What does "quickening" feel like?

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This is my first pregnancy where I've made it to 16 weeks. I have been having some tickling feeling a little in my tummy, and once in a while It makes me want to scratch my belly. Is that "quickening"/the baby moving? For those who have been pregnant before, or know for sure that you're feeling your baby move, what did your first movements feel like?

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it felt like little twitches! like i was being poked from the inside. i felt them at 17-18 weeks with my first and 16 weeks with this baby.

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I started feeling baby around 16-17 weeks, and it felt a little bit like a tickling feeling or almost bubbly. The bubbly feeling made me think it was just gas initially, but it was in the area where i would normally feel period cramps, and it was only in that spot (whereas gas bubbling kinda moves across my abdomen). I also started noticing a pattern in when it was happening, like at the same points during the day every day. After 2-3 days i was confident it was baby, and it gradually changed into more defined movement. One of the earliest feelings i had as the tickly feelings got bigger, felt similar to a fish in a bag of water lol. Like when you get them from the pet store, and they bump into the side of the bag. It felt sorta like there was a bag of water with a fish bumping around inside my belly.

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That’s what it felt like for me! Now at 20 weeks it’s more of an obvious kick

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I agree I felt mine at 17 weeks and I’m 20 know and it confirms that I was right at 17 weeks when I was telling hubby I could feel her move.

What does "quickening" feel like?

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