Lots of hiccoughs today?

[OptimisticRealist2024]

I think my baby's hiccoughing - I'm 25 weeks but don't think I've felt them before.

They feel a bit different to the kicks I've felt so far and are pretty regular (every few seconds) and they're in one place, and I've felt a few kicks somewhere else at the same time. Baby seems to have had a few bursts of them since I woke about 4am.

I feel very silly for asking and I'm not anxious about it (yet) but just want to check that lots of hiccoughs in a short space of time isn't a bad sign/a reason to call midwife for a check? I have no idea if baby's had them before or if I've felt them before tbh so couldn't tell you if it's more or less than usual. 🙃 TIA!

It's very normal (and the bigger they get the more annoying the hiccoughs become!)

Thank you! Baby seems to have had them loads today. I have to admit they have lost their charm after 12 hours of having having them on and off...

Oh dear, yes I can see that would happen 😂just so you know babies that hiccough a lot on the womb tend to do so a lot in their first few months as well. The sweetest little sound but very annoying when they can't sleep because of it!

Mine was very hiccupy in my tummy and a very hiccupy baby. You're right though, after the initial 'ahhh, hiccups 🥰', you do start to think 'come on, mate, drink a glass of water backwards'.

I'm 27 weeks pregnant and I think I must get this at least every other day now. Almost always when I've just got comfy in bed. At first I found it cute but the novelty has worn off now 😂

DD1 had hiccups every single day when I was pregnant. She's still very hiccupy now at nearly 4yo. She also had terrible reflux as a baby (not sure if the two things are related), so make sure you invest in plenty of muslins, OP!

Bracing for the reflux, just because so many people seem to have seen a correlation!

I don't think baby stopped for more than 30 mins at a time yesterday. I ended up calling my midwife just to ask if it can change overnight. I just couldn't get over how often baby suddenly seemed to be having them. Kicking more, too. (Hiccoughs keeping baby awake? I have no idea.) Apparently neither are a cause for concern.

5.48am and already had a bout for 20 mins. 🥴 It's going to be a long 15 weeks...

Oh my gosh I had no idea there was a link between hiccoughs and reflux. My little one was a very sicky baby for the first 6 months. Definitely muslins are the ready OP!

Just to add balance, I had a horribly hiccupy baby during pregnancy who went on to be the least sicky baby once on the outside (I had millions of muslins I didn't know what to do with)! Second has also been hiccupy - hoping for the same outcome!

Mine had hiccups in the womb every afternoon without fail, and after birth as well. I managed to panic myself with some article I read on about page 15 of Google results, about a correlation between hiccups and some awful outcome or other. I later realised that research had been done in sheep. And DD was never a sicky or refluxy baby - definitely below average in that respect!