My feed
Premium

Please
or
to access all these features

Get updates on how your baby develops, your body changes, and what you can expect during each week of your pregnancy by signing up to the Mumsnet Pregnancy Newsletters.

Pregnancy

My bump keeps clicking [confused]!

9 replies

Thistledew · 06/07/2016 08:55

I am 38+3 today. Over the past couple of days, I have been hearing a clicking/popping sound coming from my bump when the baby is active. It only usually happens once per wriggle session, and not every time, but maybe half a dozen or more times in a day.

Can anyone tell me what is causing this and if I should be concerned?

OP posts:
Report
Luckystar1 · 06/07/2016 09:01

Oh mine does this too. I will wait to see what someone knowledgeable says.

I'm fairly sure I remember this with DC1 - nothing untoward happened!

Report
PickleBot · 06/07/2016 11:31

Mine is doing this as well (36+3), i assumed it was my pelvis??

Report
idontlikealdi · 06/07/2016 11:33

Hiccups! Baby not you:)

Report
Tollergirl · 06/07/2016 11:36

Hi - had this constantly with DD1 who is nearly 10. When she was born her index finger and middle finger were a bit red - turned out she had been sucking them relentlessly! No harm done although she did end up with a dummy as she was using my nipple as one! May not be this but I can remember worrying that she had a clicky hip or something - it was just loud sucking!

Report
MaryPoppinsPenguins · 06/07/2016 11:41

I had this too! It never happened when anyone else was there and I was told by DH that I was crazy Hmm

Report
Thistledew · 06/07/2016 11:58

Thanks for all the replies. I had a google, and it seems that it is not an uncommon phenomenon, judging by all the results it throws up, but that no-one really knows why it happens!

Both DH and I have very clicky joints, so maybe baby has inherited the same, although this sounds like a 'wetter' sort of pop. Who knows? At least it doesn't appear to be anything sinister.

OP posts:
Report
Scoopmuckdizzy · 06/07/2016 13:12

My bump clicked a lot in the last few weeks - not hiccups but proper click noises! DS3 is 4 days old and does not click at all so I'm not sure what he was up to in there!

Report
SpeckledFrog2014 · 06/07/2016 15:54

The explanation that made sense for me was that it was baby's joints clicking as with my first if only happened when she was doing some massive movements. I did read that it can be an indication of joint problems but dd is fine. Second baby has clicked but nothing like the first, although we were a pretty quiet family before I started having babies so maybe I just noticed more with dd.

Report
m33r · 06/07/2016 19:28

Hee Hee my little boy did this. He's now a happy healthy 15 month old. No idea what it was but it was totally fine. Smile

Report
Please create an account

To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.