https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 15:45:43 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846874 Sat, 22 Sep 2018 13:08:40 +0000 JCCovi 2846874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get them too, super weird and I've never figured out where they come from. They feel exactly like baby kicks but I've gotten them for years since my son was born January 2015. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846872 Sat, 22 Sep 2018 12:51:10 +0000 Rocker2014 2846872@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have celiac and have this sensation regularly. In fact, my celiac predates my LO, and I thought the baby wasn’t kicking and I asked my doc because I was worried at 22 weeks and we figured out that the sensation was almost the same! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846855 Sat, 22 Sep 2018 09:01:01 +0000 hellobeeboston 2846855@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: yeah, must be it.... for a hot second I was wondering, could I be lactose intolerant? but I think it's probably related to the other issues!</p> <p>@RonjaL7: I'm so glad its not just me! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846854 Sat, 22 Sep 2018 08:59:00 +0000 hellobeeboston 2846854@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shantuck: I think this has gotta be it... and yes, this has all happened during a particularly stressful time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846853 Sat, 22 Sep 2018 08:58:18 +0000 hellobeeboston 2846853@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@2littlepumpkins: haha, I know right! Especially when preggo with extra gas and organs shifting around! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846836 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 22:23:29 +0000 Shantuck 2846836@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Muscle spasms. These happen to me sometimes - usually more prevalent during stressful times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846833 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 21:55:02 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2846833@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happens to me and I always thought it was gastro issues/gas, even if it's not obviously gas, just gas bubbles somewhere in there. Lol. THIS is why when people say they're feeling baby at 10-12 weeks or something like that.. I never really believe them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846825 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 19:44:07 +0000 pachamama 2846825@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: I would bet money it's a little flare-ups up of gastro issues maybe due to stress or other changes. I have what feels like bubbles popping a lot and it's always gas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846814 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:32:34 +0000 RonjaL7 2846814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Omg me too!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846813 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:22:44 +0000 Foodnerd81 2846813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have had this too! Made me wonder how many of what I thought were early kicks were gas bubbles or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846810 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:00:26 +0000 Mrs. Cereal 2846810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Phantom kicks. More likely in people with any gastrointestinal issues because of how much your body moves those organs around when you are pregnant. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846809 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:50:42 +0000 Alba4 2846809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: I totally get this! I just started to notice it (2+ years postpartum). I just chalk it up to digestion, but it totally reminds me of baby kicks!</p> <p>(I better not be pregnant. Shoot do I have to buy a test?!🤪😱) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846806 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:24:23 +0000 josina 2846806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just had these phantom baby-kicks last week and I've had them before where I was convinced I was prego and didn't know it, they feel so real! I just chalk it up to funky gas bubbles. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846798 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:03:01 +0000 MamaBear87 2846798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get these towards the second half of my cycle and believe it is muscle spasms. Does totally feel like early pregnancy kicks though </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846794 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:50:51 +0000 hellobeeboston 2846794@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@PurplePeony: @MrsKRB: I am glad its not just me. I mentioned this to a few people and they thought I was nuts.... I searched online and didn't find much mention of this too. I hope it goes away... I'm thinking it might have to due with stress, and lack of my regular exercise? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846792 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:47:55 +0000 MrsKRB 2846792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel like it’s muscle spasms, happens to me too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846790 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:42:54 +0000 PurplePeony 2846790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This happens to me occasionally. I don’t have celiac, but I’ve always just chalked it up to internal gas (i.e. not flatulence, just things moving/bubbling around in there). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846788 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:40:32 +0000 hellobeeboston 2846788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Becky: yeah, i can feel it too.... But my youngest is about to turn 3?! This is brand new! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846787 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:35:49 +0000 Becky 2846787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I get these all the time. They started when I was probably 7 months postpartum with my first daughter. It’s probably just things moving around in your gut. I have celiac too and they started before I went on a GF diet. I wouldn’t call them phantom kicks in my case because I can feel them from the outside. Things definitely moved around inside after having my kids—I have a diastasis recti and a mild umbilical hernia—so it makes sense to be feeling new things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846786 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:33:30 +0000 hellobeeboston 2846786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@nutmeg36: :happy: Totally... that was why I put it in the title, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846785 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:33:08 +0000 hellobeeboston 2846785@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LBee: My youngest is about to turn 3, never had phantom kicks before... But this TOTALLY feels like kicks, and I can see it -- it's clearly my lower gut, colon maybe? UGH. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846784 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:33:00 +0000 smuckers 2846784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hellobeeboston: Had to ask :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846783 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:32:20 +0000 hellobeeboston 2846783@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@nutmeg36: 100% not pregnant. I'm on the pill, I've had my period, period due next week. Haven't even had sex since last period :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846781 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:30:29 +0000 LBee 2846781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I randomly started having phantom kicks about 2 years after my son was born. I just chalked it up to the body is weird. I figured it was gastro related but short from freaking me out I was pregnant, I didn’t think it was cause for any concern. I talked to some friends about it and everyone seemed to have experience phantom kicks at some point too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846779 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:27:07 +0000 smuckers 2846779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, exactly HOW sure are you that you're not pregnant? Like, is it improbable or impossible? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/fluttering-feeling-in-lower-abdomen-not-pregnant#post-2846777 Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:22:38 +0000 hellobeeboston 2846777@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm having the weirdest sensation in my very lower abdomen for the last week or so. There is no pain, and it almost feels like baby kicks. It's so distracting.... Has anyone had this? </p> <p>I'm not gassy, but it's like there is air bubbles popping. I can even see it - it's just like kicks from being pregnant.</p> <p>I have celiac disease, but i've been gluten free for about 15 years, and I just had my vitamin levels checked, so I'm good there... But there seems to be some kind of new gastrointestinal issue happening. I'll call the doctor I guess, but there aren't any symptoms and no pain. It's just annoying.</p> <p>I haven't been working out due to a crazy schedule and a lot going on, also more stressed. Maybe related?</p> <p>HELP Dr HelloBee! </p>