Flutters on left side of stomach area

[Gatwo]

I'm 36 years old and overweight. Had my tubes tied 7 years ago. I have been experiencing a flutter like movement on my lower left side. No pain is associated with this feeling. I have no symptoms of preganacy. My cycle is normal. The feeling can be felt on the inside as well as by hand on the outside. Any idea of what this flutter might be. I have been feeling this now for a month or so. Thanks in advance for any suggestions on what this might be.

[tnt406]

Hi,Have you talked to your gynecologist about this fluttering feeling?If not you need to,it might not be any thing other than nerves causing the fluttering feeling,but then again it might be some thing else either way it is best to have it checked out for your own safty.Make an appointment today,tell your gynecologist the problem.Don't leave that room until you are happy with thier answer O.K.Let me know how every thing turns out,I'll be thinking of you.Take Care TNT406.

[troid]

i'm 29 and overweight and had my tubes tied 3 years ago, i too get the same feeling only once in a while, i have had sooooo many problems since my tubal,i dont think its anything to be concearned about but if its troubling you it wont hurt to ask your gyn. it doesnt happen to me all that often so i never even mentioned it to mine. take care and keep us posted if it is anything.
meg

[Lvs]

I just turned 30 am about 50 pounds overwaight and have had my tubes tied 4 years ago. And guess what? I get that same feeling sometimes too. I have no idea why but I do.
Just thought I'd let you know.

[troid]

that is so wierd isnt it?

[fragmaster]

strange thing is i have the same thing all you women are talking about it is like little baby movements.... and with no pain whatsoever, only thing is ? i am a 40 yr old man my partner has just given birth to our son and i joked it was sympathetic father syndrom (syndrome), can anyone help? i think it shouldnt be catagorised as a woman only thing, i think this would hinder the research as to what actually is causing this could it be something moving iin my bowel is it here at this side i can actually feel the movement with my hand!

[wolfwolfiepup]

I get them all the time too and it's usually nothing. The veteran Mother can feel this twitches much more easily than others.

[Yvette78411]

Hi iam a 31 yr old mother of 3. I had my tubes tibes are the birth of my son in 2000. which was 7 years ago. I havent been pregnant since. But occasionally , Ive had the flutters in my left upper and lower side as if I were pregnant. I have periods occasionally. But, also since having my tubes tied many years ago, i have more problems than i ever imagined. I ve developed a condition called TUBAL LIGATION SYNDROME.. Most doctors do not tell us women about it. But it is real. This condition can and will destroy your health. Because of the blockage from the tubes being tied, the healthy blood flow thatis needed has no where to flow. Which leads to severe damage to the blood vessels in our fallopian tubes. This disorder also causes Female organs to become displaced. Meaning the move from their orgininal location in our bodies. It also cause phantom periods. Periods may not come for a year or more.
  It also may put you in a state of Menopause!! Women educate yourself on TUBAL LIGATION SYNDROME!! Google it!! ITS REAL LADIES!! I HAVE IT!! Its ruining my health!! PLease Educate yourself!!

[rose1979]

I'm 28, 5ft and 110 llbs.  I have a two year old have been on birth control pills for about 7 months.  I feel these flutters on my lower left side and I am really concerned.  I have not had my tubes tied but we share the same common problem.  If any other women has this issue it would be nice to have feedback.

[TONY30]

I found this site by accident as I was trying to find out what these strange symtoms where I was having.  I am 29 and I have these symtoms to.  Mine is also on the left side so that its a strange coincidence.  A few weeks ago I had a urine infection which was really bad but they gave me anti biotics and I went on my way.  It cleared up and I thought that was the end of that .......until I woke up last night with this strange fluttering feeling, feels a bit like something moving along my fallopian tube?!! (thats the only way I can describe it) Its not really a pain though more a niggleling feeling.  I have phoned the Dr and they want me to come in straight away to give a sample.  Now im worried :-(  Also I had been getting really bad nechache's and I never get neck ache, not sure if the symtoms are related at all but I thought I would just mention it incase anyone else had experienced the same.

[bklynmommie]

I have just started getting these fluttering sensations in my lower left abdomen area.  I have a 12 yr old, I have been on the pill for years and just finished a cycle.  My tubes are not tied.  I am concerned about this.  I have no pain but it does fell as like small, fluttering baby movements.  Can it be the fallopian tube acting up? I will see my doc next week.  Does anyone have any answers or ideas as to what this is?

