lower abdominal spasms

And here I thought I was crazy. 27 y/o female. SAME symptoms. Left lower abdomen. What is it!?

Same feelings, annoying no pain, cant feel it with physcial touch of hand, however in my case i you push with your fingers where the flutter is, it then displaces its self. mine is = flutter pause flutter pause, but each fluter lasts for about a full second (not in sync with heart beat) I still have appendix. Indeed as well as everyone else, very annoying and makes it difficult to sleep. 34 male

I am SUPER relieved to see so many others with the same symptoms. I too was trying to figure out how I immaculately conceived! I even took an EPT which came out neg of course. THEN I googled and found this thread. It's a little disconcerting that so many have NOT gotten an answer or have been brushed off by their physician. I am pretty sure I've had IBS for at least a decade, and I have been under an unusual amount of distress the las five months or so.... but this flutter makes me MORE agitated! I truly wish there were more online answers/ideas, as I have no health insurance to go to the doctor and either have a barrage of tests or be blown off....

I am 56, male, and had the same constant yet painless flutterings that started one evening after going to bed and lasted all night long.   I too was bewildered at the activity 'below' (between my navel and left hip) and joked with my wife the next morning about the possibility of my being pregnant.   She laughed, and i said, 'No really, it actually feels like something lightly thumping and moving around in my lower gut..'.    She placed her fingertips on the area and could feel the flutters as well.   Sometime the next day they stopped and i have not had them since.   I am 5'10" and weigh only 160,  maintain a well-balanced diet,  exercise regularly, have had no surgeries other than knee surgery 38 years ago due to a football injury; although i have had numerous bouts with lower back ailments with the most extreme being lower to mid-back and also right at the top of the hip on the left side.   My best guess is that since i have experienced numerous episodes of back issues severe enough that have rendered me bedfast for days at a time, that the nerves in that area may possibly be triggering that fluttering activity.   I pray that is true, because i certainly do not want to be pregnant and end up on the Jerry Springer show!  Anyway, since no fluttering has occurred since that time, i don't think they'll be calling me to appear just yet (lol).    Hope this has helped and wishing for all of you the best.   

Im 35 i have had this flickering for nearly a week now!

Wow. I have been a nurse for 16 years and have never came across this problem. I started having the "baby movement" sensations a few months ago. At first it was very infrequent. It didn't hurt but I thought it curious how it felt so much like a baby kicking and turning. I have 3 children so I know well the sensation. It is always in the same place in an area about the size of my open hand. Just below and to the right of my navel. So not in the typical area you normally feel quickening. Sometimes it is the feeling of thumps or fluttering. Often it's a pulling or pushing sensation. It can be in rapid or slow succession with no set pattern or frequency. I thought it must be some kind of spasm since I have been having regular periods I didn't think I was pregnant. It has become more frequent over the last few weeks. Over the last few days, it has been several times a day, all day and all night. Sometimes it lasts a few minutes, sometimes hours. I had my husband watch and feel my stomach and he could see and feel the movements too so I was relieved that I wasn't crazy. I started to worry that I may have an ectopic pregnancy, especially since I had some bright red spotting this morning and last week right after my period. I am 47 years old and I have never had spotting! I know it is possible to have periods even while pregnant so I called the doctor and went in as a walk-in. The sensation had stopped during the morning hours but had started again before the exam. The doctor was able to see the movements as well but didn't seemed overly concerned. He did however, have blood work drawn and is sending me for a vaginal ultrasound in the morning. He said the greatest concern is that it may be an abdominal aortic aneurism (AAA). He questioned the possibility of pregnancy and I admitted that it is possible. We ruled out anything to do with my appendix since I had that removed as a child. He also mentioned ovarian cysts, which I have had two rupture in the past and cause severe internal bleeding. The first when I was very young went undiagnosed, but after the second a few years ago, I knew what had happened the first time. The second rupture required emergency surgery but they were able to repair and save my ovary. Neither time did I have this sensation of movement. Just excruciating pain and the symptoms that go along with hemorrhage. I had all 3 of my children vaginally with no complications with delivery except a retained piece of placenta that caused excessive bleeding with my last child. Twenty-seven years ago I had no epidural with my first but I did with my 10 and 6 year olds. I have only had the two abdominal surgeries with the last being about 9 years ago.

