Question for you plus size mommies and mommies to be!

trinitydm · Jul 10th, 2009, 11:02 AM

Okay, so my question to you ladies is.......
When, if ever, did anyone else (hubby, mum, friends...) start to feel little one kicking?? I'm 25 weeks today and I've been feeling it for about 4-5 weeks now, but I still can't feel anything from the outside of my belly. Now, I'm a pretty big girl, 270 lbs prior to getting pregnant, and I'm just wondering if hubby will ever get to feel our little one move inside my belly!?!?

Any opinions or stories are appreciated, thanks ladies!

Vici · Jul 10th, 2009, 11:04 AM

I'm a plus size gal and I didn't feel LO till about 24 weeks altho I do have an anterior placenta. DF flet LO a few weeks later IIRC

TheNewWife · Jul 10th, 2009, 12:18 PM

I started feeling something around 18 weeks but couldn't feel it on the outside until about 20 weeks - and even then, I think a lot of it was in my head.

I would say it's been very obvious on the outside for the past 3 weeks (so since about 30 weeks) though DH still manages to miss all of the action.

soon2b6 · Jul 10th, 2009, 12:24 PM

Hi, Your husband will be able to feel them as baby gets bigger, providing baby plays ball that is!!!

lhamil88 · Jul 10th, 2009, 12:28 PM

nothin to worrie about hun i didn't seel baba on the outside till anour 26-27 weeks and now i can see him move if i lay still lol

soddingpoof · Jul 10th, 2009, 12:29 PM

hiya--

i was at 240 pre-pregnancy and i'm almost 29 weeks now. i didn't start feeling definite movement until about 23 weeks but since then it's really ramped up in intensity and for the past week and a half we've been able to see LO kicking hard from the outside. so i don't think how big we are has to do with it, necessarily, just how active your kid is--and mine's trying to plan an escape, apparently.

x-Rainbow-x · Jul 10th, 2009, 12:35 PM

i think i was about 25-26 weeks before you could feel on the outside

Tsia · Jul 10th, 2009, 16:10 PM

I think I can answer here.. even though I am not officially 'big' anymore.. I still have a HUGE layer of skin/flab whatever you call it over my bump.
I could feel babs moving from 19weeks but didnt actually see it from the outside til at least 28weeks ish.
The layer camoflages it well! lol
I wish I could make out things like hands and feet but I cant cos of my 'layer' lol

Stephanie · Jul 12th, 2009, 12:29 PM

Same thing with me I am a big girl and I could feel LO move from about 16 weeks and OH could not feel him move until 24 weeks but then it was only very small movements. now LO is doing flips inside and everyone can see it. Do not worry everyone is different.

Rees · Jul 12th, 2009, 13:31 PM

my fella has felt the baby twice (although as soon as i tell him baby is kicking and he puts his hand there baby goes quiet until he moves his hand again, lol)

i've only seen a few belly movements from the outside, but i think my baby has now moved as it's kicks are now quieter and less frequent

i think it also depends as to where your baby is kicking, at first mine was kicking really low down but then shifted to kicking higher and near the belly button and upwards but it's shifted around again and is kicking low where only i can feel it

Jul 10th, 2009, 11:02 AM	#1
trinitydm Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 424	Question for you plus size mommies and mommies to be! Okay, so my question to you ladies is....... When, if ever, did anyone else (hubby, mum, friends...) start to feel little one kicking?? I'm 25 weeks today and I've been feeling it for about 4-5 weeks now, but I still can't feel anything from the outside of my belly. Now, I'm a pretty big girl, 270 lbs prior to getting pregnant, and I'm just wondering if hubby will ever get to feel our little one move inside my belly!?!? Any opinions or stories are appreciated, thanks ladies!

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Jul 10th, 2009, 11:04 AM	#2
Vici Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Suffolk Posts: 5,931	I'm a plus size gal and I didn't feel LO till about 24 weeks altho I do have an anterior placenta. DF flet LO a few weeks later IIRC

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Jul 10th, 2009, 12:18 PM	#3
TheNewWife Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Langley, BC Posts: 6,928	I started feeling something around 18 weeks but couldn't feel it on the outside until about 20 weeks - and even then, I think a lot of it was in my head. I would say it's been very obvious on the outside for the past 3 weeks (so since about 30 weeks) though DH still manages to miss all of the action.

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Jul 10th, 2009, 12:24 PM	#4
soon2b6 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 862	Hi, Your husband will be able to feel them as baby gets bigger, providing baby plays ball that is!!!

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Jul 10th, 2009, 12:28 PM	#5
lhamil88 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: doncaster Posts: 218	nothin to worrie about hun i didn't seel baba on the outside till anour 26-27 weeks and now i can see him move if i lay still lol

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Jul 10th, 2009, 12:29 PM	#6
soddingpoof Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: san francisco Posts: 20	hiya-- i was at 240 pre-pregnancy and i'm almost 29 weeks now. i didn't start feeling definite movement until about 23 weeks but since then it's really ramped up in intensity and for the past week and a half we've been able to see LO kicking hard from the outside. so i don't think how big we are has to do with it, necessarily, just how active your kid is--and mine's trying to plan an escape, apparently.

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Jul 10th, 2009, 12:35 PM	#7
x-Rainbow-x Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Rainbow Land!! Posts: 7,714	i think i was about 25-26 weeks before you could feel on the outside

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Jul 10th, 2009, 16:10 PM	#8
Tsia Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Spalding, Lincs UK Posts: 5,124	I think I can answer here.. even though I am not officially 'big' anymore.. I still have a HUGE layer of skin/flab whatever you call it over my bump. I could feel babs moving from 19weeks but didnt actually see it from the outside til at least 28weeks ish. The layer camoflages it well! lol I wish I could make out things like hands and feet but I cant cos of my 'layer' lol

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Jul 12th, 2009, 12:29 PM	#9
Stephanie Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: gravesend, Kent Posts: 179	Same thing with me I am a big girl and I could feel LO move from about 16 weeks and OH could not feel him move until 24 weeks but then it was only very small movements. now LO is doing flips inside and everyone can see it. Do not worry everyone is different.

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Jul 12th, 2009, 13:31 PM	#10
Rees Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Cornwall, UK Posts: 1,388	my fella has felt the baby twice (although as soon as i tell him baby is kicking and he puts his hand there baby goes quiet until he moves his hand again, lol) i've only seen a few belly movements from the outside, but i think my baby has now moved as it's kicks are now quieter and less frequent i think it also depends as to where your baby is kicking, at first mine was kicking really low down but then shifted to kicking higher and near the belly button and upwards but it's shifted around again and is kicking low where only i can feel it

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