21 weeks - Unsure about movements

Hello hello :) . Movement are very difficult at the start . For my first i was 20 + wheb i started to feel bubbles .. and my placenta was posterior so i wiuldnt worry to much it will come to proper kick soon . I am on my third baby with a posterior again and i can feel proper kick even my belly moves and all . So i would say the first pregnancy is just a waiting game for all those nice things to happen if that make sense 🙈.

Hey! I don’t have a solution but I’m 20 weeks and have a posterior placenta with a healthy bmi and i think what you’re describing is quite normal. I’ve for the last two days only just felt my baby despite consciously trying to feel her. It’s like a muscle twitch for me and I can see the movement sometimes too. I have also felt the occasional little pop. I too am not completely sure. I also know people who have said their babies didn’t have a pattern of movement. Mine is currently into a 10am burst of activity and then random moments but it’s all so new that it’s hard to know for sure. I think with an anterior placenta especially that you’re in a good place. In that you’re feeling something and it’s very likely your baby. I think we’re a few weeks away from knowing clear patterns xx

Hi love. There is no normal at 21 weeks. They move really whenever they want to until 24 weeks so there will be times she unusually kicks or there are times where she wont kick for a long time & thats normal for where u r :). And it most likely is baby what u r feeling. They arent strong always with anterior placenta! Mh baby is active some days and some days she isnt and thats normal. They dont develop patterns until 24-28 weeks :)

Hi lovely! This is totally normal. In my first pregnancy I had an anterior placenta and I didn’t feel my son properly until around 22/23. Even then I was lucky to feel him 3/4 times a day and I’d have to literally be laying down or sitting really still. Anterior placenta is a bugger! You will feel her though eventually and the little movements your feeling most likely are her. 24 weeks in when she should start to get a pattern! 🫶🏼

Hey! I'm 22+2, first baby and anterior placenta and in the same boat. I've only ever felt him properly kick once, and that was almost 2 weeks ago, nothing but bubbles since then, and even that's maybe once or twice a day? I'm trying not to worry too much until 24w, I think movements are meant to be more regular by then. Anterior placenta is frustrating! X

Hey, I’m 21 weeks pregnant with my first as well, due 10th May! Almost to the day of your due date🥰
I feel exactly the same, I’ve also got an anterior placenta, but they say with your first baby you often don’t feel the movements that easily until you know what you’re looking for.
I too have a grumbly digestive system, so I can’t tell what noises/movements are what😅
But I have been told it can take up to 24-25 weeks before you know for sure🤞🏼
I loved my 20 week scan because it reassured me all ok, but can’t wait for movements as that would be more consist check-ins that baby is ok etc so hopefully won’t be long!🙏🏼🤍

Since posting I've tried to be more intentional with trying to get in tune with what might be going on in there... which is hard because I'm always on the go but giving myself 10 minutes where I can to lay really still I've managed to feel her once or twice. But like many of you have said, I'll keep patient!!!
I have my next midwife apt on 20th so I'll be 24 weeks 1 day ...I might get sent for growth scans I might not. But it's all starting to feel very real now! Not sure how you other first timers are feeling as well ?!?!