Hiccups?

mcculloughe · June 2014

Is anyone else still getting hiccups from their LO? I hadn't noticed them until last week (32 weeks) and now I am feeling them about 3-4 times each day for about 5 min. She is still moving around a lot in there also, but I had read that hiccups are supposed to decrease after 30 weeks and could be a sign of cord compression. I will be asking my doctor tomorrow at my appointment and I try to take what I read on the internet with a grain of salt, just wanted to see if anyone else was still getting them this much?

sarahg8r · June 2014

I am 32 weeks today and still feeling hiccups a few times a day. I didn't know there was cause for concern...

caybeh · June 2014

I am 33 weeks and feel hiccups multiple times a day. I'm pretty sure I felt hiccups with DS up until he was born.

workmm01 · June 2014

I'm 33 weeks. My midwife told me it was normal to feel them. She didn't mention any certain number of times a day or duration to be worried about.

BeachM · June 2014

I feel them every day and remember feeling them up until the end with my first.

mcculloughe · June 2014

Thanks y'all! I was paranoid during the 1st tri and then great during the 2nd. Now that we are getting so close I think I am just worrying again. Time to stay off the internet for the next 7 weeks!

kaitm22 · June 2014

I am 31 weeks and just felt them for the first time on Saturday.

Third&goal · June 2014

Ck61 said:

As someone who's at risk for cord compression, due to PROM and low fluid, this is not something I was told to look out for. My little one gets hiccups several times a day, often during my twice daily NSTs and the nurses just chuckle.

I'm not at risk but I've never heard either that its something to be concerned about. Bring it up to your doctor and let us know what they say. Is that something you read on the internet?

Danielle0989 · June 2014

I'm only 29 weeks, and I've only felt the hiccups once and it was maybe for 2 minutes.

summerfunxo · June 2014

I am 31 weeks and my LO has hiccups at least every other day, I have been feeling them for the past couple of weeks as well

mandyjimmy · June 2014

I will be 32 weeks tomorrow and don't think I have felt them yet. I was worried about NOT feeling them! I do feel lots of regular movement everyday though.

mcculloughe · June 2014

Yes I read it several places, including from the national stillbirth society (it just popped up when I had googled hiccups). It said you should be concerned if you feel a sudden increase in fetal hiccups so I was just worried because I hadn't really noticed them until last week and now it is happening 3-4 times each day. I just had an ultrasound last tuesday and all was well so I am sure I am just over analyzing. I also know babies lungs are still developing so I am sure it is completely normal and I am just reading the worst case scenarios. I also freak out if she isn't moving around as much for a couple of days, but then she will bounce like crazy in there the next several days.

ungraceful13 · June 2014

DD had hiccups all the time when I was pregnant with her. The only thing they indicated is that she would have the hiccups a lot in her first 1.5 years.

IvyMagic828 · June 2014

I'm 32 weeks now and probably only really noticed hiccups for the past month or so, since around the time that third tri started. So far, so good with baby.

herecomesthesun · June 2014

I just realized this week that I was feeling his/her hiccups. I probably feel at least once a day for about 5-10 minutes, but sometimes 2-3 times a day, separate instances. Before 3rd tri, I didn't notice/feel them.

KittyMisha · June 2014

I haven't felt any hiccups at all this time around, and it's sort of freaking me out, even though she moves all the time. With DD I had them all the way to the end.

Jessicalig · June 2014

I dont know what they feel like ? So i dont know if i have had them lol

mmsweeney1 · June 2014

ungraceful13 said:

DD had hiccups all the time when I was pregnant with her. The only thing they indicated is that she would have the hiccups a lot in her first 1.5 years.

I asked on Friday and this is exactly what my OB said about her son.

@Jessicalig When my baby was head down it just felt like little jerks coming from my pelvis every second or so. Family members could feel them from the outside too, kind of entertaining!

Jessicalig · June 2014

mmsweeney1 said:

ungraceful13 said:

DD had hiccups all the time when I was pregnant with her. The only thing they indicated is that she would have the hiccups a lot in her first 1.5 years.

I asked on Friday and this is exactly what my OB said about her son.

@Jessicalig When my baby was head down it just felt like little jerks coming from my pelvis every second or so. Family members could feel them from the outside too, kind of entertaining!

mmsweeney1 thanks maybe i have felt them : )

herecomesthesun · June 2014

mmsweeney1 said:

@Jessicalig When my baby was head down it just felt like little jerks coming from my pelvis every second or so. Family members could feel them from the outside too, kind of entertaining!

Yep- they are incredibly rhythmic- much different than random kicks and punches. I think this is exactly how I would describe them. I always feel mine towards the back of my pelvis and really low.

shevaCC · June 2014

DD hardly hiccuped at all in utero and rarely got/gets the hiccups as a baby and toddler. I've started to feel them fairly regularly with this LO -- I suspect he'll get them more as an outside baby too. It will be interesting to compare.

Jennyfahh · June 2014

DS1 had the hiccups all the time up until birth.. and 2 years later he still gets them all the time.

mcculloughe · June 2014

Well I asked my doctor today and she said it's completely normal! Hiccups are only a cause to worry if they last a very long time or are accompanied by less or very erratic movement. Thanks for helping ease my mind!

Robinischo · June 2014

33 weeks, and he gets them multiple times a day. Sometimes he'll have them for about a half hour. This has been going on for weeks. I asked about hiccups and cord compression at my last appointment, and my OB said not to worry. He said as long as he still moves around a lot, then things should be fine because cord compression isn't something that gets better. Being PGAL, I still worry every time he gets the hiccups, but I'm trying not to.

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