movement and positioning thread

[DeChRi]

Quick technical question....when i feel movement, is that usually feet or hands? I am only 21 weeks and expect this baby to flip flop all over for awhile yet. My last was breech until 37 weeks. I had my anatomy scan 3 weeks ago and baby was breech. I felt all the movement around the time very high...bellybutton area. Now I feel nearly all movement really low. What does movement usually say about positioning?

[MaerynPearl]

at 20 weeks it could also be back, butt, knees, elbows, shoulders, head... its a fun guessing game but i never personally figured out how to tell the difference until I was far enough along that it was obvious what i was feeling was an elbow in my side or a foot (or butt) up top (depending on thickness of the body part lol)

[Kuba'sMama]

Hi;
I'm 22 weeks. I also feel most of the movements (90%) very low. I thought it was the feet, but when i mentioned it during my ultrasound she said the baby was actually moving all over the place! But with two other pregnancies before this one, I could never figure out the body parts, even at the end.

[BlackSheepPDX]

At 20-22 weeks, your fundal height is just a couple fingers above your belly button....you're going to feel things low because that's where the baby is! I wouldn't worry about a baby being "breech" that early either...the little boogers still have plenty of room to flip back and forth for quite a while, as you said.

[DeChRi]

Originally Posted by BlackSheepPDX

At 20-22 weeks, your fundal height is just a couple fingers above your belly button....you're going to feel things low because that's where the baby is! I wouldn't worry about a baby being "breech" that early either...the little boogers still have plenty of room to flip back and forth for quite a while, as you said.

This is where it gets wonky for me. At my 16 week appt I measured 21 weeks, which is different than my first two where I measured behind. For whatever reason, this baby is riding high. My first movements I felt consistently was just to the left of my bellybutton. I literally felt no movement low for the first 2-3 weeks I felt movement. Now suddenly I feel like baby has wiggled down or something, as it is all low. ????