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cutegal77 posted:
This is weird, it's been now about almost a year now, almost every day i get this movement with no pain at all..inside my tummy more precisely below the navel or on the side of my navel...and it feels like as if a baby is kicking...like pushing out against my tummy...now i had a child 7 yrs ago...and I'm definitely not pregnant still getting my periods are pregnancy test negative...
It seems to happen more when I'm sitting down..or lying on down on my side...and if let's say i wear pants..or anything that presses that area while sitting or laying down...i feel it
I know i should see a doctor...no actually..I did a few months back and told the doctor...and told me it was nothing to worry about...so i let it go..but now it's ongoing..and can't stop imagining all kind of scenarios in my head...cancer and so on...now what's wrong with me..does anybody knows??????
It seems to happen more when I'm sitting down..or lying on down on my side...and if let's say i wear pants..or anything that presses that area while sitting or laying down...i feel it
I know i should see a doctor...no actually..I did a few months back and told the doctor...and told me it was nothing to worry about...so i let it go..but now it's ongoing..and can't stop imagining all kind of scenarios in my head...cancer and so on...now what's wrong with me..does anybody knows??????
187 Replies |Watch This Discussion | Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantThis is weird, it's been now about almost a year now, almost every day i get this movement with no pain at all..inside my tummy more precisely below the navel or on the side of my navel...and it feels like as if a baby is kicking...like pushing out against my tummy...now i had a child 7 yrs ago...and I'm definitely not pregnant still getting my periods are pregnancy test negative... <br><br>It seems to happen more when I'm sitting down..or lying on down on my side...and if let's say i wear pants..or anything that presses that area while sitting or laying down...i feel it <br><br>I know i should see a doctor...no actually..I did a few months back and told the doctor...and told me it was nothing to worry about...so i let it go..but now it's ongoing..and can't stop imagining all kind of scenarios in my head...cancer and so on...now what's wrong with me..does anybody knows??????
Blah! Did anyone actually go to the doctor and find a resolution to the phantom kicking? I have four children, the youngest is 9. The phantom kicking started about 6 months ago...definitely not pregnant! Doctor's appointment tomorrow...if I have any resolution I will post! I see lots of people posting symptoms on here, but no one who actually got a solution from a doctor. Has anyone been?
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantBlah! Did anyone actually go to the doctor and find a resolution to the phantom kicking? I have four children, the youngest is 9. The phantom kicking started about 6 months ago...definitely not pregnant! Doctor's appointment tomorrow...if I have any resolution I will post! I see lots of people posting symptoms on here, but no one who actually got a solution from a doctor. Has anyone been?
lissmeanstrouble replied to Jen_Otto's response:
Jane the NP commented at the bottom of the first page of replies, that this is MORE THEN LIKELY GAS.
I would have to say I agree.
If it is not gas, it could be a muscle spasm.
OR YOU COULD! HAVE AN ALIEN LIVING INSIDE YOU LIKE A PARASITE!!!!!
at the end of 2012, all of you are going to rip open from your abdomen and birth viscious monsters that will take over the human race.
I would have to say I agree.
If it is not gas, it could be a muscle spasm.
OR YOU COULD! HAVE AN ALIEN LIVING INSIDE YOU LIKE A PARASITE!!!!!
at the end of 2012, all of you are going to rip open from your abdomen and birth viscious monsters that will take over the human race.
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantJane the NP commented at the bottom of the first page of replies, that this is MORE THEN LIKELY GAS.<br />I would have to say I agree.<br />If it is not gas, it could be a muscle spasm.<br />OR YOU COULD! HAVE AN ALIEN LIVING INSIDE YOU LIKE A PARASITE!!!!! <br />at the end of 2012, all of you are going to rip open from your abdomen and birth viscious monsters that will take over the human race.
Dear Jen Otto (& lissmeanstrouble): Jen, yes please write us back if you get a definitive diagnosis. Liss, we all hope that your explanation is not the correct one. This world doesn't need one more scary alien threat--although it likely would make a successful made-for-TV movie!
Yours,
Jane
Yours,
Jane
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantDear Jen Otto (& lissmeanstrouble): Jen, yes please write us back if you get a definitive diagnosis. Liss, we all hope that your explanation is not the correct one. This world doesn't need one more scary alien threat--although it likely would make a successful made-for-TV movie!<br /><br />Yours,<br />Jane
Jen_Otto replied to Jane Harrison Hohner, RN, RNP's response:
Saw the doctor yesterday. Am heading for an abdominal ultrasound on Monday to rule out Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. This can be a very serious problem for people, so if you are symptomatic you definitely should see a physician to rule out this diagnosis.
