Fetal Movement

Shalonda Watt

Why are you asking? This is your third? It doesn't matter whether it's first or fifth. You generally feel it when you are four or five months pregnant.

I am 24 weeks 3 days pregnant and I have the same problem as you. I asked my midwife about it 2 weeks ago and she said that their is a good chance that I have an anterior placenta, meaning that the placenta is in front of the baby. She said that because of this when the baby moves that the placenta absorbs the hit. She suggested that I drink a full glass of orange juice let it set in, then jiggle my belly around and lay very still on the ground. She said then your partner should watch your stomach especially the sides and see if they see any movement. She said usually the movement will be felt on the sides because the baby can try to kick around the placenta. Hope this helps.

If it's your second pregnancy then yes it's normal. If it's your first, you generally don't feel it until around 16 weeks, but I guess you could still be feeling it

Its highly unlikely that you can feel fetal movements at ten weeks, the fetus is active, but does not weigh enough and is not strong enough to be felt. Chances are, what you are perceiving as fetal movements are more likely gas bubbles.

It will feel completely normal. At 3 weeks past conception (which doctors call 5 weeks pregnant) your baby will be 1mm long. There will be no changes in your body that you can see or feel. In a couple of weeks, a trained doctor will be able to feel a change in your uterus, but you will probably not be able to feel it.

it means you have a hernia in your body where its not suppose to be. you should go to the doctor to check it out. SOURCE- doctor for 37 years

make sure you do not under any circumstances have sex with your husband or drink alcohol.

I advise you to calm down first before doing anything or else the baby will become to know this and be stressed out itself which in turn will kill this baby.

good luck darilng

As long as you can feel the baby move every day you should be fine. Some days they are more active than others.

Once your baby begins its first movements, you should feel it move everyday. After the 5th month, if you have begun feeling movemements and the baby does not move for more that a 34 hour period, you cshould contact your doctor immediately. However some days, the movement might be minimal while other days you feel like the baby is dancing around inside of you. Just be aware of the movements and you should be fine.

You may be having stomach pains. You may be seeing a deformity in the shape of your belly. You should always talk to your doctor.

hi, Im five months pregnant and only started to feel the baby kick in the lower abdomen about 18 - 19 weeks into pregnancy, it feels like gas bubble popping in the lower part of your stomach, it all depends on you everyones different, dont worry it just happens later for some people, hope this helped xxxx

When it dies.

At this stage of the pregnancy your baby is turning and moving a lot. It never stays in one position. The baby has plenty of room and rolls about tangling in and out of the cord.

You will feel your baby's movement all over your stomach. Nothing to worry about. Enjoy it.

Once your baby starts to grow more there will be less room to move and the movements will then feel stronger and more restricted but still plenty of movements.

I am also 31 weeks. Congratulations! Our lamaze coach says that we should feel baby move at least 8 times in an hour. I don't really feel that unless I am lying down! So most of the day, when I am moving around I don't feel him much at all. Some days I feel him more than other days. I try not to panic when I don't feel him for a while. I lie down on my left side and try to relax and within a few minutes - I feel him bumping around. Good Luck!

Stimulation makes them move.Just make sure that your hand is warm.

You have to go to the doctor to check on it now and then

towards the end of your session you will begin feeling very relaxed. After the session you have a heightened sense of well being. You will sleep like a baby. I was a bit tired and lethargic the next day i just wanted to take it easy and rest.

Low down, under you belly button! (It's awesome the first time!)

Some people can by their third pregnancy because they know what the feeling is like. It's not unusual, although it is also possible that it may be because you are slightly further on than you though you were

Yes, you should seek a doctor if you have not felt the baby kick or just not felt any kind of movement. I bet you will feel a kick any day now 20 weeks is usually when you feel the first one, but any time you are worried it is advisable to get a check just in case.

Hi...im 21 weeks now and i feel my baby all the time when its just movin it just feels like butterflys in your belly, but when it actually hits you its like someone is flickin you inside its amazin, i can actually see my stomach move now when my little biy kicks.

That would depend on what you mean by "a lot." Considering the fact that the baby has almost no room to move at 39 weeks, decreased movement is normal. Complete lack of movement is not. If you are concerned, go to your doctor and have him/her listen for the heartbeat.

Sometimes you can feel the baby dropping, especially with your first. It gives a little wriggle and a squirm and you suddenly need to urinate. With a second and subsequent baby it often does not drop until you go into labor.

Enlarged ventricles in the brain have actually been found in relation to schizophrenia. Many who suffer from this disorder have enlarged ventricles and it seems they grow over time. I do not know how this would work with a fetus, but I would definitely bring it up to the doctor, even if the baby has all ready been born and growing up. It could hold problems in the future.

You absolutely cannot feel the baby move at 5 weeks. It is the size of a grain of rice. However, it is forming all the vital organs so take folic acid and vitamins and eat right - your hormones are beginning to go through some major changes due to your pregnancy and hormones can cause all kinds of feelings, both physical and emotional. Bloating, grumpiness, weepiness, fatigue, etc. However, you will not be able to feel the baby move until you are into your second trimester, or at about 20-25 weeks. The movement felt at 20 weeks is very subtle - like a butterfly in your belly -some women cannot feel movement until the third trimester when most can actually SEE movement - an elbow or foot pushes out and you can see and feel it from the outside - generally, the leaner you are, the sooner you will feel movement because excess weight can sometimes cushion things a bit. Further, if the placenta is in front, that may impede your ability to feel movement as well.