I asked a question to the mums on my Facebook page , to describe how it feels when  baby kicks in your belly for the first time.

With my first son, I felt the kicks at about 21 weeks.  But with my second son I did feel them earlier, about 18 weeks, because I recognised the feeling.  For me it was like a muscle twitch - you know how sometimes you get those in your eye?  Well this was a muscle twitch in my belly, and then it was a ripple feeling.  By the end of my pregnancy, there was no doubt about baby movement, and sometimes I could see a heel or some belly movement through my maternity top!

When you start to get further along in your pregnancy, there will be a lot of baby movement!  Midwives say that you should feel (and count) 10 kicks per day so that you know baby is okay.  Take a look at our Reminder Wristbands - they will help you keep count of kicks to make sure baby is active (call your midwife if not).  Then after baby is born, use this as a reminder for breastfeeding times.

Anyway, this is how alot of mothers described their first baby kicks:

• Kind of like having gas...
• I had just gotten off the phone to my mum as my brother had been in a car accident - telling my husband about it and then it happened she kicked for the first time - I screamed as was not prepared for it.....
• Sort of like bubbles, but it had a suction kind of feeling too. Strange but AMAZING
• Like being tapped hello... from the inside out
• gurgling, bubbling, rippling sensation! Hehehe a bit like falling in love! Cheesy!
• Like somebody tickling my tummy from inside totally awesome and i so so miss it
• Flutters and bubbles - amazing but always wondering if you are imagining it at first! The best part is that it is a shared moment between only you and your bub!
• full on karate kick which really hurt! None of the bubbles, fluttering, tickling I was expecting after reading my pregnancy books
• wonderful joyfulness and relief all rolled into one.
• Really neat but weird....bit unsure it was a kick - awesome secret since no one else could feel it!!
• Like little bubbles - can't wipe the smile off my face when I feel the first kicks of babies!
• First felt them at 17 weeks. It felt like my stomach muscles were twitching but I figured out pretty quickly that it was happening too often to be that.
• Ava was so active early on like butterflies that have had to much sugar and it hasn't stopped since.
• Ellies little flutters just felt like little 'pops' lol but it was the most amazing time ever
• It felt like little bubbles fluttering in my stomach, amazing!!!
• Like bubbles popping...
• like Mumble from Happy Feet dancing inside of me! :)
• Like butterflies fluttering
• Odd feeling,,,,bubbles is a great description! I remember thinking i was imagining it! But slowing it got stronger and i knew it wasnt in my head! Such special bonding moments!
• AMAZING!!!
• butterfly tickling from the inside...
• a tickle that went up and down. I remember the first time vividly...it was so cool!
• very cool butterfly flapping its wings ever so slowly. A surreal feeling that you want to last forever!
• you cant decribe it,its just too special
• Like a really big heartbeat/pulse. None of this butterfly business for me! :)
• like an internal gentle poke 3 times in a row, like a trapped fart or something, it was so definate i was standing at the stove and got poke poke poke, there was no doubt it was baby :)
• Squirmy :)
• Like a baby butterfly comming out of its cocoon.
• Like a little flutter, different from anything I've ever felt before & just knew it was bubs. So wonderful :-)
• Its starts like a caterpillar inching across a leaf then turns into a butterfly testing its wings before take off and then it gets the hiccups . Then over the next months, weeks and days this little person will sneak up on you and remind you that they are with you always.
• unreal...totally breathtaking and unbelievable. I miss the baby kicking once they come out!

So enjoy the rest of your pregnancy, and the lovely baby bonding with your bump.