Hiccups
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Topic: Hiccups
Posted By: whitewave
Subject: Hiccups
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:50am
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My little one has just started getting hiccups, which I know is normal, but yesterday and today it seems like he has them nearly all the time! I didn't count, but yesterday he must have had at least 8 rounds, probably more like 10 or more rounds of hiccups, each lasting maybe 5-15 minutes. Does anyone know if this is normal?
I'm not panicking but am slightly worried it may stress him out. Should I be worried at all? |
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Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:55am
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Yep, totally normal. They practice breathing and give themselves the hiccups (or so I was told). DD used to get them constantly also (up to 5-6 times a day), she still gets them very frequently now too! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: weegee
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 8:55am
I don't know if it's normal as such but JJ had hiccups what felt like constantly from around 32-36 weeks and it wasn't the harbinger of doom  (it didn't seem to stress him out at all - but if you're worried get your midwife to see if his heart rate goes up during a bout if he happens to get them during your next appointment).
It was cute to start off with but I got very sick of it, especially when I was trying to sleep at night! ------------- 
Mum to JJ, 4 July 2008 & Addie, 28 July 2010 |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 9:21am
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This baby seems to have them almost permanently, I wouldn't worry about it. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: blondy
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 9:27am
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same here - she had them at least 2-3 times every day, sometimes for 5-10 mins at a time. I also noticed she was very hiccuppy in the first few weeks! I found it comforting, as Natalie sometimes went ages without kicking etc, so it was nice to feel her hiccuping away! -------------  
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 9:34am
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hehe yep very normal, Caden was a serial hiccuper!! He would go for ages sometimes and it seemed like he always had them. He is the same even now lol
I loved feeling the hiccups it was so neat! lmao, I can hear him hiccuping right now behind me, lol how random! ------------- |
Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 9:50am
Cool, good to know, I knew you guys would be able to put my mind to rest! 
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Posted By: Danaj
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 10:23am
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Same here too. She's gone very quiet this week but the last month has been nothing but feeling like someone is playing a drum beat from inside my pelvis. ------------- http://www.TickerFactory.com/weight-loss/wyI1oWn/"> 
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Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 10:31am
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Yep, normal, C got them a gazillion times a day , I couldn't stand them ! so annoying, what am I supposed to do ? stand on my head ? it was this constant , tap tap tap .
Now when she gets them , I can laugh at her, till she starts whining at me to make them disappear . ------------- 
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Posted By: Mum2ET
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 11:21am
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Ella used to get them ALL the time in my tummy- I liked it as I used it as an indication of where her head was.
Also when she was a newborn she had the hiccups all the time as well- that got very annoying. ------------- Mum to Ella (5) and Tom (2) |
Posted By: Spirals
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 1:25pm
| I find hiccups hilarious - always have. Even when baby gets them now I'm in fits of giggles - probably makes it worse. But I love it when baby's got hiccups (probably only cos I get a a good laugh!) |
Posted By: caitlynsmygirl
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 1:55pm
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good grief, perhaps Im the only one, I felt like it was an annoying tap down there, that wouldn't let up . -------------
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Posted By: xox6Girls1Boyxox
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 6:58pm
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I thought it was very cute at first but then it just become annoying but at the same time reasurring(sp)...Because Im a multip mum in the last few weeks of my pregnancy my son was always moving from head down to breech & the only way I knew he had turned was because Id feel the hiccups near my ribs, If they wer'nt hiccups I was feeling near my ribs then My son was doing very rythmatic farts... Hiccups are the norm I'd say... ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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Posted By: hailstones
Date Posted: 08 January 2009 at 7:53pm
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DD used to get them all the time as well when I was pregnant with her, and especially when I was trying to get to sleep. I am with Kelly, whilst they were cute the 1st few times, then they got really annoying!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Spirals
Date Posted: 10 January 2009 at 8:24am
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I got DH to put his hand on my tummy and feel the hiccups last night - first time he's felt them - and he got all concerned. "Poor baby - can't you make it stop" he asked me.
I was cracking up!! |
Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 10 January 2009 at 5:39pm
| Thankfully he doesn't get them quite so bad now, maybe just a few times each day. And it is quite good to know his head is still down and where it should be! |