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baby flutter around belly button Posted: 03-06-08 13:47pm
so right now i should be about 17weeks
pregnant.
and i kno you dont always feel kicking
right around this time and some start at
like 20 weeks, but...
about 2 or 3 weeks ago, i used to feel my
baby flutter around my belly button and
sides a little every now and then. but
lately i dont feel him do that as much and
it will only happen like once a day or
something.
is this normal? im worrying myself over
nothing right now and i feel stupid.
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mominashoe
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Posted: 03-06-08 14:57pm
No, it isn't something you should feel
stupid about or anything. The flutter you
felt may not have been the baby moving,
but just gas movement or whatever.....
If it was the baby moving, then you are
going through what most moms go through:
during the day the baby gets rocked to
sleep by your movement so she doesn't move
as often. Also if you have a busy
lifestyle, you aren't going to notice half
as many movements as you would if you were
thinking about it all the time. The baby
could be moving, but isn't that big
either, so sometimes he may not be able to
give you a poke that you can feel yet.
At night you are sleeping and sedentary,
so the baby isn't being rocked to sleep,
so he moves more.....but then you're
asleep and his kicks aren't quite enough
to wake you. Most of the time they
won't.
If you are really worried, drink a glass
of milk and then lie down for about 30
minutes. You should feel your baby move
quite a bit.
You can always contact your doctor if you
are worried and need peace of mind. You
don't even need an US, just a heart rate
test will assure you that everything is ok
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krystineM
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Posted: 03-06-08 15:23pm
thanks for the advice and answer
ill try drinking milk like you suggested
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care_free
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Posted: 03-06-08 18:21pm
17 weeks is early to be feeling REGULAR
movement. I did feel little flutters
around 16 weeks, but I would go some days
without feeling anything. Movements, for
me, didn't become regular until about 20
weeks, and even then, usually, only when I
was lying on my back concentrating.
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Larisa
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Posted: 03-06-08 19:38pm
I start to feel my little girl move at
18-19weeks and felt her kick at 22
weeks...Now I'm 24wks 3day and she is
kicking alot.
So don't worry sweety!
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krystineM
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Posted: 03-07-08 08:47am
so its normal to not feel a fluttery
feeling all the time
now that im thinking of it,
i just started highschool again this feb.
and i move around alot more than before,
up stairs down halls and whatnot.
maybe thats why i dont feel that feeling
so often now.
thanks for replys
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Posted: 03-07-08 09:27am
Yeah completely normal at your stage not
to feel is consistantly. Wait until you
pass 20 weeks it will be nice big kicks!!
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jessamyn
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Posted: 03-07-08 10:44am
Dont even worry hun, but know it is normal
to worry! When I was pregnant with my son
whom was my first child, I felt
flutter/potential movement at about 14-17
weeks... talked about it with my doctor
then nothing! not joking I might have felt
maybbbbe one or two flutters between 17-23
weeks... i was paranoid about it... then
felt regular movementafter 23-24 weeks
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Posted: 03-07-08 11:34am
i don't think what you felt were fetal
movements, it sounds more like gas. if
you're 17 weeks now and you were feeling
movement 2-3 weeks ago, you would have
been 14-15 weeks. your uterus doesn't
reach your belly button until about 20
weeks, so at 14-15 weeks you would not be
feeling fetal movement by your belly
button and sides.
i didnt feel Gabby until 19 weeks flutters
then it was week 20 when i started to feel
little kicks so i wouldnt worry
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krystineM
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Posted: 03-07-08 11:42am
thanks for the input jessamyn
i really dont think it was gas, it could
have been, but it felt more like little
movements i kno my uterus doesnt reach my
belly button by then, but there was
movement around there when i would lay on
my back or sides or even sit my bfs jeep
and he would play his music loud. then i
didnt feel anything for like days and now
it only happens once in a while every
couple of days or not at all
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jessamyn
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Posted: 03-07-08 12:00pm
Yeah the first time I felt my son move I
was at Church and there were crazzzzy
bands and it was sooo loud and everything
was rumbling and when it stopped my tummy
went boogie boogie for a second. I didnt
feel actiiveee moving and kicking daily
till around 24+ weeks... I was jealous
because I had two friends that were
pregnant with me... (literally we gave
birth to our children within days of
eachother) and they felt kicking early on
but everyone is
different, just know that you are not
alone, its okay to worry but no need to!
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Posted: 03-07-08 15:37pm
thanks im glad its normal and nothing to
get worried or worked up about.
i was worried for a few days now
thanks
but everyone is
different, just know that you are not
alone, its okay to worry but no need to!