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Seizures in utero?
Tue, 07/05/2005 - 13:47When 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?
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RE: Seizures in utero?
Submitted by sligo125 on Mon, 2005-08-08 - 14:00
Hi,
My son was diagnost with epliepsy since birth and once I found out about that I had asked my doctor if it was possible that he was having seizures while in the womb. People just brush things off because it part of the "unknown" My son is doing ok but seems to have an episode every 18 months (probably during a growth spurt) but he's starting to realized what is happening to him which is hard for him to understand. His development since birth has been delayed and he is in a special school but his neuro is convinced that he will grow out of the seizures...only time will tell.
Hi,
My son was diagnost with epliepsy since birth and once I found out about that I had asked my doctor if it was possible that he was having seizures while in the womb. People just brush things off because it part of the "unknown" My son is doing ok but seems to have an episode every 18 months (probably during a growth spurt) but he's starting to realized what is happening to him which is hard for him to understand. His development since birth has been delayed and he is in a special school but his neuro is convinced that he will grow out of the seizures...only time will tell.
RE: RE: RE: RE: Seizures in utero?
Submitted by jinx1331xnij on Fri, 2005-07-15 - 11:32
no problem. it seems to be pretty rare, but I am guessing that it just isn't reported as much, maybe most pregnant mothers just write it off as the baby kicking, or like you maybe they tell the doctor and he writes it off as "hiccups". Those were the only links I could find but I'm glad you found them useful.