It’s bigger and increasingly active by the end of the fourth month. But occasionally women feel movement as early as 12 weeks . If your friend is thin, extra perceptive, on a second or higher pregnancy, a bit off in their timing, or carrying a rambunctious baby, they may well be feeling those flutters.
Read moreHow early in pregnancy can you feel fluttering?
Sometime between 18 and 22 weeks of pregnancy , you will start to feel your baby move. At first, these small movements feel like fluttering or “butterflies.” Some women say that they feel like gas bubbles. These first flutters are sometimes called “quickening.”
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