Can you feel the heartbeat from outside?

[DaintreeDream]

I know the feeling that you are referring to, it really does feel like a heartbeat, I felt it from about 20 weeks with DD up until she was born and assumed it was her heartbeat however I read somewhere not long ago that it is not the heartbeat but something else, no matter how hard I try I cannot remember what!, but it did make sense when I read it .

It was definatly not the hiccups, completely different sensation, I felt both things on a daily basis I just never felt by baby kick as my placenta was on the front wall so these other movements was all I had for reassurance.

If I find where I read it or if I remember I will pop back in, maybe it was the bloodflow as Kate said .

[~Kate~]

Bubs can definately get hiccups...such a cool feeling! You'll know it when bubs has it.

[first_time_mummy]

ohok.
Thanks.
Lol, cant wait for bub to have the hiccups....couldnt imagine what it would feel like...lol...
I look forward to it

[amberj]

ugh, hiccups. DS got them everyday, multiple times a day from somewhere about 20 weeks-ish. It was cute the first month. Then it got kind of old. It feels much like when bubs is kicking, but its rythmic- but not nearly as fast as a heartbeat. If your bubs does get hiccups in the womb, they will probably have them when they are born as well. DS was just a really hiccupy baby, inside and outside the womb.

I hope you did feel your bubs heartbeat, that would be very cool.

[first_time_mummy]

It feels much like when bubs is kicking, but its rythmic- but not nearly as fast as a heartbeat..

Ooooohhh, i think i may have felt these hiccups...
I have often wondered why bubs kicks are only one or two, then other times, it could be a constant bubbling feeling....

How long do these hiccups last? I have felt a light pulsating feeling go for about ten consecutive pulses...could this be hiccups? or would they usually last longer than ten or so?

[amberj]

DS's hiccups usually lasted for anywhere between 2-10 minutes, sometimes longer. I think his hiccups got stronger and longer the more my pregnancy went on, so the 10 or so bumps you feel could be the start of hiccups. As they get bigger, you really can't miss them because they shake their whole body and it can get quite uncomfortable, especially when their head is on your bladder!!

[DaintreeDream]

you really can't miss them because they shake their whole body and it can get quite uncomfortable, especially when their head is on your bladder!!

My DD's hiccups were just light but in rhythm, she was breech and I could feel them down low near her bum, not near her head (no idea why), they were so gentle for me, never uncomfortable, they did last 2-10 minutes usually but sometimes it was just brief, she to gets them alot in the outside world .

Wow, it seems that things feel so different when bubs isn't breech and placenta is placed on the back wall, I barely felt any movements with my DD, I am looking forward to all of the new things I will experence this time.

[ubba82]

Yep they sure can get hiccups! They are swallowing amniotic fluid and sometimes they drink it too fast!!

[lauren22]

Yep they sure can get hiccups! They are swallowing amniotic fluid and sometimes they drink it too fast!!

^ that is the cutest thing ever said
look its sounds unlikely but i agree with the other certainly possible bubs could be in prime position.

[first_time_mummy]

... possible bubs could be in prime position.

I hope, that would be so wonderful if we have experienced lil bubs hb together.....