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantSaw the doctor yesterday. Am heading for an abdominal ultrasound on Monday to rule out Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. This can be a very serious problem for people, so if you are symptomatic you definitely should see a physician to rule out this diagnosis.
valentinabella replied to Jane Harrison Hohner, RN, RNP's response:
I have been feeling the same way for about 2 weeks. I have recently within the past year lost 135 pounds.so haven't been eating much when I over eat I feel sick. but latley i have had a full bloated feeling in my belly and feeling like something is moving in there like a baby kicking. and I have put on about 10 pounds. I am really nervous i know I'm not pregant but also having had a period since Jan. I am also 48. I know I should go to the doctor. but I'm so afraid. but I know I should go. I have been feeling like this for about a week. just feel so bloated and fat. and no energy at all.
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantI have been feeling the same way for about 2 weeks. I have recently within the past year lost 135 pounds.so haven't been eating much when I over eat I feel sick. but latley i have had a full bloated feeling in my belly and feeling like something is moving in there like a baby kicking. and I have put on about 10 pounds. I am really nervous i know I'm not pregant but also having had a period since Jan. I am also 48. I know I should go to the doctor. but I'm so afraid. but I know I should go. I have been feeling like this for about a week. just feel so bloated and fat. and no energy at all.
Lindsroberts responded:
I have been having these same symptoms for several months now. Not only can I feel this mass moving inside (lower right abdomen) of me, I can actually push it around. It is several inches long and I can move it from the lower right region, to right in the center of my abdomen, above my navel. When I do this, there is a huge crater just above my right hip bone. It sits there empty, until this mass migrates back down.
Even now, I am laying in bed with my iPad resting on my tummy and you can see the iPad gently moving in a rolling/wave motion. It doesn't move constantly or maybe I can only feel it move when I am laying down relaxing because I am focusing on it.
Some of you ladies described it as a "kick". For me it feels more like when the baby would roll, or stretch. It's not that quick jab or spasm type sensation when babies kick and jab.
I am curious how many of you are very slender? I was told that due to how skinny I was, combined with lax abdominal muscles (from having three 8 lb boys in four years), that there wasn't an adequate barrier between my skin, and my organs.
Keep talking ladies! It's not gas. It's easy for some one to say that, when they haven't experienced it themselves!
Even now, I am laying in bed with my iPad resting on my tummy and you can see the iPad gently moving in a rolling/wave motion. It doesn't move constantly or maybe I can only feel it move when I am laying down relaxing because I am focusing on it.
Some of you ladies described it as a "kick". For me it feels more like when the baby would roll, or stretch. It's not that quick jab or spasm type sensation when babies kick and jab.
I am curious how many of you are very slender? I was told that due to how skinny I was, combined with lax abdominal muscles (from having three 8 lb boys in four years), that there wasn't an adequate barrier between my skin, and my organs.
Keep talking ladies! It's not gas. It's easy for some one to say that, when they haven't experienced it themselves!
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantI have been having these same symptoms for several months now. Not only can I feel this mass moving inside (lower right abdomen) of me, I can actually push it around. It is several inches long and I can move it from the lower right region, to right in the center of my abdomen, above my navel. When I do this, there is a huge crater just above my right hip bone. It sits there empty, until this mass migrates back down. <br><br>Even now, I am laying in bed with my iPad resting on my tummy and you can see the iPad gently moving in a rolling/wave motion. It doesn't move constantly or maybe I can only feel it move when I am laying down relaxing because I am focusing on it.<br><br>Some of you ladies described it as a "kick". For me it feels more like when the baby would roll, or stretch. It's not that quick jab or spasm type sensation when babies kick and jab.<br><br>I am curious how many of you are very slender? I was told that due to how skinny I was, combined with lax abdominal muscles (from having three 8 lb boys in four years), that there wasn't an adequate barrier between my skin, and my organs.<br><br>Keep talking ladies! It's not gas. It's easy for some one to say that, when they haven't experienced it themselves!
Stalnakerz responded:
Has anyone with this condition been tested for yeast in their GI tract? My wife is having the same thing and just got off of a round of antibiotics. I know that antibiotics can cause a bloom of yeast in the GI tract and is why women are generally told to eat yoghurt when on antibiotics.
I'm not a doctor, but have enough common sense to realize that if it's not gas, parasites, pregnancy or tumors, it's got to be something so simple the docs just aren't thinking about it.
I'm not a doctor, but have enough common sense to realize that if it's not gas, parasites, pregnancy or tumors, it's got to be something so simple the docs just aren't thinking about it.
