Fetal Movement changes

I am currently 23 weeks pregnant. Around 15 weeks I started feeling strong sensations in my abdomen that felt like someone poking me from the inside - I thought this was fetal movement. Now I do not feel that anymore, but I do feel a fluttering sensation almost daily, like popcorn popping inside me. Are these both fetal movements? If so, why were the movements I felt earlier stronger than the ones I feel now?

[JC16]

They both sound like fetal movement to me.  The kinds of movement you feel will continue to change through out the rest of your pregnancy. The baby may be in a different position and that is why the movement feels less intense.  I know yesterday my baby moved all day long and my whole stomach would move now today he is sleeping a lot more and the movements are much less noticeable. I actually have to put my hands on my stomach to feel him. If ever worried though you can call your doctor.

[morethan1luv]

Oh I know what you mean. I asked my doctor the same thing just a couple days ago. I'm 21 weeks and I definitly don't feel the same movements as when I was around 15-16 weeks. The doctor says in the begining she was really low near all the sensative areas in my body. Now she's up higher and instead of just kicking I can feel more movements in more places. She still kicks me in the sensative areas but not as much as before. Around 23 weeks your baby should be somewhere around 10 inches long maybe about 1 lb or 1.5 lbs. now so if you look at how big the baby is in there, it's so interesting the huge changes we go thru.