Fetal hiccups

kristinelsa · February 2014

So from what I read, you can start feeling fetal hiccups at 23 weeks. What does it feel like? Has anyone felt them yet?

tbmadeamistake · February 2014

The child bounces up and down on your bladder....forever. C got them all the time. Super cute the first time or two, super obnoxious when she was getting them multiple times a day. You'll know it's hiccups because it's a constant, steady beat.

crhein26 · February 2014

I can't say that I have had them, but you might get better responses over on the daily symptom thread (link below). This is where everyone puts the symptoms they are having and ask questions about them. GL

https://forums.thebump.com/discussion/12257843/tuesday-daily-symptom-check-in/p1

Gigi8212 · February 2014

I felt them the other day and realized I had actually felt them once before and hadn't realized it. I felt them all the time with dd.

And fetal hiccups actually start very early. Around the end of first tri I think, although obviously you wouldn't be able to feel them that early.

clee2009 · February 2014

When I was pregnant with DD she had them daily in the 3rd tri (that I could feel anyways). I have felt them a couple of times this time around. Like pp said it is softer than a kick and very rhythmic.

MNOpea · February 2014

DS had they multiple times a day. I've felt them once with this baby already. I actually really like fetal hiccups

LegalLadyBug · February 2014

DD used to get them all the time. I haven't felt any with the twins yet. I remember towards the end with DD you could actually see my bump move when it happened, it freaked my friends out haha :-)

nunzchucks · February 2014

Felt like muscle spasms to me. I hated it and DD continued to hiccup constantly even after she was born causing a host of sleep issues. Boo hiccups!

MNOpea · February 2014

@megk82 I don't ever remember them hurting and went to 39w6d with DS! It must just depend on babies positioning

tdf2010 · February 2014

KrystaJ said:

I had them a few days ago. It felt like gentler versions of kicks and were very rhythmic.

This! I started having them this time around when I was 17/18 weeks, I think. With DD#1, it was much later though.

MSUMands · February 2014

I had them constantly with DS1. Up to ten times a day!! They didn't hurt, but sometimes they woke me up in the middle of the night.

MissBHaven1024 · February 2014

Isaiah gets the hiccups almost daily. It's such a fun feeling. It's pretty much just like patterned movement, so it still can feel like kicks or punches, but to a beat almost haha.

gregsgurl81304 · February 2014

I'm actually hoping LO does not have them at all this time.

DS had them every day, and it felt like they would last forever. It was like others said cute and surprising at first, rhythmic, and for me I would feel the hic-cups in the same spot until baby was done.

I also found them to be very annoying after feeling them a couple times a day, everyday, for a few months.

So I second the "boo to hic-cups"

kks4471 · February 2014

Don't know anything about fetal hiccups, but I have had hiccups every single day for the past 2 weeks! I wonder if baby is already putting pressure on my diaphragm.

MorganW24 · February 2014

Today is the first day I've noticed baby hiccuping but compared to the normal acrobatics going on in there I'll take it. 22 weeks tomorrow and it already looks like baby is trying to claw his/her way out of my belly button most days. A little subdued hiccuping is ok by me!

MrsP419 · February 2014

Actually, I think I felt baby A hiccuping today. They feel like a rhythmic tapping, kind of like gentle kicks. My other two got them all the time. They are cute :-)

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