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantHas anyone with this condition been tested for yeast in their GI tract? My wife is having the same thing and just got off of a round of antibiotics. I know that antibiotics can cause a bloom of yeast in the GI tract and is why women are generally told to eat yoghurt when on antibiotics.<br /> <br />I'm not a doctor, but have enough common sense to realize that if it's not gas, parasites, pregnancy or tumors, it's got to be something so simple the docs just aren't thinking about it.
veeroberson responded:
it is werid. i have the same problem. i have been going to different doctors to see if i am pregnant. i've also took 5 pregancy home test and also at the clinc took test there about 4 times still came out to be negative. my OB doctor even did Ultrasound on me and there wasnt nothing. im still stressing about this i serously want to know what going on but every doctor i go to they tell me the same thing it probably gas. i never felt this kind of movement before unless i was pregnant and i have 2 kid already.it feel as if i am pregnant but i am not. also i am on depo shot too. but before i was on depo i had mess with someone but the test came out to be negative and after that test i have got on depo ever since but im still feeling this kicking inside my tummy even when i am sitting up or laying down it werid. im wondering what going on with me.it has been 4months now im still stressing
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantit is werid. i have the same problem. i have been going to different doctors to see if i am pregnant. i've also took 5 pregancy home test and also at the clinc took test there about 4 times still came out to be negative. my OB doctor even did Ultrasound on me and there wasnt nothing. im still stressing about this i serously want to know what going on but every doctor i go to they tell me the same thing it probably gas. i never felt this kind of movement before unless i was pregnant and i have 2 kid already.it feel as if i am pregnant but i am not. also i am on depo shot too. but before i was on depo i had mess with someone but the test came out to be negative and after that test i have got on depo ever since but im still feeling this kicking inside my tummy even when i am sitting up or laying down it werid. im wondering what going on with me.it has been 4months now im still stressing
veeroberson responded:
hoping someone know the answer to this.please help me....
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnant<i>hoping someone know the answer to this.please help me....</i>
Tiffister replied to veeroberson's response:
I've got to admit, I have been thinking that I am pregnant for the last week... took two pregnancy test that were both negative. I started feeling this weird movement about a week ago... so odd. It sure does feel like a baby moving inside, not really kicking but as someone else said just turning and moving. I can tell you this much, it is about to drive me nuts... I think my husband and family think that I am nuts, but I'm not kidding as most of you know I am sure... these feelings are real and I am NOT CRAZY... sure hope that someone figures it out... I don't have insurance right now and can't really afford the doc bill but if it continues I am going to have to give in and go find out whats causing it... I just hope the doctor dosen't think that I am crazy too... Best of Luck to everyone, I am so glad that I am not the only one 
I have had plenty of gas pains in the past, but this dosen't even feel like GAS...
I have had plenty of gas pains in the past, but this dosen't even feel like GAS...Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantI've got to admit, I have been thinking that I am pregnant for the last week... took two pregnancy test that were both negative. I started feeling this weird movement about a week ago... so odd. It sure does feel like a baby moving inside, not really kicking but as someone else said just turning and moving. I can tell you this much, it is about to drive me nuts... I think my husband and family think that I am nuts, but I'm not kidding as most of you know I am sure... these feelings are real and I am NOT CRAZY... sure hope that someone figures it out... I don't have insurance right now and can't really afford the doc bill but if it continues I am going to have to give in and go find out whats causing it... I just hope the doctor dosen't think that I am crazy too... Best of Luck to everyone, I am so glad that I am not the only one <img src="http://img.webmd.com/community/images/smile.gif" align="top" border="0"> I have had plenty of gas pains in the past, but this dosen't even feel like GAS...
divalicious2012 replied to Jane Harrison Hohner, RN, RNP's response:
I have the same problem and I AM NOT PREGNANT, what could it be??
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantI have the same problem and I AM NOT PREGNANT, what could it be??
KGR02 responded:
I have had the same thing several times in my life, and I think I have found a cure / solution: doing a course of probiotics. Available in Health Food Stops.
I believe that the problem usually started after I had finally gotten over a lenghty diarrhia.
Just like many people here, the first time it happened I thought I was pregnant, but wasn't.
Not sure what it is, I believe some micro bacterias or parasites, and the probiotics seemed to have resolved it twice (over the timeframe of 2 years) now. I guess they might restore the intestinal flora back to normal. Cheap self medication!
I would be interested if it helps anybody else.
I believe that the problem usually started after I had finally gotten over a lenghty diarrhia.
Just like many people here, the first time it happened I thought I was pregnant, but wasn't.
Not sure what it is, I believe some micro bacterias or parasites, and the probiotics seemed to have resolved it twice (over the timeframe of 2 years) now. I guess they might restore the intestinal flora back to normal. Cheap self medication!
