Baby has hiccups
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Anonymous
| Normal or sign of cord compression? |
Anonymous
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Normal. Sign the baby's lungs are healthy.
Hiccups continue after birth. |
Anonymous
| Normal, my kid still gets hiccups all the time (he's 1) |
Anonymous
| My DD had hiccups the entire third tri. I still tell her how my belly always had the hiccups even though I didn't |
Anonymous
| OP here - glad to hear! 33 weeks and mine gets them 3 times a day. Dr google is a terrible thing!!!!! |
Anonymous
I am currently in my 39th week and for the last two weeks my baby has hiccups have at least three times a day once in the morning and two at night. Last usual for about 2-3 minutes. Normal and heathy sign 
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Anonymous
| Normal. Mine had them all the time. OB said it was a good sign that her "computer" was working and she was practicing for how to breathe on the outside. |
Anonymous
OP here - mine will last for quite a while. I counted 10 minutes today. That's what has me so worried. |
Anonymous
Mine did too. But that said, listen to your intuition. If the Internet has you freaked out, then relax. But if you feel like something's off then call your OB. |
jindc
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| How do hiccups feel differently than other movement? When do you usually notice them? |
Anonymous
| 20:51 here, I agree with 21:22 if you feel like something is off, follow your intuition and call your OB. |
Anonymous
They're in a rhythm or pattern. You'll be able to tell the difference. |
Anonymous
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OP here - just came across dr Jason Collins of the pregnancy institute. Now I'm terrified. Not only have I had hiccups but I've woken up a couple of nights freaked out b/c I couldn't remember the last time the baby moved. Well, a lot of stillbirths occur at night, according to dr Collins, due to drops in maternal BP affecting an already compressed cord.
I'm thinking about going in. |
Anonymous
| Best wishes to you, OP. My son, now three years old, had hiccups a lot the last trimester and I, too, was freaked out. My OB said it was normal, but the Internet was scary (and I didn't feel like my OB really paid attention). Anyway, my point is that it is probably normal. But there is nothing wrong with going in for some reassurance and to have your baby checked out. Let us know how you and baby are doing! |
Anonymous
I can tell you are really feeling preoccupied with baby's safety. I can relate. If you have a hunch that something is wrong, you're right to go in. But take care not to google yourself into a frenzy. If you are worried about baby's safety during the night, lie on your left side, which allows the maximum blood flow and oxygen flow to your baby. The thing that I've never understood about baby's prolonged hiccups and the supposed stillbirth connection is that if baby is not actually breathing and is just practicing, what would the cord have to do with the hiccups? But maybe that's been explained. Good luck, OP, and I hope everything is fine. |