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Seizures in utero?

Tue, 07/05/2005 - 13:47

When I was pregnant at about 7months, I complained to my doctor that I would feel rhytmic motions during the day in my womb.  They felt like small flutters, very rhytmic and frequent (not like when the baby would kick me) and they would go away and come back almost each day. The doctor even felt my stomach when it was happening, and said that it's possible the baby had "hiccups."  During this time, I was also checked for maternal diabetes and was told that the "baby" was causing the problem and I was not diabetic.  When my daughter developed a stroke at 4months (later infantile spasm) and hypoglycemia, I was asked about any distress during pregnancy and told the neuro about the hiccups.   He said it was possible the baby was seizing in the womb already and the hiccups were seizures.  Did anyone else have this or similar type of experience during pregnancy? 

Comments

RE: Seizures in utero?

Submitted by Kelley on Wed, 2005-07-13 - 20:25
Hi Katika. Having read your post made me recall a similar sensation with my sons pregnancy. I recall a rthymic motion that would repeat 30-40 times. This happened on a number of occasions later in the pregnancy. I also mentioned this to my doctor, but he wasn't at all concerned. It wasn't until our son was 18 months old that his first seizure occurred. His have been few and far between and he is now turning 6 years old. These motions could well have been related to seizure activity I suppose. Thanks for bringing this up, I never would have remembered otherwise. If you do find out more about this I too would like to know if there truly is some relationship between in utero motions and current seizure activity. Sincerely, Kelley.

RE: RE: Seizures in utero?

Submitted by jinx1331xnij on Thu, 2005-07-14 - 12:06
wow...anyway here y'all I found some links about seizure activity in a fetus : http://www.greenjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/4/661 This one may be the same article not sure : http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8841243&dopt=AbstractAnother one: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11531157&dopt=AbstractLast one. http://www.greenjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/88/4/663

RE: RE: RE: Seizures in utero?

Submitted by katika on Thu, 2005-07-14 - 14:37

Thank you. I find your links very helpful. I am planning on having another child in the future and I want to be even more vigilant about fetal distress.  Sadly, I did not have this knowledge for my first born child but I continue to learn a lot in this forum that helps us.  It was very nice of you to take the time and connect me to these articles. Kati

 

Thank you. I find your links very helpful. I am planning on having another child in the future and I want to be even more vigilant about fetal distress.  Sadly, I did not have this knowledge for my first born child but I continue to learn a lot in this forum that helps us.  It was very nice of you to take the time and connect me to these articles. Kati

 

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