I would be interested if it helps anybody else.
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantI have had the same thing several times in my life, and I think I have found a cure / solution: doing a course of probiotics. Available in Health Food Stops. <br /><br />I believe that the problem usually started after I had finally gotten over a lenghty diarrhia. <br />Just like many people here, the first time it happened I thought I was pregnant, but wasn't. <br /><br />Not sure what it is, I believe some micro bacterias or parasites, and the probiotics seemed to have resolved it twice (over the timeframe of 2 years) now. I guess they might restore the intestinal flora back to normal. Cheap self medication! <br /><br />I would be interested if it helps anybody else.
Sandyslo responded:
It's amazing how many women are feeling this same thing. The "alien" piece was funny.
This had happened to me on occasions before and then nothing for a long time. Now, just within the last 2 weeks, it has been an ongoing sensation (as in several times every day). As I know I'm NOT pregnant, I would have to think more along the lines of bowels, or is it bile ??? The question to me is why is it only seeming to be noticed in the lower right side of the abdomen. I thought our bowels/intestines passed from one side to the other. If it's just movement of food or gas, why only in this area are we feeling it? Is there something in just that region that would spasm?
This had happened to me on occasions before and then nothing for a long time. Now, just within the last 2 weeks, it has been an ongoing sensation (as in several times every day). As I know I'm NOT pregnant, I would have to think more along the lines of bowels, or is it bile ??? The question to me is why is it only seeming to be noticed in the lower right side of the abdomen. I thought our bowels/intestines passed from one side to the other. If it's just movement of food or gas, why only in this area are we feeling it? Is there something in just that region that would spasm?
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantIt's amazing how many women are feeling this same thing. The "alien" piece was funny.<br /><br />This had happened to me on occasions before and then nothing for a long time. Now, just within the last 2 weeks, it has been an ongoing sensation (as in several times every day). As I know I'm NOT pregnant, I would have to think more along the lines of bowels, or is it bile ??? The question to me is why is it only seeming to be noticed in the lower right side of the abdomen. I thought our bowels/intestines passed from one side to the other. If it's just movement of food or gas, why only in this area are we feeling it? Is there something in just that region that would spasm?
I think that it is one or a combo of a few things:
1.our damaged intestines passing foods and liquids through them.
2.and/or phantom feelings from secretly wanting another baby.
3.maybe something that happens to everyone, but just recognized or felt easier by women who have had babies.
4. OR...WORMS!!! just kidding, if it were worms, you would be 80lbs and extremely sick, or you would see something in your bowel movements.
Good Luck Everyone, I refuse to worry about it anymore, if it doesn't hurt, just have a warm thought about back when you were pregnant!
1.our damaged intestines passing foods and liquids through them.
2.and/or phantom feelings from secretly wanting another baby.
3.maybe something that happens to everyone, but just recognized or felt easier by women who have had babies.
4. OR...WORMS!!! just kidding, if it were worms, you would be 80lbs and extremely sick, or you would see something in your bowel movements.
Good Luck Everyone, I refuse to worry about it anymore, if it doesn't hurt, just have a warm thought about back when you were pregnant!
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantI think that it is one or a combo of a few things:<br /> 1.our damaged intestines passing foods and liquids through them.<br /> <br /> 2.and/or phantom feelings from secretly wanting another baby.<br /> <br /> 3.maybe something that happens to everyone, but just recognized or felt easier by women who have had babies.<br /> <br /> 4. OR...WORMS!!! just kidding, if it were worms, you would be 80lbs and extremely sick, or you would see something in your bowel movements. <br /> <br />Good Luck Everyone, I refuse to worry about it anymore, if it doesn't hurt, just have a warm thought about back when you were pregnant!
LibbyEngleman responded:
OMG im filling like kicks and movements inside my stomach cause i have a 8 month old and i know im not pregnant cause i checked three times!!! two of them were at the doctor and i dont have a period cause of the birth control shot that im on but its freaking me soo much out has anyone found out whats going on cause it worrying me to high heavens... please let me know if anyone finds out anything cause im worried i mean i lay in bed at night crying cause im that worried im only 18 i really need to know whats up please someone post if u heard anything
Report This| Share this:Moving feeling stomach not pregnantOMG im filling like kicks and movements inside my stomach cause i have a 8 month old and i know im not pregnant cause i checked three times!!! two of them were at the doctor and i dont have a period cause of the birth control shot that im on but its freaking me soo much out has anyone found out whats going on cause it worrying me to high heavens... please let me know if anyone finds out anything cause im worried i mean i lay in bed at night crying cause im that worried im only 18 i really need to know whats up please someone post if u heard anything
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