Is it dangerous to hiccup a child in the womb?
Hiccups are an innate reflex that occurs due toirritation of the nerve centers of the brain. It manifests itself as a uniform contraction of the diaphragm muscles separating the chest from the abdominal cavity. A woman can feel intrauterine hiccups from the 25th week of pregnancy, since by this time the baby's nervous system is fully formed.
Recognize that the child is pregnant during pregnancy,it is possible by easy rhythmic pushingPhoto: GettyVazhno! Periodically occurring short hiccup of the fetus is not a cause for concern, but a sign of a normally developing CNS. Why does a child hiccup during pregnancy? The most common reason is that the crust swallowed amniotic fluid during yawning or thumb sucking. And the frequency and duration of hiccups in children are individual. Sometimes the tremors are felt for 5 minutes, sometimes - a third of an hour. How often the hiccups are observed depends not only on the activity of the crumbs, but also from the sensitivity of women.
What should I do if my child often hiccups during pregnancy?
A woman should be alerted by an increase in the frequency of attacks.hiccups. Occasionally, this may indicate chronic intrauterine hypoxia - a lack of oxygen in the fetus's body. The risk group includes women with oligohydramnios and polyhydramnios, multiple pregnancies, and gestational diabetes. Long-term oxygen starvation leads to underdevelopment of the central nervous system, low weight, and growth retardation in the baby.
The baby hiccups during pregnancy when swallows the amniotic fluid. Photo: Getty In addition to frequent and severe hiccups, signs of hypoxia are:
- increased motor activity of crumbs;
- weakening or cessation of fetal movements;
- decreased heart rate in a child;
- decrease in the height of the standing of the bottom of the uterus.
Sometimes intrauterine hypoxia develops onbackground of late toxicosis. In this case, a woman is disturbed by insomnia, headache, dizziness, vomiting, nausea. If a child is at high risk of pregnancy, only the doctor can dispel or confirm the doubts. During scheduled examinations, a gynecologist must listen to the heartbeat of a crumb with a stethoscope. To the possible deviations indicate the regularly submitted tests. If necessary, the doctor prescribes a pregnant ultrasound with dopplerometry and cardiotocogram. So, the hiccup of the fetus is normal in itself. The cause for concern, it can be if there are symptoms of intrauterine hypoxia.
