https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:39:04 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2589781 Thu, 21 Jul 2016 12:18:37 +0000 rissadoodlebop 2589781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is my first and I'm currently at 24, almost 25, weeks. I also have an anterior placenta that they noticed at my 21 week ultrasound. I don't believe it's made a difference at all! I saw her on ultrasound at 6w, heard heartbeat at 8w, saw her again on ultrasound at 17w, and again at 21. I first felt her probably around 16w. But this was probably more her rolling and hitting the placenta which I felt against my stomach, not actually her but just the reaction of her moving. I usually do have to sit still and/or lie down to really feel her moving. But now at 24 weeks, she kicks hard and there's no mistaking it! I think I still only really feel her when I'm sitting quietly or laying, then running around. But I guess that's also chalked up to the fact that I'm purposefully trying to wait to feel her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584388 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 18:31:36 +0000 jaguar 2584388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have struggled a LOT with movement this time around (anterior) compared to last time, where G was posterior.</p> <p>It's nowhere near as pronounced ... and it's a lot of movement right down into my back/butt/crotch this time. Hubby has only felt this baby once **he thinks** and I'm 26.5 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584360 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 16:51:49 +0000 Woolly Mammoth 2584360@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an anterior placenta. I never saw movement from the outside at all. There was one spot on my side where he liked to push with his feet. I could feel kicks from the outside there, but my husband never did. I could feel flutters and kicks internally, but I wasn't always sure about them.</p> <p>I didn't realize what I was missing until I went to a baby shower for a friend who was due within a couple of weeks of me. I could see her baby moving from across the table! It was absolutely crazy to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584294 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:13:32 +0000 whiskers 2584294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have had different placenta positions with all of them (though, I actually have no clue where my placenta is this time) and the movement has always been hard for me to feel no matter where it is. I think I don't have a very sensitive abdomen. Or I just have chill kids. At any rate, I don't associate the amount of movement with the health of the baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584280 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:54:27 +0000 mfa_lady 2584280@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@narwhal: Yeah, I'm 24 weeks too and I've seen my belly move a few times, it's just not nearly as often as with #1. I'm ready for this kid to be distracting me all day! (I know, I know....be careful what you wish for, right?)</p> <p>@Happygal: Oh, that's interesting--I had some sharp pains in my back like you're describing earlier today. Didn't occur to me that it might be related. I'll have to pay more attention! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584278 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:53:21 +0000 MrsKerch 2584278@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was probably like 24ish weeks that I first started feeling real movement. Now, it feels like shes speed bagging my belly button from the inside, and then there's the stretching where she literally rides from hip to rib. That feels great. ;) Kidding, it's a blessed reassurance. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584254 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:24:58 +0000 Mrs. Marshmallow 2584254@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm 24 weeks now with an AP. I didn't feel anything until about 19/20 weeks, just little twitches... and in the last 2 weeks it's more obvious kicks and active times of the day. I actually caught my belly moving on camera today. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584248 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:12:59 +0000 Happygal 2584248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have one this go round, too! Felt movement at the same time and I think it's about as strong, but at 29 weeks, I'm experiencing new, not so fun sensations....basically, she can wriggle and it causes such a sharp pain in my back that I stop in place in gasp. I've been laughing because it's so shocking, but the novelty is going to wear off fast. I guess it's b/c there's not that padding in the back to protect whatever nerve she's getting. </p> <p>It also explains why my OB has to work just a little harder to find her heartbeat during check ups. That's new and a little unnerving. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584244 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:11:14 +0000 mfa_lady 2584244@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pumuckl: I sure hope so! I feel like everybody in my life has insane second babies, so....I'm over here crossing my fingers that I'll get a chill one. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584234 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 14:02:08 +0000 Pumuckl 2584234@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: your second will probably be a way more chill baby. :grin: I had anterior placentas with my first two and I didn't start feeling them too late, like at 16w or so. And just like others have said it will definitely get crazy in there soon enough. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584214 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:45:35 +0000 JenGirl 2584214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: Give it a few more weeks and you'll probably be able to feel movement regularly enough to monitor if it's decreasing. Basically, I didn't worry about if I was feeling "enough" movement until I was feeling it on a regular basis. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584206 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:41:10 +0000 mfa_lady 2584206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JenGirl: THANK YOU! This morning, my OB was like "totally normal, since your placenta's in the front, but definitely call me if you really do notice decreased fetal movement." I'm like...LADY! That's the problem! I can't tell if it's decreased or not! She has me wigging out, obviously. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584191 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:29:22 +0000 JenGirl 2584191@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sounds just like my pregnancy. It was a little nerve wracking when everyone in my birth month group was already feeling movement and I felt nothing, but he was fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584166 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:51:55 +0000 mfa_lady 2584166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@winter_wonder: Yes! And it's KILLING ME because I had such a different experience with my first. It would be better if I didn't know any better, but...no such luck. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584164 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:50:16 +0000 winter_wonder 2584164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: yes! I know it's scary though. Everyone kept asking me about movement and I was like uh....kind of?! :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584159 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:46:29 +0000 mfa_lady 2584159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pregnantbee: Thank you!