How does a pregnant woman feel when her fetus hiccups?

The fetus will also hiccup, do you know, expectant mothers? What does it feel like when the fetus hiccups? What causes the fetus to hiccup? Is it normal for the fetus to hiccup habitually? If the expectant mother does not know the answer to these questions, you can read the detailed introduction in the article below. I believe it will definitely help you expectant mothers!

What does it feel like when a fetus hiccups?

In the second half of pregnancy, pregnant women sometimes feel regular small muscle spasms in their abdomen, which is fetal hiccups. Fetal hiccups are very common in the middle and late stages of pregnancy. Some babies hiccup several times a day, and fetal hiccups can be observed in many B-ultrasounds.

The main manifestation of fetal hiccups is that the fetus will move regularly in the belly, once every 2-3 seconds, lasting for 2-5 minutes, and sometimes lasting for 10-20 minutes. It manifests as jumping and beating, similar to the heart rate. Pregnant mothers touch the vibrating area with their hands, and it will bounce and bounce regularly, which is different from the fetal movement! Careful mothers will definitely be able to tell the difference. The baby in the womb sometimes hiccups late at night, and sometimes hiccups in the morning. At this time, I touch him gently, and then he stops hiccuping after more than ten minutes. It feels very strange.

What causes fetal hiccups?

In medicine, hiccups are called "hiccups". Adults may experience short-term hiccups if they are exposed to cold stimulation, overfull, eat too fast, or eat dry food.

Starting from around 28 weeks of pregnancy, the fetus will continue to absorb amniotic fluid in the mother's body to exercise the breathing of the lungs, and the bronchi will continue to grow in the amniotic fluid. Just like an adult eating, they swallow continuously. Between the chest and abdomen of the fetus, there is a thick muscle membrane like a sun hat, called the diaphragm, which separates the chest and abdomen. Like other organs of the human body, the diaphragm also has nerves and blood supply. When the stimulus causing hiccups is transmitted to the brain, the brain will send out commands to cause the diaphragm to contract and spasm, thus causing hiccups.

Is it normal for babies to have habitual hiccups in the womb?

That is when the fetus burps in the stomach after absorbing too much nutrition. Pregnant women can gently press their abdomen, or caress, or talk and comfort their children. This is normal and is the fetal movement. After the baby is born, he (she) will also burp after eating. This is a habit and will gradually get better after one year old.