yslek Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 You'd think that with my 5th pg I'd have this figured out. :tongue_smilie: I'm 9.5 weeks along, and keep thinking I'm feeling something in there. Intellectually I know that it's not possible (baby too small, uterus too thick...) So I'm wondering what is the earliest women have really experienced quickening? (I think I remember feeling my 3rd or 4th around 14 wks, and that seemed awfully early. I felt my 1st around 16 or 17 wks.) Anyone have experience with "phantom baby movements"? Just curious. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillieBoy Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I've been pregnant to the 2nd trimester 4 times, only one live birth miracle child. I can remember movement as early as 12 weeks, or maybe what I thought was 12 weeks. I've heard the more pregnancies the more sensitive you are to this. Congratulations, by the way!:hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmarango Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I'm in my second pregnancy and I felt actual movement right around 14 weeks. I don't remember feeling that quickening/butterflies feeling this time around though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylawyer Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I'm in my fifth pregnancy (one m/c in there) and I started feeling this baby at 11 weeks - well, I think I felt it before, but I DEFINITELY know I felt the baby at 11 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakersDozen Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I can say with complete honesty that my last 3 babies I felt right at 9.5-10.5 weeks. My OB said I was nuts but I found other moms-of-many who felt quickening at that point. I know it was that because it was in the same spot each time, it was right where I heard that precious heartbeat w/my home doppler, and I just "knew" what I was feeling. So I don't care what the medical profession tells me, I know it was my baby moving no matter how early I was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenaj Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I'm on number eight and probably for the past four or five I've felt definite movement as early as 10 week or so. Same experience as Luvnmysvn, movement felt exactly in the spot where the heartbeat was located later in the week. Drs. may say we're crazy, but I don't think so :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Another around ten weeks. The ob said no way. But, I was high risk and had a lot of ultrasounds. I had confirmation that what I was feeling was fetal movement when I felt it and saw it on ultrasound at the same time at around 11 weeks. Ob decided I might be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yslek Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Thanks everyone! So maybe not phantom after all. :D It does seem to be in the same area each time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 With my 2nd, I felt her around 9 or 10 weeks, I think. My OB said it was totally possible. She also said thinner women tend to feel the baby move sooner than heavier women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy in Indy Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 With my 2nd, it was 10 weeks. I was lying on the couch wondering if I could survive being nauseaus 24/7 (the answer is yes, by the way)! My midwife said it was just gas...my "gas" is now 18 and going to college this fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfoot Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I felt something "moving" there before I officially knew I was pregnant. In fact, that's the reason I did an at-home test! People look at you like you're crazy when you say it, which is why I only told my DH and my doctor.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 This is my first pregnancy and I didn't feel any movement until 22 weeks, but I bet I will feel it earlier next time now that I know what it feels like! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LizzyBee Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 which is why I only told my DH and my doctor.:) And now, 10,000 of your closest virtual friends. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janna Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 With my last pregnancy (my 3rd), I *know* I felt movement around 10 weeks. At my first Dr. appt (I was 11 weeks at the time), I asked about it and she said there was no way. I didn't want to tell anyone because I didn't think anyone would believe me! I am so happy to hear that others have experienced the same thing about the same time! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janna Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 People look at you like you're crazy when you say it, which is why I only told my DH and my doctor.:) Yes, here too! And even my Dr. thought I was crazy (I ended up switching Dr's 4 months later)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radish4ever Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 With my DD, about 18 weeks... With my DS, I felt that "popcorn popping" by around 12 weeks and real movement (I'm talking JABS) by 17 1/2 weeks With this one, the popcorn popping thing around 12 weeks and great movement by 18weeks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lighthouseacademy Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 You'd think that with my 5th pg I'd have this figured out. :tongue_smilie: I'm 9.5 weeks along, and keep thinking I'm feeling something in there. Intellectually I know that it's not possible (baby too small, uterus too thick...) So I'm wondering what is the earliest women have really experienced quickening? (I think I remember feeling my 3rd or 4th around 14 wks, and that seemed awfully early. I felt my 1st around 16 or 17 wks.) Anyone have experience with "phantom baby movements"? Just curious. :001_smile: First- 11 weeks and dh felt it from the outside... Second 9.5 weeks she kicked the doppler off my stomach and inch. The midwife looked at me dumb-founded. Did that really happen? Yes it did and I FELT it! She still was too small to pick up the heartbeat though! Third- 16? weeks. I think her placenta was in the front of my uterus and thus I couldn't feel her. Fourth- 8-9 weeks I felt tickly bubbles but I wasn't sure. At 11 weeks this one kicked the doppler hard, although not off my stomach. I almost told the midwife not to bother looking for the heartbeat since I could feel the baby wiggling EVERYWHERE trying to get away from the doppler. So, no, it isn't too early to feel the baby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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