describe feeling hiccups to me

mistresscox · September 2012

I didn't have a lot of movement feeling with DD #1 (anterior placenta) but this kid I am feeling moving around like crazy! I've seen people post about feeling the baby have hiccups so I was wondering if you could tell me what they feel like. Is it just a bunch of small movements? Is there a rhythm to it? This kid is just SO much more active than I ever felt DD!

melissascarfone · September 2012

You will recognize them..it feels like when you have them but instead of in your chest..your little bump will bounce gently and repeatedly for a few minutes at a time. Mine gets them 3x/day even! You will know! Especially getting stronger as baby grows. It feels like kicks but repeatedly in same spot. I can even feel my babys back/spine as she lives hunched over in a ball on one side of me.

LoriJ81 · September 2012

Basically feels like a small steady thump every few seconds in your belly. I'm 35 weeks and baby has been getting them almost daily now!

ChristyML · September 2012

Yep, it's rhythmic, and kind of jumpy. To me, it's almost spastic.

Cherry3142 · September 2012

Our lil guy gets hiccups frequently and for me they are all situated in one place, are rhythmic and if they are strong make my whole stomach twitch.

Jaqalini · September 2012

The way hiccups feel on the outside when you hiccup is how they feel on the inside. Very short, one-twitch type of feeling and they'll be continuous. I've felt as little as 5 at a time and as much as feeling them for 5 minutes. They're very distinctive so when you feel them I'm sure you'll know it.

atrinh11 · September 2012

I would agree with PP, they are pretty unmistakeable. When LO was smaller, I wasn't sure if it was hiccups the first few times, but now I am 33 weeks, and they have been very unmistakeable for a long time now. He gets them at least 3 times a day now. I don't know if that is more than normal, but it seems like a lot to me. It is definitely a rhythym, and it feels like your belly has the hiccups. Also, if I feel my belly, it is a good way to figure out where baby's head is. I know he is head down already, but sometimes his head is just to the left, other times to the right, and I can totally tell by feeling him when he hiccups. They are shorter and closer together than your own hiccups would be. The first time I really felt them, I was surprised by how close together and quick they were.

Rennan7 · September 2012

Also, sometimes if baby is head down, I feel them (seriously) in my butt and my va-jay-jay. It's the craziest thing... Like everyone's said, continuous steady thump. But when they're "down there" they feel like you could see them from the outside. When they're in my belly, I can only see them from the outside maybe 50% of the time.