When can you actually feel baby from the outside?

At 20wks 4 days Im feeling baby wiggling a lot in there but when I place my hand on my stomach I dont feel anything. Im dying to feel it from the outside (and DH too) when does this typically happen?

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I'm 24w3d and I'm still waiting, but I have a nice layer of fat so that could be why I haven't been able to feel anything from the outside yet

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my DH felt her around 21-22w

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I saw my OB last night for a check up and just asked the same exact question because I feel him moving and I thought I was able to feel him from the outside but DH can never feel him. My OB said that right now (I'm 22w) the baby is moving around in a lot of water and I'm able to feel the vibration of that. He said that the baby usually isn't big enough to kick the abdominal wall (that's what DH will feel from the outside) until about 25-26 weeks.

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Ah ok, thanks ladies! I guess Im just so impatient..

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Posted by MrsDeVito

I'm 24w3d and I'm still waiting, but I have a nice layer of fat so that could be why I haven't been able to feel anything from the outside yet

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I would say that at around 22-23 weeks it was happening for me...

Today I actually saw my belly moving (I am 24w4d) which was pretty awesome!

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for me... 22 weeks. For my dh... 25 weeks.

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I am 21 weeks, 3 days and my DH has been able to feel for a few days now. It's truly amazing. I'm pregnant with twins and it's a lot easier to feel my girl because my boy has an anterior placenta, but we have both felt him from the outside on a few occasions. We can feel the girl all the time.

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I have only been noticing movement over my belly in the past 4 weeks or so. So like at 28 weeks?

I, too have an extra layer of fat though.

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DH felt dd around 26 weeks. I started to feel her at 18 weeks so it took a while.

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DH was able to feel it at 20 weeks exactly. We were on a flight and baby was going crazy which was so cool. But we have both been feeling it everyday since.

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At 22w we were able to feel it from the outside. But more often than not I can feel it from inside but not outside.

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Took me 22-23 weeks. But... I couldn't really feel it from the inside before then.

At 30 weeks... I started to look like I had an alien trying to rip her way out with the second (never with the first).

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With DS my DH felt him move at 21 weeks. I had been feeling him myself on the inside for a few weeks by then.

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I have been feeling him for a few weeks. I am 21 w today.

DH swears he felt him the other night, although I am not sure if he's right.

I know I felt him yesterday. I got a swift kick or hit to the belly that made my hand pop off of my stomach! That is a rarity though.

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DH felt the baby at 23 weeks. I love having him feel it

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DH started to feel her at 20 weeks. Love it!

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Posted by aliwnec10

for me... 22 weeks. For my dh... 25 weeks.