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Gasping for air while sleeping

kellibelle0417kellibelle0417 member
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Hi everyone! William and Nora are now 7.5 weeks new and we are getting the hang of things! Yay! William has started to gasp for air from time to time when sleeping. He was doing it last night and really scared my husband and me! It doesn't last long. It is almost like he forgets to breathe then gasps for that breath. He kind of makes a high pitched noise when doing so. It had us up reading about it online. From what we gathered, it is normal and his system is still working itself out. Has anyone else experienced this? We will be watching him and will call our pediatrician if it seems to get worse or any other symptoms show up. P.S. We were using a shield for nursing. Now both babies are weaned off and nursing like champs!! Success! We still do about 1-2 formula feeds each day to help with my sanity or to make things easier when we are out and about.
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  • jezebel57jezebel57 member
    I would call your ped. It sounds like it could be sleep apnea?
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  • kellibelle0417kellibelle0417 member
    Thanks - I read about that, but it only lasts a few seconds. Sleep apnea seems to last longer: https://www.babycenter.com/0_sleep-apnea-in-babies_1741484.bc?page=1 I'll call just to be safe. He has been sleeping just fine today. So, I'm not sure.
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  • daisy19782011daisy19782011 member
    I would definitley call just to be safe.

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  • Dragonfly1226Dragonfly1226 member
    A used to make a noise like that! It scared the cr@p out of us. I talked to the pedi about it twice and even showed her a video. Basically the pedi said if she wasn't turning blue she was fine. When she saw the video she explained that in some small babies there is a part around the vocal cords or something that doesn't close all the way and vibrates. I know I butchered the explanation but it did stop around 2.5 months.
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  • kellibelle0417kellibelle0417 member
    Dragonfly1226 said:
    A used to make a noise like that! It scared the cr@p out of us. I talked to the pedi about it twice and even showed her a video. Basically the pedi said if she wasn't turning blue she was fine. When she saw the video she explained that in some small babies there is a part around the vocal cords or something that doesn't close all the way and vibrates. I know I butchered the explanation but it did stop around 2.5 months.

    Thanks for sharing! We almost took a video of it. If it happens again we will. He has been sleeping fine all day today. Hopefully he will sleep peacefully tonight!
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  • carrotcake06carrotcake06 member
    One of mine does this. He'd do it in the NICU and we'd watch the monitors and nothing set off alarms, but I hate when he does it and it freaks me out.

    Does he have reflux? The one that does this also has reflux and I kinda attributed it to that as well.
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  • kellibelle0417kellibelle0417 member
    carrotcake06 said:
    One of mine does this. He'd do it in the NICU and we'd watch the monitors and nothing set off alarms, but I hate when he does it and it freaks me out. Does he have reflux? The one that does this also has reflux and I kinda attributed it to that as well.

    He did just recently start spitting up so I've been wondering about reflux. He already sleeps at an incline in a rnp. He had a few more episodes tonight. He seems to still be breathing through them and they only last a couple of seconds. We got it on video so I'll talk to our ped.
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  • kellibelle0417kellibelle0417 member
    We moved him to sleeping flat after his episode in the middle of the night and he slept just fine. It might be crib transition time for him. I am wondering if sleeping at an incline is bothering him...
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  • babywillmake3babywillmake3 member

    Have you looked into a snuza monitor? Just for peace of mind?

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  • mrsmac08mrsmac08 member

    My son did that often when he was little, it was from his reflux. I would talk to the pedi.

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  • kellibelle0417kellibelle0417 member
    babywillmake3 said:

    Have you looked into a snuza monitor? Just for peace of mind?


    We were just talking about that tonight and will be looking into one.
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  • kellibelle0417kellibelle0417 member
    mrsmac08 said:

    My son did that often when he was little, it was from his reflux. I would talk to the pedi.

    Ok, thanks.
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