How would you describe the feeling of a baby moving inside of you?

[petitedollbabee]

I’m pregnant with my first child, and my midwife has asked if I’ve felt the baby moving yet. She described it as feeling similar to gas bubbles moving in your gut. I don’t think I’ve felt anything like that yet, but I’ve felt other sensations and am unsure if that’s the baby moving or just my body doing it’s own thing. How would you describe the feeling of a baby moving around in there?

[sage2021]

The first times he moved it felt like a fast flutter. If you're not physically active you'll feel the first one and you will kinda jump a little off your chair and say "What was that"? And you'll wait, and it might happen again that day or the in the next few hours or days. That flutter us so cute. I used to put my hand gently on my tummy whenever I felt that feeling. So sweet❣️
Then in my 5th month I had gained weight and my tummy was so big! I remember sitting on the couch and sat my tea cup there then all of a sudden he kicked me hard and spilled my tea. You feel like you're being kicked with a little foot.

From the 7th month on, it's very uncomfortable - like pressure all around where the baby is. It's hard to get out of a chair l, you can't get comfortable when you're trying to fall asleep. It's like the heel of his foot went from my right side all over to the left side. I could actually see it move. But it was so pressurized I had to take my hand and push him off of my ribs, like his foot was pushing so hard.
By this time you really want the baby out, at least I did😊

Here are some do's and don'ts I learned - just recently too.
DON'T TAKE TYLENOL WHILE PREGNANT UT CAN CAUSE AUTISM! THIS IS A RECENT FINDING AND THERE ARE HUGE CIVIL LAWSUIT'S GOING ON ABOUT IT. NO TYLENOL FOR YOU !

DON'T EAT BLACK LICORICE OF ANY KIND. INGREDIENT IN IT NOT SAFE, AND CAN CAUSE BIRTH DEFECTS.

I dis both of these and sadly, my son is developmentally disabled since birth.
I'm so mad because back when I was pregnant the doctors told us to take Tylenol and it was fine to take. I used to get headaches a lot while pregnant and I took Tylenol a lot. 😔

TAKE YOUR PRENATAL VITAMINS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Let me ask you. They just showed a pregnant woman on the news talking about the RSV vaccine 💉. How do you feel about taking the shot while pregnant?

After what COVID shots and all of the people that had a bad reaction to it, NEVER AGAIN! I haven't been able to go out of my home ever since I got the second shot.
I know this is a different vax, and it's for the respiratory system of the baby and you. I am anti vax myself. I will hold my mouth and say no more about that.
If you ever would like to DM me, it would please me to no end 🌹☮️

[Anonymous]

It feels different depending on how far along you are. Some say it feels like bubbles or a butterfly moving it’s wings inside you. I’ve felt movement a few times early on (13-14 weeks) with two of my kids (with my one of them I didn’t feel anything until 17 weeks if I remember correctly) and ealry on it would feel kind of like if someone lightly dabbed their finger on you but from the inside. So if you take your finger and fast and lightly dab it against your hand, that’s what it felt like sometimes and then other times it would feel like how a little fish on land moves or like when you step on a fish in the ocean. It happened a couple of times when I leaned forward while sitting down and I guess startled the baby when I pressed against it. When you get further along you feel more actual kicks and like sweeping motions inside. And hickups and shaking (apparently they shake when they pee sometimes, that’s what I found when I researched the shaking 😁).

[HelpfulWoman]

go lie in a bath for a little bit and watch your belly.
believe me it gets obvious later on, though it's not uncommon to not feel them since your baby may be quiet or just not knowing how it feels.

[Altheavas]

If you’re early in the pregnancy they feel like gas. If you really know your body. You’ll know it’s them (singleton).
If you’re farther in the pregnancy, they feel like big worms squirming inside you, it’s magical.

[AliceM611]

Awesome

[Kelly6]

Kicking lol

[petitedollbabee]

But how does that feel? Does it just feel like something flicking you from inside or does it feel like something full on kicking you?

[Kelly6]

@petitedollbabee
Feels as kick from inside