Patient's question:
I've been pregnant for more than 8 months and want to ask the doctor why the baby sometimes hiccups in the stomach. Is this good for the baby? Is it because of my own reasons that cause the baby to hiccup?Doctor's answer:
Fetal hiccups are similar to adult breathing because the baby's lungs have not yet developed properly. Therefore, the baby needs to continuously swallow amniotic fluid. While swallowing amniotic fluid, the baby learns to breathe, so that after birth, it can breathe normally like an adult.Mothers can gently pat the baby when it hiccups, and it will stop in just a few minutes! The signs of hiccups are regular movements in the womb, and the mother's abdomen will experience periodic, rhythmic tremors.