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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: RE: RE: Seizures in utero?
Submitted by sligo125 on Mon, 2005-08-08 - 14:16
Hi,
This was not a hiccup. Kicks and hiccups are easily identified. What I had was continuous rythmic movment , like when you shake your leg quickly.
Hi,
This was not a hiccup. Kicks and hiccups are easily identified. What I had was continuous rythmic movment , like when you shake your leg quickly.
RE: RE: Seizures in utero?
Submitted by Gretchin on Mon, 2005-08-08 - 14:12
I was a labor and delivery nurse for eons, now disabled. It is very common for babies to have hiccups, in fact all of my babies did. Hiccups are a muscle spasm in the diaphragm - a very simplified definition. If you should get pregnant again and have your fetus have these motions? Go in and have a fetal monitor strip run. Hiccups show a definite type of tracing. It's very easily seen as opposed to other types of activities.Gretchen