20 weeks and no kicking :(

Should I be worried? I had more flutters a few weeks back. I see from my other May mothers that they are feeling kicks both inside and outside of their bellies and that their DH's can even feel it

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Nope. I couldn't either. 22 weeks is the cutoff. Do you have an anterior placenta?

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I don't know. I have my Level II this Thursday. What is an anterior placenta by the way? What do you mean that 22 weeks is the cut off?

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My doc told me that I should start feeling the baby between 18-22 weeks. I felt the LO around 16-17 weeks and now at 26 weeks is he moving and kicking a lot stronger. I think some people feel the baby sooner and some later. you have felt flutters and that's def. a positive. Also in the beginning for me i didn't feel them consistently from day-to-day.

I would mention it at the Level II just to put your mind at ease

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Posted by CrisiDrue

Posted by LuvmyShihTzu

I don't know. I have my Level II this Thursday. What is an anterior placenta by the way? What do you mean that 22 weeks is the cut off?

I believe an anterior placenta is when the placenta is towards your belly (mine is posterior so it's towards my back). You may not be feeling it b/c could be kicking the placenta (just a guess).

I'm also wondering what PP means by 22 weeks is the cut off?

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I didn't feel them until 24 weeks with my first pregnancy.

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I didn't feel baby from the outside until 22 weeks! I was nervous about it too! Don't worry.

Also, I'm a May mommy, but VERY early May, so I'm 24 weeks already. Remember that you may be a couple/few weeks behind other May mommies, so you may not be feeling it yet just because of where you are in your weeks. It will happen!!

Re: 20 weeks and no kicking :(

thanks for asking this i am 20 weeks this week and havent felt kicking yet either, although i have felt flutters,
also i am carrying twins so i thought maybe they might be a week or two behind

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One of my close friends didn't feel her baby until 27 weeks. I would just bring it up to your OB next visit.

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20 weeks is still very early to feel anything. I started to feel random thumps around 22 weeks and it wasn't consistent.

I didn't consistently feel movement until 31 weeks. I also had an anterior placenta, so it was harder to feel the movement early on.

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I was worried like you...I didnt feel a REAL kick until 25 weeks!

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I didn't feel DD kick until around 22 weeks with my 1st pg.

This time around I have an anterior placenta so they said it would be harder to feel the kicks because of that also.

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I didn't really feel anything then either.

DH felt a small kick for the first time when I was about 25/26 weeks.

I still only feel intermittent movement. The baby will go crazy for a minute then I won't feel anything for hours.

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I am 22 weeks and the slight movements I feel are very random.
I've only felt a real kick maybe twice when I was laying down with my hand on my belly.
At 20 weeks I wasn't feeling much.

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This is my 2nd pregnancy and I did not start feeling the baby much until 22-23 weeks. I have anterior placenta-I was so mad b/c that is the one thing I was SO excited about, that with your 2nd you feel him/her sooner-not me!

But just mention it to your Dr next visit, but it is still early

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I wouldn't worry about it. I feel pops and the occasional kick, but I have never felt a flutter. I think it's different for everyone.

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I had anterior placenta and at around 20 weeks I couldn't feel the kicks too often. Ask at your next sono!

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I didnt feel DS until 23 weeks, dont worry!

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Posted by LoveyQ

I didn't feel baby from the outside until 22 weeks! I was nervous about it too! Don't worry.

Also, I'm a May mommy, but VERY early May, so I'm 24 weeks already. Remember that you may be a couple/few weeks behind other May mommies, so you may not be feeling it yet just because of where you are in your weeks. It will happen!!

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Thansk you all :) I will ask this Thursday at my level II!

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With my first pregnancy I didn't feel anything until 23 weeks and I had an anterior placenta so it blocked me from feeling DD's kicks.

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Posted by munchkinfacemama

Posted by CrisiDrue

Posted by LuvmyShihTzu

I don't know. I have my Level II this Thursday. What is an anterior placenta by the way? What do you mean that 22 weeks is the cut off?

I believe an anterior placenta is when the placenta is towards your belly (mine is posterior so it's towards my back). You may not be feeling it b/c could be kicking the placenta (just a guess).

I'm also wondering what PP means by 22 weeks is the cut off?

Yes, that is exactly what an anterior placenta is. The reason it is 22 weeks is because by then, the baby is big enough to feel.

Right now, the baby is not big enough so the kicks are not forceful enough to be felt through the placenta. There is a lot more to kick through with an anterior placenta!