Baby movement

With Thomas, I did not feel the baby move until I was about 22 weeks pregnant. It was my first pregnancy, so I wasn't 100% sure what I was feeling was baby or just gas and uterus growing pains. I also think I must have had an anterior placenta, which means it was like a pillow between the uterus and the top of my belly. But since I had read that it was common for first time moms not to feel movement until 23 weeks, I wasn't worried. By 30 weeks, he was moving constantly and normally, and I had forgotten how long the wait had seemed!

With this pregnancy, since it is my second, I am a little more familiar with movement. Around 15 weeks, I started to notice a repeated fluttering down in the lower left of my belly. Tim was actually able to put his hand there and feel something moving. But I wasn't able to feel it from the outside. The pulse in my hand was too strong to differentiate any other feelings.

With the ultrasound at 17 weeks, we confirmed it was Baby A who was doing that fluttering. It is likely her hands, as her head is down low.

But before this weekend, I had yet to feel Baby B. Her placenta is anterior, and she lays transverse across the center of my belly. Twice, though, I have felt a hard push on my right side. Not sure if it is a ligament, though, or the baby. Yesterday morning I did feel fluttering that was down low, but more to the right. So I don't know who that was!

I can now feel the baby movement with my hand, too, as of the middle of last week. So that has been fun. They are still pretty light, almost like getting the butterflies.

FYI: Tomorrow marks halfway through my pregnancy!