Why do i feel thumps in my stomach

Even if you have never conceived, you can still feel those unexplained baby kicks. The jury is still out on what causes this phenomenon. It could be the result of a little gas, intestinal rumbling, or even uterine irritation. It is not something to panic about and usually goes away on its own. Some women describe this sensation as pleasant. In fact, sometimes a person can detect a visible pulse in their stomach. However, there are rare instances when the sensation is a warning sign of a serious medical condition.

Many people have the same experience. Reclining, especially with your knees raised, makes it easier to detect a pulse in your lower stomach. When you eat, your body sends more blood to your abdomen to help with digestion and absorb nutrients. Join now to personalize. May Birth Club Anyone feeling thumps instead of flutters? I've had those thumps too, I never described it as butterflies or flutters, I've been feeling them Since about 17w also but they've been pretty consistent since so I know it's baby : they are even harder now!

Thats the baby : IMO That is what this one has been doing too It usually feels like little thumps and nudges to me too. I rarely feel the butterflies I think I mistake those for gas lol. So it is probably your baby :. This is my third, but it has been almost 7 years since the birth of my youngest. This baby is already kicking me hard. I have not felt any flutters I don't think that, in itself, is what you need to worry about. As people have already said, it's the fact that the symptoms have changed that's the problem.

So, yes, please see a doctor. I've had similar experiences that you have, as far as doctors not taking seriously anything I have to say. Get on the phone, ask your friends for a good doctor, make an emergency appointment.

But don't allow yourself to be too freaked out, because there's also a pretty good chance you've just worked yourself into a frenzy about this pulse thing, and are imagining it getting worse and worse. I mean, don't bet your life on it -- and DO see the doctor -- but god knows that filling yourself with terror is going to make your situation worse. If it would make you feel better to have it checked out I am thin the lay on your back, stomach caved in, hip bones stick WAY out thin and have the same 'issue'.

It's even worse if there is pressure on my stomach - say, if my partner drapes his arm across my stomach as we're going to sleep. It will often hurt the 'concentrated' throbbing , and often I have to shift his hand so that it's not so Right There. I figure it is something of a consequence of being thin Get it checked out just for your own piece of mind. I'm gargantuan and I feel it when I'm lying on my tummy.

I've never thought anything of it. Mine my diaphram pulses quite visibly after exertion or especially and extremely forcefully if I'm very nervous.

Sometimes it does weird little.. Like hiccups?? I guess, just without having to look like a tool? Help me get my math on Newer ». This thread is closed to new comments. Tags health.