TMI gas? Baby kicks?

Question

But I never know if I'm feeling baby kicks or if it's just gas...that's really frustrating! My placenta is up front and I've been told that it will make the kicks feel less kicky at first and more like movement or bubbles or something...well I'm going to be 21 weeks on Thursday and I want to feel some kicks! Ha! So what do you think? Gas or kicks? Or a combo? If it's up above my belly button I assume that's gas or stomach for sure but below, I just don't know...

Answer

I have noticed that gas happens more around the edges because your guts are positioned more behind the uterus, so it has to squeeze around. Kick and bumps happen more centrally. And if you can palpate around your uterus, you can feel the edges to give you a better idea of which are which.

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I have an anterior placenta. I didn't feel movement until 20+3, and it was only very low and in the front (like I'm talking barely above my pubic bone, that low). It was tiny little nudges almost, like it could have been gas shifting? But after a few in the same spot I was pretty sure it was baby. Now I'm 21+4 and definitely sure it's baby. I'm still only feeling them really low like that. They're more noticeable when I'm bending over - like touching my toes or something so my belly is pressed into my legs, if that makes sense?

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Sounds like baby kicks. With my first I had a anterior placenta and the kicks started feeling like bubbles. It was definitely the baby they were consistent and eventually went to full blown kicks.

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I have an anterior placenta and started feeling movement during my 20th week. At first I wondered if it was gas but it wasn't followed by the actual gas and then I figured out that the kicks, gas, and stomach grumbles are in totally different locations at this point. First kicks were really low and in the front. Now I feel them up higher on either side.

Answer

I've started feeling a few flutters just above my belly button

TMI gas? Baby kicks?

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