Feeling kittens move ?

Yesterday, I was pretty sick so I spent all day in bed. Kiera came to lay with me and at first I was rubbing her tummy but as I was falling asleep I stopped but kept my hand on her tummy. She feel asleep too. At one point, I'm sure I felt something move. I pressed my hand down slightly and wiggled my fingers and I felt it again. I put my hand on the other side of her tummy (under her body) and could feel more movement there too (like 2 kittens-one on either side)

So either the kittens are moving or it's my wishfull thinking.

To prove to myslef that I wasn't delusional, I got my husband in a while later and had Kiera lay down and found the movement again and put his hand on her tummy. He felt something too and said "There's something moving in there"

Here's the weird part: 9 days ago, I had brought Kiera in to the vet as she wasn't eating and the vet "couldn't confirm she was pregnant" (she had an enlarged uterus but he could not feel any foetusus). How could we go from a vet not feeling anything to actual movement 9 days later ?

The movement felt like when I was pregnant: like a hand or elbow moving from one side to the other, then other times it was a smaller movement with a less rounder body part (a head or bottom ?)

So is or babies or am I nuts ?
Julie

Of course you can feel them move, lol, it's a mama cat, not a tank. They're just like people in that aspect. But be careful messing with that area or you could accidentially hurt on of them.

Originally Posted by Mihoshi

Of course you can feel them move, lol, it's a mama cat, not a tank. They're just like people in that aspect. But be careful messing with that area or you could accidentially hurt on of them.

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I know ! LOL ! But with the vet not being able to feel them 9 days ago (he couldn't confirm she was pregnant) I was beginning to think she wasn't preggo (she is a foster that came to us as a "possibly pregnant") so I thought maybe I had imagined the movement. Course, I can still feel them today.

Also, no worries about hurting them. You can feel them if you lay your hand flat on her tummy and wiggle your fingers. They poke back at you !

From what I've read, you should only be able to feel the kittens move at around 7 1/2 weeks. She's not that big... she can't be that far along ??? According to GayeF's thread "The Reproductive Cycle Chronicled" (now on page 2), she felt them at 45 days but my guess-timate had her at around 5 weeks.

Thanks
Julie