</p> <p>@winter_wonder: Thank you! So reassuring. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584156 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 12:45:21 +0000 winter_wonder 2584156@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was super hard to tell she moved. I'd say it was still inconsistent until about 30 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584111 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:36:12 +0000 pregnantbee 2584111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: Hmmm maybe 25-6w? Hard to remember now. But her movement stops me in my tracks. As I'm typing this, she is having a rave in there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584106 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:29:59 +0000 Adira 2584106@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@catlady: haha, yes! Xander used to kick me in this one spot in my side that was presumably not blocked by my placenta and it was always so intense! And as he got bigger, it just got more intense and was even kind of ticklish to me. He'd kick me there and I'd just start laughing, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584105 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:28:46 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2584105@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt bubbles at 18 weeks and my first real kick at the end of week 19. I didn't feel her on a daily basis until I was 21 weeks or so. As she got bigger the kicks and rolls were very noticeable even with the anterior placenta. She was a huge wiggle worm and still is. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584104 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:26:52 +0000 catlady 2584104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just found out that I have an anterior placenta (I am almost 19 weeks now). So these responses make me feel relieved because I too have noticed that I don't feel movements very often and they are quite subtle when I do feel them. The funny thing is, both times I have had an ultrasound, the techs have commented on how my baby has been moving around like crazy, and it was weird that I wasn't feeling it at all. With LO1, I was definitely feeling stronger movement by now.</p> <p>@Adira: Every so often, I get a kick in a particular spot (seriously only in this one spot) and it shocks me by how strong it is. This makes so much sense now! I had no idea why this was happening. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584103 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:26:45 +0000 mfa_lady 2584103@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Thank you!</p> <p>@Banana330: This makes me feel much better. :) </p> <p>@MrsKoala: SO helpful, thank you! I wish mine had been switched like that, haha. This one's going to worry me to death! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584102 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:24:46 +0000 mfa_lady 2584102@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pregnantbee: Any idea when you started feeling her all the time? DD1 was such a mover and a shaker that she stopped me in my tracks all day...I'm hoping this one is just lazier and I have nothing to worry about. :)</p> <p>@oliviaoblivia: When E was born and had had skin-to-skin, they took her to weigh her and she was thrashing around like a lunatic. DH asked "What is she doing over there?!" and I pointed to my belly and said "THE SAME THING SHE'S BEEN DOING IN THERE ALL THIS TIME!" Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584101 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:24:19 +0000 MrsKoala 2584101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think around 28 weeks I felt baby much more and then it was constant. This time my placenta is posterior and it is freaking crazy how different it has been. This kid moves constantly! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584100 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:23:26 +0000 Banana330 2584100@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had an anterior placenta. I barely felt movement and never really felt big kicks or anything like that. I mostly felt hiccups. By the end I was doing kick counts every night just to make sure. I went to L&amp;D twice for monitoring and they were like "are you feeling that?" she was moving like crazy but I didn't feel a thing. I think my DH felt her move maybe twice the entire pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584099 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:22:50 +0000 Adira 2584099@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mfa_lady: With Logan (my second), when he would move and kick me, you could visibly see my stomach moving or spots protruding where he was kicking me. With Xander (my first, anterior placenta), that was a lot less noticeable. As he got bigger and he would kick, my stomach would still move, but it's be a much larger area instead of being like "Oh, this little protruding spot is a foot, or this must be his head because it's so big!" it all felt really the same. I couldn't tell his head from his butt or any of his limbs because there was a big cushion in the way!</p> <p>As your baby gets bigger, you will definitely feel her more and more, but the movements won't feel as intense as they probably were with your first. With Xander, I also felt like I didn't feel his movements a lot near the very end. I used to worry and have to count his movements to make sure he was okay. With Logan, I could feel him all the way through labor, so I knew he was fine. So be on the look out for that as you get closer to your due date. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584097 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:20:54 +0000 oliviaoblivia 2584097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had anterior placentas with all three and felt movement later than most but it was definitely uncomfortable and painful by the end. Mine are little muscle girls and early movers so that's probably why it's so uncomfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584095 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:18:26 +0000 pregnantbee 2584095@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't think I had an anterior placenta the first time around, and I still didn't feel DS regularly and strongly until maybe 22-4 weeks? This time, anterior placenta and didn't start feeling DD until around the same time. Now at 37 weeks with probably an above average amount of fluid, I feel her all the time. And pretty much have since I first started to. It's crazy how active she is, and I'm actually scared she will be my wild child since her movements are so strong even when muffled by the placenta! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584092 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:14:35 +0000 mfa_lady 2584092@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: This helps a ton, thank you! Funny you should say that about your side, though, because the one time I've felt like "WHOA! BABY!" kicks was when I was laying on my side and I could tell she was way far over there. They were more like what I felt with E. It's just so hard not to worry! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/movement-with-anterior-placenta#post-2584090 Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:13:24 +0000 snowjewelz 2584090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had anterior last time, plus she was my first, so it def took me a while to know for sure what I felt was her. </p>