I am surprised that there does not seem to be any real answers posted. Apparently, based on the number of posts I have found here and on other sites, it’s a fairly common phenomenon. Hopefully after my tests, I’ll be able to offer a little insight.

Ok, I had some bloodwork drawn and a vaginal ultrasound last week. Doc called me Friday and kindly apologized for ruining my weekend and gave me permission to be mad at him if he is wrong. They found something on my ovary that has to be looked at closer. So I'm going back on Monday for more bloodwork and an MRI. My weekend isn't ruined, it's been hectic as usual. I won't worry until there is something to worry about...but I am still awake at 5am. Guess I might be a little curious as to what it is. Doc should have just called me on Monday!

I have also been feeling the same things on my lower left side of my abdomen. I'm 20, male..... I haven't asked my doctor yet but I'm going to ask when I go see her this friday coming..... Its not painful as mention, just really annoying, and sleeping through it isn't an issue for me.

Any updates Tsalagi63? My kicks started yesterday. Happen on during the day today but they are going crazy now since I'm layingdown. Thanks!

Umchica wrote:

Tsalagi63 wrote:

Ok, I had some bloodwork drawn and a vaginal ultrasound last week. Doc called me Friday and kindly apologized for ruining my weekend and gave me permission to be mad at him if he is wrong. They found something on my ovary that has to be looked at closer. So I'm going back on Monday for more bloodwork and an MRI. My weekend isn't ruined, it's been hectic as usual. I won't worry until there is something to worry about...but I am still awake at 5am. Guess I might be a little curious as to what it is. Doc should have just called me on Monday!

Any updates Tsalagi63? My kicks started yesterday. Happen on during the day today but they are going crazy now since I'm layingdown. Thanks!

Doc left a voicemail for me...tests were negative! Next step is to see a GI doctor. I have a follow-up appt. next week, I can ask more questions then. The thumping has let up quite a bit, not near as frequent or forceful but still in the exact same place. It's back to the way it was before it went crazy and I had the spotting (which is what really made me go to the doctor in the first place). It's always more frequent while laying down.
I'll let yall know what the next doctor thinks...at least the really bad stuff has been ruled out.

That is good news! Thanks for letting us know it's not super serious so far. Keep us posted on the GI visits!

My "fluttering" started 4 days ago, am waiting another week or two-the doc I saw today said might just be nerve strain, but would be VERY keen to know how you go with your tests.  It's nervy isn't it! 

I have had this fluttering and thumping feeling on my lower left pelvic/ abdominal area too~ I am not sleeping at night, it first started with pain in the same area 3 days ago, now the pain has subsided but the thumping and fluttering is worse. We are trying to concieve and the l have had endometriosis surgeries and pelivic pain in the past and had OMT visits to work on the nerves in the same left sided area. I don't have insurance and am new to this area but I need to know what this is!!! My Hx is Diabetes, Poly Cystic Ovarian Syndrome, Endometriosis and IBS. When they pain 1st started I would lay down for bed and I was up 2hrs later with Severve pain and loose stools. The fluttering was there but not this intense, I am almost ready to call my old doc and see what she says.  Please update if anyone has any answers. Thanks again!

This thread regarding the same weird lower abdominal fluttering has been going on for over 5 years!! Mine started a couple of weeks ago- exactly the same- no pain, just perpetual fluttering. Sometimes I can see it from outside, sometimes not. Has anyone figured out any answers? I'm healthy and stay in tune to my body. But this has me stymied. 

I thought I owed it to everyone here to come back and let everyone know I WAS PREGNANT. I had all the same symptoms as everyone here (and none of the extreme and blatant symptoms I'd had with my first two pregnancies). I also had three separate pregnancy tests come up negative. The morning I woke with pain and bleeding (11/2011) I knew something was wrong (especially since UC or toxic megacolon shouldn't involve bleeding unless something has ruptured). Went to the ED, where they brought in a doppler as standard policy and found a second HB. An hour and a half later, I gave birth to a healthy, FULL term baby. Lesson here, DO go to your doctor, DO continue with testing, DO keep asking questions, and DON'T stay home if you have any pain or symptoms that are abnormal for your body.