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When do you start feeling the baby?

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laura
Hi there!

I'm exactly 16 weeks pregnant with my first baby. And I have the feeling I can already feel the baby! Last week I went to the gynecologist and she told me I'm carrying quite low. So now I know roughly where my uterus is and I can definitely feel it in that spot

I'd best describe it as a ping pong ball being thrown against my belly wall.. Weird but that's how it feels, right?

Who else feels the baby this early?

Xxx

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  1. hartje #2

    That could be. With my first pregnancy, I felt my baby at 17 weeks...

    Love, heart. Enjoy the little kicks in your belly.

  2. laura started this #3

    I can't wait until my boyfriend can see the baby moving too! This is lovely to be pregnant hihi, especially now you feel life in your belly.
    Xxx

  3. melis1606 #4

    I felt my baby at 21 weeks, but I'm really enjoying it, honey!! I didn't have such a nice pregnancy, and feeling the baby at those moments really pulled me through! Before you know it, they're born—my boy is already 7 months old!!

    So girls, enjoy it haha. At the end of your pregnancy, your belly is probably bulging in all directions haha, which is also funny to see!

  4. laura started this #5

    Yes, I'm really looking forward to it! I looked it up and 16 weeks is pretty early to feel the baby (especially for a first pregnancy), but I'm sure it's not my intestines—I've had enough trouble with those already, and this feels different
    Everyone says enjoy every day, and I will too, hihi
    Xxx

  5. Jet88 #6

    I'm 17 weeks pregnant.. and in the 16th week I felt something now and then... Now every day! Like being tickled on the inside with a feather!

  6. laura started this #7

    Lovely, isn't it! Yesterday I felt it for the first time while I was just sitting in the car Before that, I only felt the baby when I was lying in the chair or in bed.
    Let it tickle! I can get used to it
    Xx

  7. Marion #8

    I'm 15 weeks now but I already feel like I'm sensing something. It's exactly where the ultrasound was done at 13 weeks. When I lie in bed before going to sleep, I sometimes feel a little tingle or something that moves back and forth... I don't know if it's the baby, but I think it is.

    My intuition has been off sometimes anyway. After two days of cleaning, I already knew I was pregnant, then I waited for my period to be sure... But I was indeed pregnant..

  8. laura started this #9

    That's definitely your baby! At 15 weeks, I also sometimes felt a little movement, hehe.
    Now at week 18, I feel movement in my belly every day! Very active, I'd say either it's a girl with spirit or a boy with ADHD We'll know the gender on Saturday, normally via a 3D ultrasound.

    Have fun feeling your little sprout! It only gets more fun
    Enjoy it!

  9. plokkie #10

    My placenta is at the front, so you notice it a bit less. I only felt the baby from 20 weeks, although (now that I know what it is) I think I felt something earlier. No bubbles or pops, sometimes a kind of internal tickle, but mostly like something is bouncing around in your belly

  10. laura started this #11

    Great description, haha! I don’t feel it as little bell-like kicks or pops either, but indeed something bouncing against my belly wall. Last week, he/she was so active that I actually got nauseous from it! I carry very low, and it feels really weird when he’s active. Sometimes I can even see my belly moving from the outside, hihi. Super!

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