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mustang0529 · Jun 30, 2008, 12:01 PM

I have a question... I will be 9 weeks in 3 days.. this is my 3rd pregnancy the 2 ended in M/C's.. I have been gaining a lot of weight and I am starting to look like I'm pregnant.. like 4-5 months... and also I have been feeling movement in my lower abdomen.. I think that it is to early but I have hurd of people who have felt the movements early after they have had other pregnancies.. but what I can't help thinking about is if its twins.. has anyone felt movements at 8 weeks almost 9 weeks?? :confused: :confused:

And also I want to no why my belly looks like I'm about 5 months...

Becca1025 · Jun 30, 2008, 01:19 PM

You could be bloated. I know some days I feel like I am huge and sometimes look it, but it turns out to be bloating. Some days it will be smaller and some days bigger. Movement a 9 weeks... Idont think you can feel that early because the baby is the size of your thumb.

liz28 · Jun 30, 2008, 06:38 PM

Your baby starts to move between 7 and 8 weeks, I believe. You can see the movement on an ultrasound, like I did mines while being almost 8 weeks. Moms who had more than 1 child can pick up the differences between gas or movement than a 1st time mom. Also, a slimmer person can feel the movement more than a person that weights more. You won't feel the baby kick until around 12 weeks or more. Also, your be able to feel movement by placing your hand on your stomach.

J_9 · Jun 30, 2008, 06:51 PM

At 9 weeks you will not yet be feeling baby move. Most likely you, and I don't mean this to sound awful, you are feeling gas, or, what we call in the medical field, peristalsis. Which means you are feeling the food and whatnot moving through your intestines.

This is a common feeling that many women mistake for baby movements. Movements are rarely, even in women who have had multiple children, felt before 12 weeks at the very earliest.

**Edit** The average woman feels movement for the first time around 20 weeks.

mustang0529 · Jul 17, 2008, 11:29 AM

I am now 12 weeks and feel kicks.. what I was feeling at around 8 almost 9 weeks was my baby moving... yah it could be gas some of the time but it can't be gas 24/7... I'm just so happy to feel my little bub kicking.. it feels so amazing..!

J_9 · Jul 17, 2008, 07:55 PM

I am so happy to hear that everything is going better this time.

mustang0529 · Jul 18, 2008, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by J_9

I am so happy to hear that everything is going better this time.

Yah me to I'm so excited... its going by pretty quick for me... and thank you so much... :)

DoulaLC · Jul 18, 2008, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by mustang0529

i am now 12 weeks and feel kicks.. what i was feeling at around 8 almost 9 weeks was my baby moving...yah it could be gas some of the time but it can't be gas 24/7... im just so happy to feel my lil bub kicking.. it feels so amazing..!!

Enjoy!. I miss those days... :)

babygirl1092 · Jul 19, 2008, 11:51 AM

Wow I have never heard of people feeling movement that early. And I do agree with you that it couldn't be gas all the time. But that early in pregnancy I do think a lot of it could be gas. But it is wounderful that this pregnancy is going we'll for you I do know what the loss of a child feels like and I am sorry u had to go through that, but I wish u the best of luck with this pregnancy

J_9 · Jul 19, 2008, 03:16 PM

In all honesty, at 9 weeks you CANNOT feel movement. The baby is only about 3 centimeters long. Smaller than your ovaries. This is not true baby movements. At 12 weeks it may be a little more possible, but still unlikely. Those that feel baby movements at around 12 weeks are multipara women. Women who have had multiple children and know what the feeling really is, and then it is still subjective.

According to ACOG (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists), true movement is not felt until the doctor/nurse actually feels it. That is the definition, now there is a fine line there too.

babygirl1092 · Jul 19, 2008, 05:30 PM

I didn't feel actual movement until the end of April early June. Which would have been about roughly 22 weeks and this is my 2nd pregnancy. No affence to her but I believe ( and this is my owm oppion) that there isn't a possibility that she is feeling movement expecialy since she said she has had miscarried and most misscarriges happen in the first 12 weeks and you can't feel movement then and so she really couldn't know what she is feeling or trying to feel.