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BAD hiccups and reflux - we need some help

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CJ1836 · 19/10/2005 21:32

Hi
My 6 week old was diagnosed with reflux a few weeks ago. She doesn't through up so much now she is on gaviscon but really sore sounding hiccups wake her up soon after going to sleep and we just can;t put her down.
Getting no more than 2 hours sleep a night and am exhausted. Been to see doc and hv but getting no further help.
Have heard that a naturopath might help - has anybody heard about/used one? Any other advice? Am so desperate now!
THanks
CJ1836

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startingtobepregnantcod · 19/10/2005 21:33

go to see an osteopath... we went and she cured ds of his constant hiccups!

fimac1 · 19/10/2005 21:39

Dd was like this as a baby (hiccups) and hiccuped inside me all the way through pregnancy! Found out when she was 6 that she had food allergies - might be worth mentioning to a naturopath if you don't get any advice from anyone else?

Also as she also has reflux I would recommend Cranial Osteopathy, as this is very good for reflux - also the two things might be related? So if you cure one...

Good luck - try looking at this link which will find one in your area:

PS did you baby have a difficult/assisted or fast delivery?

www.cranial.org.uk/

CJ1836 · 19/10/2005 21:41

I had a very fast 2nd stage delivery - 10 mins! She probably had a big shock!
Such hard work especially as I have a 2 year old as well.

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fimac1 · 19/10/2005 21:49

C&P from many articles on Google if you type in fast delivery and cranial osteopathy - don't leave it like we did until dd was 5 and waking every half hour all through the night! She was cured completely after 3 sessions:

This short journey is probably one of the most difficult we ever encounter, but it was what we were designed to do, and there are helpful measures to ease the passage, such as flexibility of the bones of the head, including their ability to overlap, and maternal hormones that allow the pelvic ligaments to give enough to widen the pelvic outlet width. Problems can arise from this journey, but more usually they occur if the overall plan is altered.

Often the strong contractions will begin without enough cervical dilation, so the baby's head won't fit through the exit from the womb. The baby is forced, head downwards, onto the unyielding cervix and pelvic bones. The large forces produced by such repetitive movements can not only traumatise the baby's soft, flexibly boned head, but also cause the infant physiological and psychological stress.

As the baby leaves the womb it enters the birth canal where it has to undergo a number of twists and turns before it finally arrives into the world. These twists and turns help to mould the baby's head, but problems can occur if either the baby's passage is TOO FAST, when the head doesn't get enough time to get properly moulded, or if it gets stuck and it's too slow, the head and body can get squashed and the baby can get very stressed.

fimac1 · 19/10/2005 21:52

PS I had a induced, horrendous, long (eventually forceps) delivery which caused her sleep problems and needing CO - Please go! I was sceptical but desparate for sleep and can't believe I left it until she was 5!!!!!!

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