Week 27 - Baby Hiccups
June 26, 2006
As predicted, the baby has been moving more frequently and seems to be getting stronger by the day. This week, the baby had its first bout of hiccups (or at least the first since I’ve been able to feel movement…). And in true child fashion, the hiccups couldn’t have happened in the middle of the day, or while I was watching tv at night - nope, the hiccups started right around 11pm, when I was just settling down to sleep. At first, I felt the rhthmic movement and wondered what that was all about. Then I recalled reading something about baby hiccups at Baby Center. Of course, as I recalled the article, I remembered that they simply mentioned hiccups, as in “your baby may even have hiccups” before moving onto the next thought. I couldn’t recall a single piece of literature that had any suggestions on how to treat baby hiccups. Since it was Thursday, and Zach was playing video games on campus, I wasn’t able to easily tell him of this new discomfort. So, I called his cell phone. Zach was quite entertained at the though of my jiggling uterus, and half-heartedly suggested that I drink water while doing some jumping jacks. Some of our other friends had some more colorful suggestions that are not worth repeating here. In the end, I simply had to wait it out. I don’t know if you’ve ever tried to sleep with a jiggling uterus, but I’m pretty sure that it isn’t possible. The baby had hiccups again this week, but at least the second bout happened at work, so I was able to continue working while my uterus jiggled that time, and the hiccups were not nearly as inconvenient. So, if anyone has any suggestions for curing baby hiccups, I would love to hear them, as I have a feeling that will not be the only time the baby thinks jiggling my uterus while I’m trying to sleep is a good idea.