18 weeks tomorrow with my first boy

When did you guys feel your boy move for the first time, like really move? I felt flutters really early on but Kiah has since moved down lower into my pelvis and is in the center. This is my second baby and I was wondering when you felt you baby REALLY moving, will I really need to wait 20 weeks?

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It's possible to notice the tiny movements earlier when it's the 2nd +baby due to you knowing what the movements feel like

I’m 16 weeks tomorrow with my third and I’ve only really felt my baby a few times so far. 😭😩

16 weeks was when i felt the first outside kicks! Do you know if you have an anterior placenta? if so, you may feel kicks later on.

@Rhiannon I felt them really early on and then it stopped, I got nervous and went to the hospital and they checked on him and he was fine but I haven't felt any movement since

@Bethany exactly, I felt him a few times earlier on and then it all stopped but we aren't supposed to count kicks until like week 28 so it's not a concern for the doctors, I just miss feeling him

@Lydia my first ultrasound was at 12 weeks and 3 days, he measured 5 days ahead but they didn't see where my placenta was yet, and im in the middle of switching OBGYNs so I might not get my 20 week ultrasound until weeks 22-24

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