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I'm 21 weeks and I felt baby moving very early, and very regularly. Then I went 3 days feeling nothing and started to freak. I already had a scheduled appointment for that Tuesday, so I just waited it out, but I started convincing myself that something was wrong.

And then everything was normal! Heartbeat was fine, baby was moving around, but I just wasn't feeling it. My doctor said since it was still early, that I might not feel baby in certain positions, and that we wouldn't need to worry until much later, and that he would tell me at a later appointment when I need to start really paying attention to how often that baby moves.

When I had my Anatomy ultrasound, I watched really carefully and sometimes the baby would be moving arms and feet and I wouldn't feel anything....and then other time the baby would move slightly more and I would feel it majorly.

I also have an anterior placenta.

@swedishfish: another thing to try is a very hot drink and then a very cold drink to see if the temperature gets baby moving!

My midwife said it's still too early to rely on feeling them all the time. That that is for a month or two from delivery. Ish. That being said, whatever calms your mind is best! I go nuts over baby movement sometimes and he so far has always schooled my pretty soon after with big old bladder and bellybutton kicks.

i started feeling kicks early on, like around 16 weeks. my ob was a little surprised, and said they don't typically expect regular movement until 28 weeks. that's when you start the kick counts.

she said, until then, if i went a day without feeling anything, it could just be the position of the baby because the uterus is still fairly low. but if there was no movement for 2 days in a row, then i'd have to call.