Fetal hiccups

[Charlotte91]

Hey!!

I'm 31 weeks pregnant and it seems like bub gets the hiccups quite a bit. I notice them up to 3 times a day. Bub has them at the moment, actually. Been hiccuping for a good 5 minutes now.
I actually had an appointment with my midwife yesterday and she was laughing because bub had the hiccups when she was feeling my stomach.

How often did you notice your bub having them??
I have to admit that I don't really like it at times, because I feel a bit helpless that I can't stop them.

Thanks.

[allycat06]

My little man used to get them from around 28 weeks every morning at the same time....around 7.20am!
I couldn't get back to sleep until they'd stopped lol.

[Charlotte91]

Yeah, mine seems to get them just as I'm going to sleep. There's no way I can sleep with s/he's doing that!! lol

[Isadora]

Usually once or twice a day I feel hiccups. Its so cute, and I take it as a sign that bub is happy in there

[rufalina]

DS1 got them all the time, a few times a day. And he was posterior, so when he hiccuped they radiated down my spine, and I would feel them in my bum. Pretty funny... Then when he was born, he got hiccups all the time too...

[Jewel]

My DS2 had them alot during my pregnancy, but with DS1 I didn't feel them anytime.

[Taurean]

How often did you notice your bub having them??
I have to admit that I don't really like it at times, because I feel a bit helpless that I can't stop them.

Thanks.

We had them all the time, several times a day from about 25 weeks! DD suffered a lot in the first few months after she was born too. Babies don't get upset by hiccups like we do so don't stress, your LO is probably enjoying the sensation

[peanutter]

hi there,

I had them all the time with Josh! Several times a day, sometimes for an hour at a time or more!!

No rhyme or reason ...

Hope all goes well

[MrsBexie]

Peanut gets them allllll the time!! And if she is really low I feel it in my hoohaa which isn't the most fun feeling! But it's not a bad thing at all!! In fact it's good because it means bubs is learning to use their swallowing reflexes or something.
Don't worry too much about them!!

[blueiris]

My DD got them all the time. I was told it was good for hubs inuetero as it's helping them to developed some reflexes.

[MummaSue]

Just remembered reading something that said babies who get loads of hiccups in utero can be very well developed neurologically too. Not sure how true that is or how reliable the evidence though!!

[raffy]

DS used to get them ALL the time, i used to find them annoying at times coz i couldnt stop them. he still gets them now and it seems he finds them equally annoying coz he gets very frustrated and cranky until they go away

[ShootingStar]

Ive felt hiccups with all of my 3 pregnancies/kids. DS would get them about 3 times a day also. DD probably once a day. Have already started to feel them regularly with this baby too. Dont worry too much, i just look it like they are just practicing their swallowing.. so thats a good thing. They do get hiccups when they are born, nothing much you can do about it, but it doesnt worry them like it would you and me. They soon grow out of it.