I wasnt worried until I went for my 28 week sonogram recently and mentioned the fetal hiccups and the dr. said "he shouldnt get them every day". ↑
Name: -m | Date: Jul 10th, 2005 11:03 PM
I'm 34 weeks and my baby gets them about 2 or 3 times a day and my doctor told me that they are very normal and even healthy for the baby, it shows the baby's lungs are developing. ↑
This is very normal, my little Amaya got them everyday at 3pm and 3am, kinda weird I know, but still to this day she gets them at the same time (2 months old) They make her so mad. It is really funny ↑
Name: miranda | Date: Jul 10th, 2005 11:57 PM
I don't know why your dr would say that. I've never heard anything like that. I'm 30 weeks and this baby gets them every day at least, if not more than once a day, just like my first did. ↑
Name: Staci | Date: Jul 11th, 2005 11:16 AM
he has them right now... I would say its several times a day for appx 5 min each. I am glad u all think its normal... I dont know why the dr said that either.. my doula said its normal... hmm ↑
Name: ~S~ | Date: Jul 11th, 2005 5:44 PM
Hiccups are not bothersome to babies like they are to us. They're actually sort of soothing to the baby, which is weird. But it's 100% normal if your baby is having hiccups daily or even a few times a day. Some babies have them more than others. I'm 33 weeks and yesterday was my first time experiencing the feeling of my baby having hiccups, it was so cute!! ↑
Name: shelly | Date: Jul 11th, 2005 10:06 PM
does anyone know what causes the hiccups? My first child had hiccups frequently, and when she was born she had reflux for almost a year. I dont think it had anything to do with the hiccups, but I really dont know. ↑
Name: Kara | Date: Jul 12th, 2005 4:38 AM
Shelley, I read our babies get the hiccups when they are practising breathing movements with their lungs, and sometimes they inhale or swallow some amniotic fluid and it gives them the hiccups, but is completely normal. Like the other ladies said, it's all part of their lung and diaphragm development. ↑
Name: Staci | Date: Jul 12th, 2005 11:51 AM
I charted his hiccups yesterday, and it was appx every 4 hours for about 10 min.... Nothing today YET tho! ↑
Name: Rachael | Date: Jul 12th, 2005 2:02 PM
My baby has been getting hiccups since my 6th month, I am 36 weeks now. he gets them at least 2 or 3 times a day, and he is perfectly healthy. We even saw him gulping amniotic fluid at one of the ultrasounds, they are just practicing breathing and it is normal ↑
Name: Hiccups | Date: Jul 12th, 2005 2:45 PM
It's completely normal and healthy. A doctor should know that and not tell you that the baby "shouldn't" have them every day. Hiccups are just fine for developing babies, and are actually a sign of lung development and maturity. I'm 35 weeks and feel them all the time, have been for quite a while now. Sometimes I don't feel them one day, and then feel them several times the next. ↑
Name: Leah | Date: Jul 17th, 2005 3:43 PM
I am 35 weeks along and until 2 days ago, I was blissfully unaware that "hiccups" could be bad. I was thinking....oh how cute...and feeling good that my baby's diaphram (muscle that helps you breath) was getting ready for breathing. OH...but noooo...the "experts" and the medical studies online would not have that. They had to let me know about how frequent hiccups were related to nuchal cord (around baby's neck) and how it is linked with stillbirth. grrrrrrrr. Is anyone else sick of this? There is actually a top 10 list of 'signs you could have a stillbirth'.....besides hiccups....there was 'not moving enough' and then.....you guessed it...'moving TOO much'....I think they are trying to drive us all insane. I personally think it's the old "fear breeds consumption" theory. If you get people scared enough, they will go out and spend $$. They will buy fetal heart monitors and every book written on the subject. My peace of mind comes from message boards like this one. Knowing that, for instance, almost all babies get frequent hiccups makes me feel 100% better. For these last few weeks, I'm going to have to force myself not to "google" everything I come across....I want my baby to have a mentally stable mother...=) ↑
Name: Staci | Date: Jul 17th, 2005 7:22 PM
Leah, I agree 100%$!! It is such bullsh*t. Where did you find this top ten list? Yikes! sounds dreadful and terrifying! I am so angry- I know what you mean. I really relate. this is one of the reasons I fear looking anything up online now!! ↑
Name: Staci | Date: Jul 17th, 2005 7:49 PM
GRRR I FOUND THE SITE YOU WERE REFERING TO. HOW SCARY! http://www.missinggrace.org/-PrenatalCare.html
according- to this site, pretty much everything is to be feared!! ↑
Name: Leah | Date: Jul 17th, 2005 8:58 PM
Hi Staci....yes that is the site. I KNOW that I need to stop going to those sites...but it's like a car wreck....lol....I can't help myself.
I think my husband is going to disconnect the DSL if I don't stop....=)
Anyway...good luck to you and your completely NORMAL hiccuping little baby!! ↑
Name: For Leah | Date: Jul 17th, 2005 10:13 PM
Leah- Ive been upset over that site all night. We should boycott it or something! Theyre insinuating EVERYTHING a pregnant woman feels is ABNORMAL! I am so infuriated. I am glad we are here to help eachother, since there are as*holes like that around trying to make us all have anxiety attacks! Sigh. Hugs!
-Staci ↑
Name: Staci p.s. | Date: Jul 17th, 2005 10:20 PM
http://www.missinggrace.org/i-ndexprevention.html
sorry,- heres the correct link. If it wasnt for the loss this family had, I would contact them and tell them how disgusting they are to try to capitilize off this. Theyre soliciting donations everywhere on the site by using scare tactics, as you noticed. I feel bad sending them hate mail, though I am tempted to... ↑
Name: kristian | Date: Nov 8th, 2006 11:57 AM
I heard about the cord being wrapped around their neck. It scared me to death. I couldn't remember where I heard it from when I was telling my husband, but everyone says its normal & that makes me feel so much better. She gets the hiccups at least once a day for a few moments. ↑
Name: chrissi79 | Date: Nov 8th, 2006 1:14 PM
normal....mine has them quite often, they don't last very long, but they're there! :) ↑
Name: paigecox07 | Date: Jul 22nd, 2008 11:22 PM
I am 37 weeks, and my baby has the hiccups everyday. I read in my "What to expect when your expecting" book that frequent hiccups could be a sign that your baby has the umbilical cord around their neck, but it also said that there would also be a decrease in fetal movement. It freaked me out at first but then I talked to my ob/gyn and she said if he is still moving alot and he doesn't have the hiccups more than 4 times a day that last longer that 10 minutes, he was fine. ↑
Name: Cookie | Date: Jul 23rd, 2008 2:55 PM
i'm 32 1/2 weeks, my daughter gets the hiccups everyday, my first daughter used to get the hiccups all the time as well...I just had a growth scan, and everything looked fine...no cord around her neck or anything...my dr told me there was nothing to worry about, and that often baby's get the hiccups b/c they are ingesting the fluid while practicing their breathing... ↑
Name: mrswiley | Date: Aug 16th, 2008 9:54 PM
Staci & Leah, for your information, Missing Grace is a foundation that supports families who, like me, have lost a child to stillbirth. As far as solicitation, they are trying to help families who are grieving and save the babies of even callous and idiotic people like yourselves. Too bad that the ones of you who made such ignorant, shameful comments are probably not still active on this board; I'd love to give you a piece of my mind. In case any of you do read this, though, let me say that I hope none of you ever experience such a loss and then have to read the flippant, ignorant remarks of people who ought to educate themselves before they open their mouths.
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