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meganNbobby
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gas or flutters?
how the heck do u tell the difference!!
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karacg
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Re: gas or flutters?
I am reading a book - Your Pregnancy Week by Week - and it says until at least week 16 that you are feeling gas. The baby (no matter how many there are) can't be felt before 16 weeks. Normally you may start to feel the baby between 16 and 20 weeks.
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| Posted 11/5/06 1:38 PM |
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pinkandblue
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Re: gas or flutters?
I am 20 weeks and have not felt anything yet, my doctor said between 20-22 weeks
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| Posted 11/5/06 3:07 PM |
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landj
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Re: gas or flutters?
Posted by karacg
I am reading a book - Your Pregnancy Week by Week - and it says until at least week 16 that you are feeling gas. The baby (no matter how many there are) can't be felt before 16 weeks. Normally you may start to feel the baby between 16 and 20 weeks.
I just wanted to say that I did feel them earlier than 16 weeks, and one of my OB's, who has been practicing medicine for over 40 years, told me it IS possible to feel the baby's flutters before 16 weeks and that was what I was feeling. The flutters may not be consistent and obviously not strong, but it is possible. Also, the "What to Expect" book says you can feel them quite early also if you are slender to begin with or it is your second pregnancy. So every book, and doctor, will have a different opinion on this. I can tell you that what I felt early on continued to feel that way and definitely felt different from indigestion.
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| Posted 11/5/06 8:16 PM |
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dm24angel
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Re: gas or flutters?
Posted by karacg
I am reading a book - Your Pregnancy Week by Week - and it says until at least week 16 that you are feeling gas. The baby (no matter how many there are) can't be felt before 16 weeks. Normally you may start to feel the baby between 16 and 20 weeks.
I read that too.
What it is earlier then that is sometimes the amniotic fluid moving you feel. The baby is too small at any stage earlier then 16 weeks to feel any significant flutters....
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| Posted 11/5/06 8:25 PM |
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Eireann
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Re: gas or flutters?
I don't know...I am pretty much 100% sure I felt Katherine at 15-15 1/2 weeks...pretty close to 16, I guess. This time, I'm pretty sure it's all in my head still (@14 weeks almost).
Anyhow, it felt like twitching very low in my pelvis. Not like gas at all for me.
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btrflygrl
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Re: gas or flutters?
I felt DD more towards the 22 week mark.....I was getting worried! Then she wouldn't stop!
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| Posted 11/5/06 9:02 PM |
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MrsPJ
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Re: gas or flutters?
Posted by landj
Posted by karacg
I am reading a book - Your Pregnancy Week by Week - and it says until at least week 16 that you are feeling gas. The baby (no matter how many there are) can't be felt before 16 weeks. Normally you may start to feel the baby between 16 and 20 weeks.
I just wanted to say that I did feel them earlier than 16 weeks, and one of my OB's, who has been practicing medicine for over 40 years, told me it IS possible to feel the baby's flutters before 16 weeks and that was what I was feeling. The flutters may not be consistent and obviously not strong, but it is possible. Also, the "What to Expect" book says you can feel them quite early also if you are slender to begin with or it is your second pregnancy. So every book, and doctor, will have a different opinion on this. I can tell you that what I felt early on continued to feel that way and definitely felt different from indigestion.
I felt the baby earlier too...and my doctor also said it was possible. I have IBS, so I know what the gas feeling feels like and this was totally different. Once you feel the baby, I think you can definately distinguish the difference.
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pinkandblue
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Re: gas or flutters?
Posted by btrflygrl
I felt DD more towards the 22 week mark.....I was getting worried! Then she wouldn't stop!
That makes me feel better, I am waiting patiently to feel my lil 
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