What do the first baby flutters feel like?

What Is Quickening? Quickening is the feeling of your growing baby wiggling around inside your uterus for the first time. Usually, the feeling begins as a light fluttering.

What Is Quickening? Quickening is the feeling of your growing baby wiggling around inside your uterus for the first time. Usually, the feeling begins as a light 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.”

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.”