[ktbelle_1]

has anyone been examined for ovarian cysts?  also, in the lower left abdomen it could be gas.  

[NeilaLee]

I HAVE TWO KIDS. MY YOUNGEST IS 8MONTHS. FOR THE PAST MONTH I'VE BEEN GETTING FLUTTERS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY STOMACH. I DON'T HAVE MY TUBES TIED. AND YES IT DOES FEEL LIKE BABY MOVEMENTS.NOW I'M GETTING WORRIED BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY ME AND IT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM THAT I'M UNAWARE OF.

[DeeDee1018]

I am 29 and have 2 children.  I had my tubes tied 4 years ago.  I started feeling this fluttering feeling last week in my lower left abdomen.  I thought I could have possibly gotten pregnant.  I have to visit my ob/gyn next week.  I am glad to see that I am not alone in this.  It just scares me because if it is not a baby, what in the world can it be?   Along with this fluttering feeling I have neck pain as well.

[Heidi716]

I am 32 and have 4 children.  My youngest is four years old.  I have also had mu tubes tied for the last four years as well.  Over the past two months I have had pregnancy symptons.  These symptons have also stopped bout two weeks ago.  I took a pregnancy test and it came back negative.  Now I too am getting the baby fluttering on my left side.  I wasn't worried about it till today, after reading every body elses.  I am concerned and hopefully some one may have information on this.

Heidi

[shalzak]

I too have a fluttering feeling on the lower left side of my abdomen - I've had it a few times beforehand but it's only lasted a couple of minutes and gone away.  Since yesterday, it's been there constantly - I am overweight, haven't had my tubes tied and my children are 16 and 12.  Husband has had a vasectomy, so no chance of being pregnant!  It's not painful, it's just a weird sensation which is bugging me.  It's also pretty much in time with my heartbeat.

[kinderegg001]

I started having this fluttering 3 days ago and it is driving me crazy.
i am 33 and had a hystorectomy summer of 2007
the flutter is on my right side of my stomach .
does anyone have any ideas what this might be??

[GRose]

It could just be gas.

[tough_mama_2_be]

Well,I haven't had any children,pregancy  test, both urine and blood came back negative,and haven't had any kind of tubal surgery but I too have been experiencing this strange fluttering. I was suspecting it could be gas because I have IBS but the movement is constant almost alive. I'm scare it could be a huge parasite eating away ta me LOL sorry..but the thought did cross my mind. However I did some research on intestinal parasites and I do not have all the symptoms.

A Friend suggested a tumor,which by the way was a damn scary thing to suggest! His mother was diagnosed with that so maybe that's why it crossed my friend's mind. I asked him if tumors move and he said yes.

It definitely feels like a baby moving around inside; it feels as big as a plum. I have felt it with my hand and so has my DH( DH says it feels like a heartbeat) ewww creepy hunh! I hope I'm ok and by the way sometimes these online researches cause more panic than satisfaction so just see your doctors please. I was recently rushed to the hospital with acute pain on my left side and everything including ovaries,uterus..etc came back ok. They still do not know what caused the pain . I suspect I was experiencing severe ovulating pain,although I had supposedly just ovulated the 31st ,just 3 days prior to the ER visit. I read online that severe ovulation pain has been confused with acute apendicitis when pin is on the right side,but that's how painful and crippling the ovulating pain can be,as was mine. BTW,when I was being examined,the fluttering was going nuts! (As if to sya stop doing that!) I had two types of ultra sounds done and nothing was found! My fluttering on my left side is not related to my ER visit and is not painful just very annoying.
Do I have an alien inside me or what! LOL just kidding ! Good luck!

[thaelbetheday]

I too have this annoying fluttering in my stomach its on the left hand side just about 3" above my belly button I don't feel it very much during the day but when I come home from work have my dinner and sit down it starts and its almost constant until I go to sleep. it seems to stop when I stand up and move about but as soon as I sit down it starts to flutter again I had it about 5 or 6 months ago and it stopped after a few days but I have had it constantly for about 2or3 weeks now. I have in the past suffered with excess acid I am 52 years old and don't know what the  feelings of a baby kicking inside feels like then again I wouldn't iam a man lol  

[MsPat57]

I had no idea I would find so many people with similar symptoms when I tried to google this issue and see if I might find some light on it.  I am 51, had a tubal ligation when I was about 28, a complete hysterectomy 3 yrs ago, overweight about 80 lbs., having a lot of neck and head pain, blood pressure up a bit.  I was having the same flutter or twitching feeling on my left side near the back almost and could feel it as described by many of you.  It started about a month ago and I feel it many times.  It doesn't hurt accept for my pushing on it because its nagging.  I was concerned that it was related to or pre-warning signs to the heart and blood flow being clogged or trying to pump through.  It is easy to say go to the doc, but many times they just tell you its probably related to gas or IBS or.....and you go on this crazy cycle of going doc to doc and spending money for nothing.  I had hoped for an answer and guess I will keep looking. Best wishes to all of us!

