Is Absence Of Fetal Movement During 20 Weeks Of Pregnancy Normal?

Posted on Mon, 5 Dec 2016

Question: Hi doctor saumya. Hope you well. In am 20 weeks pregnant and I was concerned about one thing I have no feeling of any movement also my stomach has a small bump but not much it feels the same for 2 weeks now I dno if that's normal? Maybe it is I don't know.

Answered by Dr. Soumya (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
This is normal

Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,

Good to see you have reached 20 weeks.

It might take another 3 weeks to start feeling movements. Small bump at this stage is good enough.

Everything is going on well.

Don't worry about it.

Let me know if you need anymore help.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar