When did you feel your babies consistent kicks?

I am about to be 21 weeks and I only feel him sometimes but I wanted to know if that’s normal.

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Yeah they don’t usually tell you to do kick counts till 28 weeks because baby will be bigger. Especially if this is your first baby you might only feel it on and off. With my first I didn’t feel baby till 24 ish weeks. With my second I think it was around 18 ish weeks with my third it was 20 weeks and I feel them literally constantly

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Yeah, I wasn't feeling every day until 22 weeks this pregnancy. I'm 24 weeks now and I do feel them several times a day,

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I really only felt them in the beginning and around 24-28 weeks across all 3 of mine .

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Do you know if you have an anterior or posterior placenta? Mine was anterior and I didn’t feel her kicking until like 26+ weeks

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27 weeks and like 5 days. I’m 28 weeks and 5 days now, so essentially it’s been a week, and there is no mistaking it’s him kicking lol. I have an anterior placenta and FTM.

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I didn't feel anything until 29 weeks... And it's how I realized I was pregnant...

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I have an anterior placenta and only feel her flip once in a while. No feeling of consistent kicks just yet!

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I’ve only just started feeling lots every day and I’m 21 weeks.

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totally normal! main thing is that you feel them 😊 they usually take quite a while to develop consistent patterns and there's still a lot of space in there. in my experience as time goes on the movements feel softer but much more consistent. don't worry

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It’s very normal I didn’t feel that many kicks with my daughter until 6-8 months I had her a little early

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