[MsPat57]

Went back out and found this info.  Please check it out.  It may be related.   Atrial Flutter -- Boyer and Koplan 112 (22): e334 -- Circulation
Blood then returns back to the heart from the lungs into the left atrium, ... Atrial flutter typically originates from the right atrium and most often ... The IVC is a large vein that brings blood back to the right side of the heart. ...
circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/112/22/e334 - Similar pages
by M Boyer - 2005 - Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 3 versions
Read down further in the article written.  Makes sense.  But time to get weight and B.P. under control.  Could be what I thought regarding heart.

[hotpinkcaresbears]

i would to know i am only 31 year old i am overweight but i been trie lose weight but hard so doctor told me if i lose weight cuz i had tuble tie light  and i ask dr how i can get pregnacey again he say really hard cuz lot ppl want had another baby cuz of overweight and hight blood pressure need to lose weight then ur tubel weight will fall down  u can preg again  than paid for ivy and tuble relveal  cost waste our money for nothing so  i would to ask anyone if u hear before in overy left in there no tube both of overy it will still had pregnacy again ?? help from gertial  liqucal  or pill  and foilc aicd pill ?? will help  if u know please help me infor lot i need to know   u can talk to me email to me ***@****  like to hear from ur thank u

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[mrs_kj]

Hi everyone I think I can help you guys figure out why you have movment in your stomach. I am 30 and have myself had the same movement, for about 2 years. Being that men have had it to and not just women it is something we both have in common, our colon. One of the ladies said joking that it's a big parisite, but she is partley right. If none of you have ever had a REAL colon cleanse you have years of fecal matter and parisites built up in your colon. Parisites are alive and do move! This build up cause soooo many problems you might be surpised to find you could have other issues related to this as well. Hair thinning, bad breath, fatiuge, acne, trouble losing weight, and so many things i can't list them all. Go to DrNatura.com. This sight offers a colon and toxin cleanse for your body. Rather you purchase and use it is up to you, but just go to the sight it has so much information, pictures and 1000's of testmonials to read. If nothing else you will be informed more and maybe have an answer to your questions. By the way I did the cleanse and all of the movement i had several times a week has stopped.

[Smiles111]

What a coincidense, I am 29 years old and a mother of three. I am sexually active with my childs father and i'm not on any birth control nor are my tubes tied. For a week now I have been feeling a tad bit nausiated after a meal and just three days ago I also felt flutterings in my stomach but I don't remember which side because I have been drinking all weekend. I am suppose to start my menstral cycle on the tenth, I am starting to think that I may be pregnant. I have also been eating more than normal but I usually eat alot when I'm getting ready to start my period. What do you all think?

[heatherlynn22]

lol i'm 23 and had twin boys 8 months ago, have had a regular (well now it's a mirena regular) af since then and i KNOW i'm not pregnant. i also get the fluttering feeling in the left side of stomach. for a while i thought i was pregnant. i was freaking out. it felt just like a baby kicking. the fluttering. so weird. i have an appt. with my ob at the end of the month so i think i'm gonna ask him about it.

[aliiGRRRL]

that's wierd huh?

i'm seventeen and i get flutters or twitches on my stomach, actually i get them anywhere. I don't think it's anything bad, I'm sure they're just muscle twitches, I get them cos i don't get enough sleep and stuff, but i don't know if that's your case too.

[Justme77]

I am 31 Y/o Female and have 2 kids and had my tubes tide for 6 years.  I have a missed period for 15 days now and have had the stomach flutters on my right side of my abdomen but no other signs of pregnancy... Home pregnancy test came back negative.. I have a doc appointment tomorrow, will keep every one posted.  There is no way I am pregnant..

