What is the reason for the belly jumping during pregnancy? What is the difference between fetal hiccups and fetal movements?

Mothers who have been or are currently pregnant often feel their belly jumping after the fetus is formed, and they think it is fetal movement. In fact, it is not necessarily fetal movement, it may also be hiccups. Let's learn about the difference.

What causes a throbbing belly during pregnancy?

Many pregnant mothers think it is fetal movement, but it is not. It is the baby hiccups.

Generally speaking, the baby will hiccup when the pregnancy is about 4 months. Most pregnant mothers can feel the baby's fetal movement during the 4th to 5th month of pregnancy, so sometimes pregnant mothers will mistakenly think that the baby's hiccups are the baby's fetal movement.

The hiccups of a baby are different from the hiccups we usually have. The baby cannot breathe on his own in the mother's belly. The umbilical cord is the baby's oxygen tube. He usually relies on the umbilical cord to absorb oxygen. However, the baby cannot always rely on the umbilical cord to get oxygen because the umbilical cord must be cut after birth. What should we do then?

In order to adapt to the external environment and breathe independently after birth, the baby will swallow the amniotic fluid in the mother's belly to exercise his lung and breathing abilities. In this way, the baby will be able to adapt to the external environment after birth. When the baby swallows the amniotic fluid in large gulps, hiccups will easily occur.

What is the difference between fetal hiccups and fetal movements?

There is a difference between baby hiccups and fetal movements. Fetal movements are usually changeable and irregular, moving here and there; hiccups are more regular, usually lasting about 2-5 minutes in the same place, sometimes lasting about 10-20 minutes, with an interval of 2-3 seconds each time, so it is still easy to distinguish.

It is very normal for babies to hiccup. This is also the baby's way of improving the breathing ability of his lungs, so pregnant mothers don't need to worry. Normally, it is difficult for expectant fathers to feel the baby's fetal movement. When the baby moves, the expectant father can feel it as soon as he touches the belly. It is also good to let the expectant father feel it when the baby hiccups.

How to care for newborn hiccups

The hiccups of babies are different from those of adults. Adults feel uncomfortable when they hiccup, but babies do not feel uncomfortable.

It’s just that when the baby hiccups, we adults, out of empathy, feel that the baby must be uncomfortable, so we try every way to help the baby stop hiccuping.

There are many ways to solve baby hiccups:

First, let the baby drink some warm water, and the mother who is breastfeeding can feed a few sips of milk.

The second is to let the baby cry.

The third is to let the baby sleep.

Patting the back will not solve the problem. Burping and burping with milk are different and cannot be solved with the same method.

Hiccups, as a physiological phenomenon, do not harm the baby. If not treated, they will generally stop automatically in half an hour.