A Research Question For Parents

[browngirl]

So. When can a pregnant woman first start to feel the child moving, and when can others first start to feel the child kicking if they put their hand on her abdomen?

Yes, I'm asking for book research, and yes, there's a reason I'm not looking this up online; I want *your* impressions and memories.

:D

Comments

[pocketnaomi.livejournal.com]

I'm told that it's a little later for first pregnancies than for subsequent ones. My own recent experience was that I first felt it at around 19 weeks, first knew for sure that it was actual movement and not my imagination about a week later, and first felt it with my hand through the skin and could let other people feel it about two weeks after that.