[hotpinkcaresbears]

i want  to anyone to know that true depo  sometime can get pregnacey or not  cuz someing i get bleed on and off and it wried ? so anyone can tell me what going  thank you

[kaykay36]

I'm so glad I found this site. I've been having he same problem (flutters in my stomach) for about a week and it's driving me nuts. I'm afraid to eat because i find it's worse after I eat. I have many symtoms with this, twiching all over, neck pains, migranes. Actually i had those symtoms long before this started. I called my doctor and plan on requesting some test. Please if anyone has been to the doctors please post it. I do feel a bit better knowing I'm not the one one. Thank you guys

[katcase]

I am a 36 year old mother of 3 and my tubes have been tied for 7 years. I have recently in the last few days started experiencing this fluttering in the center of my stomach right below my belly button. The first couple of times it happened I actually thought my cell phone was on vibrate and went to get it out of my pocket only to find it wasn't in my pocket. I dismissed it at first thinking I was going mad but the reoccurrence of the fluttering has increased to about every couple of hours now. Its not painful just a bit bothersome and noticeable.
I honestly don't feel like this is gas,  I'm 36 I know how my gas feels at this point in the game, its never fluttered or vibrated in my life so I don't think is going to start at this stage.
I am off to see a doctor about mine on Monday so I will keep all of you posted on the findings until then stay calm and don't panic!

[Saucy_Devil]

Hi ya everyone
I have got these flutterings too but mine are upper left and lower right side. Sometimes at the same time and sometimes it feels like i have a baby turning around inside.
Ive had a lubal ligation 12 years ago after my 4th baby, i have done a pregnancy test which were negative. i have been tested for polysystic ovaries which was normal nothing wrong.
So i dont know what to think. I did start my period nearly 2 weeks late back in march. and all peroids since then have been between 4 and 14 days late.

hope we all find the real cause of it soon *good luck*

[Becky1973]

In my quest to find out what these were, yes I have them too.  Feels like baby movements for sure.  For the few men that have posted here,....now you know what it feels like....only multiply that by 10x at least.  My story is a little different.  I just went through my first IVF cycle and about 3 days in I started feeling the flutters.  Exactly like I did with my first two kids.  Unfortunately, the blood tests today came back negative.  I am not pregnant.  Although I feel very much pregnant right now, I am suspecting that it is just the hormones.  Searching websites for any hope that I may still be pregnant even after the blood test (taken ten days after transfer) I found one piece of info that might ring true with all of us.  Besides that it could be a pregnancy, or nerves bouncing off your skin when your blood pulses,  one person said in another website, that it was your skin slowly stretching to accomodate weight gain.  Possible I guess.  But so aren't the other explanations.  I just wish a doctor would be able to tell us all once and for all what it might be.  (Besides gas.  Gas and this are two totally different things.  This definitely feels like small baby kicks.)  Hope someone hears something useful soon.  Apparently there are lots of us wondering what is up.  Take care all.....see you around.

[april1980]

My name is april and i am 28 yrs old , i have been experiencing flutters and sometimes even turns and flip and i have had a urine pregnancy test and a blood test about a month ago, i would like to know if i am pregnant..?

[alottoluv23]

Hi my name is Wendy and I am 25 years old. I have had one child 3 years ago before her I was diagnosed however you spell that LOL with polycystic disease which the doctor told me it would be harder for me to get pregnant well anyways I finally had my daughter after being put on meds. Now I too is experiencing flutteries in my stomach and lower back pain. I have taken test they all come back negative. Although there is possibly I could be pregnant cause we are trying again. But I have lost my insurance to get my meds that the doctor prescribe to me. And I can't go to the doctor for this cause I don't have insurance. So I don't know what to do now. I'm scared...Getting depressed...Don't know what to do about this...However I do get alittle nausea but never get really sick right after intercourse... Since the flutters have started...So I don't know what to do...Does anyone have any suggestions...Please give me some advice...My email is ***@**** please feel free to give me some...Thanks, Wendy

[nikkikarl]

I have the same thing and had a hysterectomy 2 years ago.  But I was in Hawaii this summer for 2 weeks, I eat a lot of sushi and I have well water.  I'm going to the Dr. today to see if I have a parasite.  It feels like a snake thrashing around in there!!!  I'm so freaked out!

[kub]

I have one ovary my cervice only. I have been having the fluttering for about one month now. It is on my right side it does not hurt and it is not gas. it does feel like when I was pregnant with my other two kids. I know for a fact you can get pregnant but it can be dangerous and I did take a test and it came back negative but so did the twins that I missed carried 10 years ago. so who knows. It does feel like a butterfly in there.

