17 Weeks 3 days and still have not felt baby

Dbaby129 · Mar 15th, 2010, 14:37 PM

Help.. Maybe I'm feeling it and not nowing that I am but I have not felt baby. I am size 16 and not sure if that plays a part. But my tummy above my belly button is more harder than the lower half. Help what does it feel like?

Adela Quested · Mar 15th, 2010, 14:40 PM

Honestly, try not to worry, I am not a particularly big woman but I only just felt the baby for the first time a few days ago. The midwife was not worried at all, it doesn't mean that something is wrong. Everyone is different!

For me it's still very faint and often feels a bit like gas or like I ate something funny

Justagirlxx · Mar 15th, 2010, 14:45 PM

I started feeling mine last week, I just knew it was my baby. Its hard to describe, but it feels like a little push or kick under my belly button. But I think you will know that its your baby kicking, I couldnt mistake it for anything else.. You are still early and I think first time pregnancy its normal not to feel it till 20 weeks, so dont worry!

MilitaryMummy · Mar 15th, 2010, 14:49 PM

Hey hun, try not to worry, im a pre-preg size 16 also, and i didn't start feeling for definate what was bubs till about 2 weeks ago and only this last week were they definately full on kicks. My DH still can't feel them!!! Dont worry, i think as slightly larger girls we feel them a little later than others! But it does happen

xxxx

Linz88 · Mar 15th, 2010, 15:20 PM

hi i started feelin @ 16+4 it feels like sumfing hard rubbin on the insides.. u'll no wen u feel.. just have patience hun. x an maybe drink sum freezin water and orange den lay on ur bk for 20 minz xx

lea28 · Mar 15th, 2010, 15:30 PM

Please don't worry I'm a size 16 and felt baby move at 19 weeks. I had a spell in hospital with a kidney infection and one day after docs had been prodding my stomach for the millionth time I felt something a little strange going on inside and realised it must have been baby telling them to sod off! After that I felt it more and more often as I was more aware of the movements. Try drinking a cold glass of water and laying or sitting for half and hour. The midwife told me to do this when I was worried I'd felt no movements the other day and it got baby going. They say you feel the first movements anytime up to 22 weeks so you've got plenty of time! Wait till the little baba starts stomping on your cervix!

CarlyCox · Mar 15th, 2010, 15:36 PM

yes I agree don't worry i haven't felt my baby move yet either, no matter how much I prod or poke it!

venusrockstar · Mar 15th, 2010, 18:17 PM

Don't worry hun...I didn't feel my baby until 19-20 weeks, now she's kicking up a storm. My kicks feel like it does when you poke the inside of your mouth with your tongue. Today she kicked a pretty hard one and I saw my belly actually move in that spot!

dizzy65 · Mar 15th, 2010, 18:40 PM

i read in a book that some women dont feel baby tell 22 weeks. Try not to let it worry you, every person is differant

xlaineyx · Mar 15th, 2010, 19:23 PM

I'm 20 weeks and have only just started feeling definate movemants. My other half cannot feel them yet as you feel them more on the inside than on the outside at this stage. I did feel some flutterings but never anything definate that I could say was the baby moving. I am usually very busy during the day with work where I am on my feet all morning. Then when I get home I have my 6 year old twins to tend too! Its usually when I sit and have my quite time (9-10pm) that I start to feel it more as I am sat realaxing watching tv. I am also a size 14-16 and I believe that does make a difference. Don't worry you will feel your baby moving soon and it will be when you least expect it. I gave up googling for answers about feeling your babies movement. It made me worry more!

Mar 15th, 2010, 14:37 PM	#1
Dbaby129 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ohio..U.S.A. Posts: 307	17 Weeks 3 days and still have not felt baby Help.. Maybe I'm feeling it and not nowing that I am but I have not felt baby. I am size 16 and not sure if that plays a part. But my tummy above my belly button is more harder than the lower half. Help what does it feel like?

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Mar 15th, 2010, 14:40 PM	#2
Adela Quested Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands Posts: 1,155	Honestly, try not to worry, I am not a particularly big woman but I only just felt the baby for the first time a few days ago. The midwife was not worried at all, it doesn't mean that something is wrong. Everyone is different! For me it's still very faint and often feels a bit like gas or like I ate something funny

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Mar 15th, 2010, 14:45 PM	#3
Justagirlxx Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Connecticut, USA Posts: 2,989	I started feeling mine last week, I just knew it was my baby. Its hard to describe, but it feels like a little push or kick under my belly button. But I think you will know that its your baby kicking, I couldnt mistake it for anything else.. You are still early and I think first time pregnancy its normal not to feel it till 20 weeks, so dont worry!

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Mar 15th, 2010, 14:49 PM	#4
MilitaryMummy Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Uxbridge UK Posts: 1,035	Hey hun, try not to worry, im a pre-preg size 16 also, and i didn't start feeling for definate what was bubs till about 2 weeks ago and only this last week were they definately full on kicks. My DH still can't feel them!!! Dont worry, i think as slightly larger girls we feel them a little later than others! But it does happen xxxx

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Mar 15th, 2010, 15:20 PM	#5
Linz88 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: West Brom\Bham, Uk Posts: 1,679	hi i started feelin @ 16+4 it feels like sumfing hard rubbin on the insides.. u'll no wen u feel.. just have patience hun. x an maybe drink sum freezin water and orange den lay on ur bk for 20 minz xx

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Mar 15th, 2010, 15:30 PM	#6
lea28 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Coventry Posts: 438	Please don't worry I'm a size 16 and felt baby move at 19 weeks. I had a spell in hospital with a kidney infection and one day after docs had been prodding my stomach for the millionth time I felt something a little strange going on inside and realised it must have been baby telling them to sod off! After that I felt it more and more often as I was more aware of the movements. Try drinking a cold glass of water and laying or sitting for half and hour. The midwife told me to do this when I was worried I'd felt no movements the other day and it got baby going. They say you feel the first movements anytime up to 22 weeks so you've got plenty of time! Wait till the little baba starts stomping on your cervix!

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Mar 15th, 2010, 15:36 PM	#7
CarlyCox Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Brighton Posts: 478	yes I agree don't worry i haven't felt my baby move yet either, no matter how much I prod or poke it!

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Mar 15th, 2010, 18:17 PM	#8
venusrockstar Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: CANADA Posts: 4,171	Don't worry hun...I didn't feel my baby until 19-20 weeks, now she's kicking up a storm. My kicks feel like it does when you poke the inside of your mouth with your tongue. Today she kicked a pretty hard one and I saw my belly actually move in that spot!

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Mar 15th, 2010, 18:40 PM	#9
dizzy65 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2008 Location: BC canada Posts: 8,010	i read in a book that some women dont feel baby tell 22 weeks. Try not to let it worry you, every person is differant

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Mar 15th, 2010, 19:23 PM	#10
xlaineyx Pregnant (Expecting) New BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Manchester UK Posts: 5	I'm 20 weeks and have only just started feeling definate movemants. My other half cannot feel them yet as you feel them more on the inside than on the outside at this stage. I did feel some flutterings but never anything definate that I could say was the baby moving. I am usually very busy during the day with work where I am on my feet all morning. Then when I get home I have my 6 year old twins to tend too! Its usually when I sit and have my quite time (9-10pm) that I start to feel it more as I am sat realaxing watching tv. I am also a size 14-16 and I believe that does make a difference. Don't worry you will feel your baby moving soon and it will be when you least expect it. I gave up googling for answers about feeling your babies movement. It made me worry more!

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