Whats the earliest you can feel the kicking from the outside

[BEX101]

Whats the earliest in a 1st time mum?
Rick goes away for 3 months (armed forces) when i'm 20 weeks gone and i want him to feel the baby before he goes.
If he doesnt i'm not letting anyone else feel it till he comes home! I want him to be the first.
What do you recon our chances are?

 

[Sabrina]

It could happen for you. My OH couldn't feel the baby at that stage but yours might be different. If you are slimmer you might be able to feel the baby easier from the outside. You never know

 

[BEX101]

hope so, still only feeling fluterings myself, but my waistline is expanding at a scary rate! I had a large cyst early on and it pushed everything up and out quite early.

 

[topbird]

to start off with (prob around 20 - 21 weeks) my DH could not feel it with his hand, but if he put his head on my bump when baby was moving he could hear it moving more than he could feel it, so you could try this?

 

[neeko_1]

i think i saw her move from out side about 21 weeks.... i just looked down and she was pushing out

 

[eightball]

Hi,
Jono felt the baby kick about 2 days after I first did! This was at 17 weeks, but I haven't heard of any thing that early before so we were really stoked.
I think as well as how much padding you have yourself it depends on the direction the baby is facing (it has to be kicking out towards your front).
I hope he feels it before he goes away!

 

[Nicola]

DH felt one kick on Sunday night, I was 21+4 then.
Sadly he's not felt a kick since then.

I think it really varies...people seem to say if your slimmer you feel it on the outside earlier...who knows I'm like a beached whale!!

 

[Barmi_Brummeh]

i feel baby kick all the time, but OH aint felt her yet. She never seems to kick when he puts his hand on ma belly lol... strange... just like her dad

 

[*saulino*]

Hi

I think you have a good chance just let him be patient and im sure he will feel LO
Katrina

 

[Tangerinedream]

ive actually started to feel it from the outside this week but i had a bit of a tummy on me pre-pregnancy so poor love has been having to kick through my spare tyre! Whenever i get OH to put his hand there LO stops. Last night i was watching tv and looked down and saw it kicking through my t-shirt, when i got OH to look, LO had stopped again!! Poor OH, LO playing silly buggers with him already

 

[enn]

mine felt it at 21/22 weeks cause he was never awake or around when baby was kicking luckily for him baby was active when we was gonna go sleep so he was able to feel baby. i felt baby first kick about 20 or 21weeks

 

[BEX101]

Oh well........... Oh has gone to afganistan for 3 months and he never got the chance to feel the baby move.

I had my 20 week scan last week and was told that the placenta was lying across the front of my tummy so its cushioning the kicks. (i can fell them inside but nothing on the outside) I really wanted him to feel it before he went away to make it more real to him.

I've also decided that when i can finally feel the little blighter from the outside NO ONE is getting a feel (medical staff excepted) I really want Rick to be the first to feel his baby kicking. I think we are going to have a couple of very disapointed grandparents!

On the plus side.... the cyst i had still isnt visable on the scan (but they think its still bleeding and are talking about removing it after the birth.

Sorry about the slightly depressing post, just wanted to get it off my chest. XX

 

[mum2A&L]

aww thats a lovely idea 'keeping' his first kick like that.

i first saw alice kick when i was in the bath, called my OH in and he saw her kick again. oh i miss my dancing belly