[kaykay1112]

I had a  Hysterectomy in 2003, with a tubligation, I have one ovary left. In the last 2 Months I feel like there is a baby kicking, Even my family can feel it! Is it possible I can be with child?

[Nicknack81]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one! I'm 29, I have a 7 year old, I have a coil fitted and my partner has had the snip, but I've been getting the fluttery feelings in my stomach, mostly on the left side, and today I actually saw my stomach move! I feel an appointment with the Dr is def needed!

[tonnyamc]

I too have these. I am 36 had a tubal ligation 10 yrs ago and have ovarian cysts. According to a CT scan I have many ovarian cysts. I have never found out what the flutter is but does scare me sometimes.

[Lanakila]

I am so glad to have found this site since I thought I was going insane!  I have the same thing as most of you have described - to me, it feels like a small object (snake, butterfly, etc.) moving back and forth and even flipping around in my left stomach/side area... I am 35 years old, single, on birth control, abstinent (no sex - CANNOT be pregnant).  I thought it had something to do with my gastric bypass surgery - my "inside plumbing" (so to speak) having been "changed" - I had gastric bypass 5 years ago and I have been experiencing this for at least 2 years now... sometimes it elevates my stomach/side area always on the left... I had an employee once and my mom once view this (elevation) and they immediately thought I possibly had a hernia (or an alien trying to pop out).  It is not a huge PAIN, but more so VERY VERY VERY UNCOMFORTABLE and shocking - I get freaked out and have to stand up straight or have to put all my pressure on that area!  VERY Frustrating... I have seen a doctor, done some scans, but no definitive answers still!  They tell me to go to the doctor when it occurs so they can better assess, but when it occurs I am always too far away from the hospital or one of the clinics and by the time I would make it I already know it will be calmed down as it usually stops within anywhere from 5 to about 20 minutes or so and then I am calm and just want to forget about it.  Then, there are the other times (when it does NOT elevate) like RIGHT NOW, sitting at my desk, and the movement is just swishing around... also very frustrating, slightly uncomfortable, but no pain - just WEIRD and frustrating.

[happy799]

Hi, your not crazy, you explain EXACTLY whats been happening with me also.  I have had two children and swear I know what a baby kicking feels like.  It was freaking me out BIG TIME.  I finally got brave enough to do a home pregnancy test - negative.  Then what is this alien moving around, swirling and fluttering around in the lower left abdomen then?
I went to me GP, two ultra sounds later showing a small cyst on left ovary.  My GP called a gyno who was positive we women get this feeling when we ovulate sometimes.  My alien didn't stop moving for two weeks flat out and now only occasionally.  The joke in my case was that I've been on the pill for that many years that the gyno thought I'd forgotten what ovulation felt like, even though I'm sure I'd never felt THIS.  You know your own body best but dont panic (like I did) there were no babies, tumours, aliens or anything my imagination dreamed up, just ovulation ?! Well that was from the gyno.  If you feel worried enough to be getting upset or this is on your mind, visit your GP.  Peace of mind is a Huge thing.  I swore I was pregnant, was about to go into meltdown as my kids are 11 and 13 and in the end it was nothing to be found and maybe its just ovaries working on making the next egg ?? hope this helps

[MorganJoysMom]

I am sooo glad to know that I am not the only one with symptoms like this. I am 23 and a little overweight. I have a 7 mo old and have not had my tubes tied. I have fluttering and movement which feels exactly like a baby kicking on my upper to mid left side. I feel it quite often and my fiancé can feel it to. He swore I had to be pregnant to have movement like that. I have an IUD(mirena). The test was negative. I also have cramps occassionally and when I press lightly on my belly it is tender as well as right alongthe lower part of my ribcage. I don't have health insurance right now so I'm very concerned and unsure what to do to try to help my symptoms. It seems there would have to be a diagnosis forthese symptoms other than gas especially when so many have the problem.

[CuriousnScared]

Ive been going nuts the past 2 weeks.Last time i was with someone.this fluttering happened about 2 days later so i know it cant be a baby already. Ive had a baby girl but i lost her, so i know how it feels to have a baby move in there and thats how it feels so my mind is going crazy thinking of all the worst things. I just wanted to comment on here just to see if it would help me sort out thoughts. Not sure if anyone is even reading these comments but here are mine. It feels weird and awful at the same time and also like constipation but i can feel that butterfly in there as well.