Does the fetus hiccup? What does it feel like?

Key reminder: In the late stages of pregnancy, many pregnant women feel their abdomen jumping regularly, which indicates that the fetus is hiccuping. Hiccups in the fetus are a normal behavior. When the fetus is in the pregnant woman's body, its lungs have not yet fully developed, so it needs to swallow the amniotic fluid of the pregnant woman to exercise the lungs' breathing ability. If the fetus hiccups late at night, it means that the fetus has not fallen asleep and has been trained to breathe.

In the later stages of pregnancy, many pregnant women feel their abdomen jumping regularly. Don't worry, it means the fetus is hiccuping. Some fetuses hiccup in the middle of the night. Why is this? During pregnancy, the mother's schedule may be different from that of the fetus. Late at night, the mother has already gone to bed, but the fetus is awake, which causes the fetus to hiccup in the middle of the night.

When the fetus is in the mother's body, there are many kinds of leisure activities, hiccups are one of them. Often the fetus will hiccup, because his lungs have not yet developed well, in the pregnant woman's body, it needs to continue to swallow the amniotic fluid to train the lungs to breathe, so that the fetus can breathe normally like the mother after birth. Simply put, the fetus exercises its breathing ability through hiccups, so expectant mothers do not need to worry too much. If you find that the fetus is hiccuping, expectant mothers can gently stroke their belly to comfort the baby.

The fetus will move regularly in the expectant mother's belly, basically once every 2-3 seconds, lasting about 2-5 minutes, and sometimes lasting 10-20 minutes. The expectant mother will feel her abdomen jumping up and down, much like her heartbeat. If she touches the jumping area with her hand, she will feel a bouncing sound with a regular pattern, which is completely different from the normal fetal movement. The baby may hiccup at any time. It may happen in the middle of the night or in the morning. When the expectant mother feels that the baby is hiccuping, she can gently stroke the belly. After more than ten minutes, the hiccups will stop. It is a very strange feeling.

The hiccups of the fetus are very regular vibrations. The location of the vibrations is different, which indicates that the fetal position is also different. If the fetus is in the head position, the vibrations will probably be in the left or right lower abdomen of the expectant mother. If the baby is in a transverse or breech position, the expectant mother will feel the vibration first in the upper abdomen. However, the fetus and the expectant mother are individually different, so the vibration position and the fetal position may not be accurate. The expectant mother can just use it as a reference.