What is this odd rythmic "bumping"?

Sharra13

So, I've gotten pretty used to her moving around--kicking, punching, twisting, turning, shifting, jumping jacks, lol.

Lately, she's been doing what I can only describe as "bumping." Softer than kicks but still obvious and you can still feel them on the outside of my tummy.  They'll be fairly rythmic, anywhere from .5 to 2 seconds between, but usually about 1 second apart. Bump bump bump bump for about 10-20 minutes. She'll often move or kick WHILE the bumping is happening, too.

Anyone else feel this? What the heck is it? I know people have mentioned feeling their baby hiccup, but it seems a little fast for hiccups, right? Just curious!

Charla1224

I vote hiccups 

JessicaB0627

Hiccups! Baby hiccups are really fast. This LO hates them and simultaneously goes crazy every time she gets them. 

balamama

hiccups for sure. my little guy gets them usually 1-3 times a day.

Klittle779

Sounds like hiccups. Very strange feeling. 

jthomas2270

Hiccups!! Mine gets them all the time and they are def faster than what I would experience with the hiccups. So sweet

tripledaggerWed95976

Baby hiccups!

Sharra13

Cool, thanks ladies!!

mcb2016

Sometimes you can feel practice breathing but this sure sounds like hiccups!

laurenmdrn16

No new info (definitely hiccups) but for some reason when baby gets the hiccups I start to laugh uncontrollably! It happened in this super long and boring meeting and the person sitting next to me noticed that my belly was rhythmically moving and I whispered "Oh, she just has hiccups" and for some reason it was the funniest thing I could ever think of! I got a major case of the giggles and actually had to excuse myself. Good times...

KidShrink

I'm so jealous right now! I don't think I've felt any hiccups at all...even though I'm known to get really bad hiccups (but haven't since I'm pregnant I think...). Oh well...

balamama

KidShrink said:

I'm so jealous right now! I don't think I've felt any hiccups at all...even though I'm known to get really bad hiccups (but haven't since I'm pregnant I think...). Oh well...

if it makes you feel any better, at first they were cute but now I find it incredibly irritating

saladflambe

Hiccups!

ayeshaohara

babyfmama said:

KidShrink said:

I'm so jealous right now! I don't think I've felt any hiccups at all...even though I'm known to get really bad hiccups (but haven't since I'm pregnant I think...). Oh well...

if it makes you feel any better, at first they were cute but now I find it incredibly irritating

Me too! They drive me nuts. My little one gets them multiple times per day at the moment 

kbrands7

Lol. Definitely hiccups. The most awkward placement I had was a few weeks ago when it felt like LO was hiccuping into my butt (though it also meant that for a sliver of time he was in the correct position...he's not now). DS had them constantly during third tri when I was pregnant with him-- and I was so freaked out the first time he had them as a newborn until I remembered that I had just spent months feeling hiccups from him and they were no big deal.

doozer1345

Hiccups and what I tell DH: bustin a move.

DutchLucyLu

kbrands7 said:

Lol. Definitely hiccups. The most awkward placement I had was a few weeks ago when it felt like LO was hiccuping into my butt (though it also meant that for a sliver of time he was in the correct position...he's not now). DS had them constantly during third tri when I was pregnant with him-- and I was so freaked out the first time he had them as a newborn until I remembered that I had just spent months feeling hiccups from him and they were no big deal.

Yep. Baby hiccups = headbanging on my cervix (which really feels like headbanging in my butt). Can get pretty annoying, but hiccups are still mostly hilarious to me.

Kurrant

I don't like the baby hiccups. Last night it started at 4am and didn't stop till nearly 5am when DH gets up. by that time I had to pee and sure enough once I got back into bed it started again. I gave up and got out of bed with only 4 hours sleep.  @KidShrink you aren't missing much. 

rlworzalla

I get a weird, almost seizure like vibration feeling every once in awhile. Is this hiccups too?

yogahh

Oh the hiccups, they need to stop (as she is hiccuping for the 4th time today). Do babies out of the womb hiccup this much?

kbrands7

@rlworzalla I've gotten that before too. My OB said it's muscle spasms. I don't remember having it with DS.

kbrands7

yogahh said:

Oh the hiccups, they need to stop (as she is hiccuping for the 4th time today). Do babies out of the womb hiccup this much?

DS hiccuped a lot his first month. For some reason, usually nursing made it go away...maybe the sucking?

lalala2004

kbrands7 said:

Lol. Definitely hiccups. The most awkward placement I had was a few weeks ago when it felt like LO was hiccuping into my butt (though it also meant that for a sliver of time he was in the correct position...he's not now). DS had them constantly during third tri when I was pregnant with him-- and I was so freaked out the first time he had them as a newborn until I remembered that I had just spent months feeling hiccups from him and they were no big deal.

I've only ever felt them in the crotch or butt! I guess my LO has been head down for quite a while.

Sharra13

I agree that the hiccups can get annoying (after the initial, "so cute!" reaction)....it's just such an odd feeling and keeps me awake when she does it at night. 

rlworzalla said:

I get a weird, almost seizure like vibration feeling every once in awhile. Is this hiccups too?

I've had those, too! 

Nicbert1214

Definitely hiccups! My little guy gets them 2-3 times a day, everyday and they last pretty long. Sometimes he gets so annoyed that he kicks me lol! I feel bad that I can't stop them for him. 

ayeshaohara

Nicbert1214 said:

Definitely hiccups! My little guy gets them 2-3 times a day, everyday and they last pretty long. Sometimes he gets so annoyed that he kicks me lol! I feel bad that I can't stop them for him. 

I heard that they're not distressing for the baby like they can be for adults. It bothers adults more because we're trying to breathe as well. Baby isn't breathing yet it's just a muscle spasm for them I suppose 

hellogoodbye2

Haha before I even opened this thread I knew you were talking about hiccups! 

JoMunson

My little man gets hiccups pretty much every day. My mom said I got them every day too! He doesn't seem to mind them at all, in fact he's very still when he has them.

Nicbert1214

@ayeshaohara I've read that too- but I guess I just feel bad for him anyway, I'm sure it annoys him to some level lol

codeeye

My lil guy had his butt up in the air last night while the fella and I were trying to sleep and I commented to him about how deformed my belly looks when LO lays in that position. So my fella put his hand on the belly and said it was cute. Then wouldn't you know it LO gets the hiccups and my poor fella thought something awful was happening! "Why is he doing that!? Is it a contraction!?" ...not even close Hun. Haha 

gamommyx3

Is it too late for me to jump in here and say that "rhythmic bumping" is how I got into this mess?!?!