22 weeks and still no baby movement?

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This is my first baby, due March 14 2023.
4 times I have thought ‘this is it now, this is the baby moving!’ But then either I won’t feel it again for a week, or then I need to toilet or have gas so I just assume it’s that.
What does it feel like? And when when I feel it?
The first 2 times I thought I felt it it felt like bubbles or popping in my stomach which then I put down to gas.
The other 2 times it has felt ‘tight’ but not cramping.. like part of my stomach is being pulled in or squeezed almost, but it doesn’t hurt.
I am so desperate to feel my baby and it’s making me so anxious that I still can’t

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You could have an anterior placenta. I did not with my first but I do remember feeling “real consistent” movement around 24 weeks. Now onto our second I felt movement SUPER EARLY. Like week 14!

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Everyone always told me that it feels like flutters or gas and there were a couple of times I thought I felt our baby boy move but then same as you I wouldn’t feel anything for several days or have to go to the bathroom or end up having gas. I just felt my baby move for the first time on October 28th at 22 weeks and I think what makes more sense to me is it feels like a bubble popping! Gas is different but similar. I was really discouraged because I wanted to feel him but during my ultrasound to confirm the gender they told me that I have an anterior placenta which means that the babies movements are muffled and absorbed by the placenta until the baby is stronger. And your placenta doesn’t cover your whole stomach! So even though our babies during this point in time are typically still doing summer salts and moving a ton depending on where your placenta is located you may only feel your baby in one spot. I only ever feel him on my right side! 
It can be so discouraging but as long as you’re going to your prenatal appointment, seeing a midwife, seeing a doctor etc and they say everything is good I wouldn’t be too worried about the baby! 
You’ll feel them soon enough and as they get stronger you’ll know why your baby’s movement feels like to you!

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I have an anterior placenta and only feel baby occasionally at 21 weeks

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I’m almost 24 weeks and this is my second baby and I just really started feeling baby move like crazy this week. I have felt the flutters but sporadically up until now. The things you felt sound like baby to me. It can be hard to distinguish when baby is so tiny. Honestly some babies aren’t movers my first was but this one not as much. I notice more movements when I have a full bladder, something sweet or cold. Maybe that will help get your little one moving! But I agree with the below comments and it never hurts to check with your doctor trust your intuition.

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I feel like once it happens you will know. The whole time I thought oh it’s just gas or something.. which it was. But once I actually felt the baby move.. I knew it immediately that it was her. It’s hard to explain but it feels like something punching you from the inside.. I feel like you will definitely know when its the baby. It’s a very different feeling than has or tightening.. and it’s usually constant. Ifi feel my baby moving than they would move a lot for 10-15 minutes on and off

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Maybe you have an anterior placenta, I didn’t with my first and could start to feel him around 18 weeks. I’m 20 weeks now and still can’t feel anything cause of the placenta

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Do you have an anterior placenta? That can stop you feeling babba for a few more weeks yet until they get stronger. 
I felt my first movement at 16 weeks. Felt like a little muscle twitch, like when your eye twitches randomly. It was brief and didn’t happen again until 18 weeks where it was stronger. From 19 weeks I now get regular movements. Little taps and depending on her position sometimes it really does feel like gas.

22 weeks and still no baby movement?

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