Movement - could it indicate being further along?

[StormySar]

I am 19 weeks and 1 day. I have been feeling fetal movement since 12/13 weeks LMP. My husband has been feeling fetal movement outside since 17 weeks. The movement we are feeling is very strong - my stomach will move, he feels definite elbows/knees, butt/head, it is not just slight movement or little kicks.

I am in my 4th pregnancy (my last one ended in miscarriage though) and I don't ever remember my husband being able to start feeling movement until well after 20/24 weeks, and it was always just a little kick here or there for a while.

Could fetal movement indicate my being further along than I thought? I now with subsequent pregnancies fetal movement can be felt earlier. But I have never heard of anyone feeling fetal movement outside the womb being so pronounced so early. I am measuring correct for dates though... Just confused about the fetal movement. I'm always feeling the baby move, and anytime the baby is moving it can be felt on the outside.

I have a mw appt. in the next week or two so I will certainly bring this up then, just curious if anyone had felt movement like this as early as I have and not have been further along than anticipated :-)

[Mumof3Nic]

I felt it that early with my third.. I think it has a lot to do with placental placement and I know for me I was really skinny when I got pregnant with him so there wasn't much to mute his movements. This one I felt around the normalish time.. so it can happen. I was around 10 weeks when I felt number 3 and it wasn't much longer that my dh and dc were able to feel him rolling around in there. I would still talk to your midwife about it.

[aylaanne]

This comes totally out of the blue for me, but are you having twins? I have nothing to back that up with, it was just the first question that popped into my head.

[StormySar]

I doubt it - I'm measuring on time for dates and haven't noticed anything "out of the ordinary" other than this, so I would have to assume no.

[trmpetplaya]

Are you built small? My dh has been able to feel fetal movement with this babe since about 15 weeks LMP (it was very light, but still!)... about the time I started noticing movement, actually...

love and peace. :love