since she was 18 weeks. I started feeling movement from the outside I would say around 21 weeks.  There days where she is less active than others.  i have read that the baby's positioning also has an effect on you feeling movement.  So if your baby is facing towards your back, then you will not feel movement as much.  I wouldnt worry too much about it just as long as everything is going good.  You just may have a very calm baby:)

[KAnuCmEY]

Any time my baby kicks we can feel her from the outside, but i think that's because I am having babies back to back and not giving my muscles to rebuild, my last two pregnancies weren't like this. We can see her moving around, and I do not have a skinny build but I am not fat either. DH feels her every night before bed as she wiggles herself to sleep and any time she moves during the day. is this your first? I didn't feel my first hardly at all and when i did it was pretty close to the end of the pregnancy.