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Hiccups During Pregnancy - Causes & Remedies
Pregnancy is nothing short of a rollercoaster ride, as it brings along with it a number of bodily changes. The hormonal changes during this period cause a lot of discomfort in the form of belching, heartburn, nausea, indigestion, and so on. Frequent bouts of hiccups are also a prominent side-effect in many expecting mothers. It can be a little annoying as the spasm repeats itself every few hours, interfering with day-to-day activities.
What Do Hiccups Mean During Pregnancy?
Typically during the end of the first trimester and the beginning of the second trimester, many expecting mothers experience recurrent hiccups. These frequent hiccups, although very bothersome, do not indicate any trouble in the body and are not a cause for major concern. Due to shortness of breath or due to improper eating habits, hiccups tend to occur often during pregnancy and can be avoided by eating slowly and in a relaxed manner.
Causes of Hiccups
There are many reasons why pregnant women experience episodes of hiccups during their pregnancy. Some of them are,
Excess oxygen:
Generally, during pregnancy, the capacity to inhale air increases by approximately thirty to forty per cent. This is a natural mechanism of the body to oxygenate the foetus. However, this sudden increase in oxygen intake causes a sense of breathlessness in the mother. Shortness of breath usually triggers the spasms in the diaphragm, also known as hiccups.
Acid reflux:
Acid reflux during pregnancy is a common phenomenon due to the compression of the internal digestive organs. Many a time a tendency to eat or drink quickly can trigger an episode of hiccups, which is why doctors usually advise expecting mothers to eat in a calm and relaxed manner.
What Are Fetal Hiccups?
Around the second trimester, mothers experience a series of mild jerks in the womb. The first few times, these jerks can even get the mother worried, as she can think of it as a cause for some kind of difficulty to the baby. With time, these recurrent jerks become more prominent and frequent. These are nothing but the baby experiencing a series of hiccups inside the womb.
When the baby is floating in the amniotic fluid, he tends to swallow a small portion of it. This fluid then enters the lungs and the baby pushes the fluid out through these spasms. This is a natural phenomenon that does not affect the baby’s oxygen supply in any way, as he receives the oxygen from the mother through the placenta. In fact, regular fetal hiccups are a sign of healthy development in the baby as his reflexes are developing inside the mother. During the third trimester, the hiccups become very frequent, and it can be exciting for the mother to observe a pattern.
Ways to Deal With Hiccups
There are some good home remedies that can help to get rid of hiccups. These remedies are a safe way to control the hiccups during early pregnancy and can do the trick of immediately stopping the spasms.
Drinking water: It is a common and well-known remedy for hiccups. The idea behind this trick is to drink one full glass of it in one go. Drinking a glass of water without taking a pause, unknowingly makes us hold our breath for a small duration. This, in turn, reduces the spasms of the diaphragm. Gargling with water also helps control the hiccups.
Deep inhaling: Taking deep breaths and holding it for as long as you can abruptly stop the spasms. This technique fills the lungs and restricts the movement of the diaphragm. You should be careful of feeling suffocated during this process. You can also practice other breathing exercises to engage the lungs. Breathing inside a paper bag is another technique that might be helpful.
Lime and ginger: It is believed that sucking on a piece of something strongly flavoured like lime or ginger can cease an episode of hiccups. A drink made out of lime, ginger, and honey can also work wonders. Again, just like drinking water, the juice should be consumed in one go to get effective results.
Sugar: Swallowing a spoonful of sugar is a quick remedy for hiccups. Strangely, this method works by distracting the mind from inducing the spasms in the diaphragm. The vagus nerve, present under the tongue receives a signal that something sweet is being consumed and sends a message to the brain about it. This shifts the focus from the hiccups and stops them from staying for a prolonged period of time.
Stick your tongue out: Sticking your tongue out and simultaneously closing your ears again works like a charm on hiccups. In the process, you can inhale and exhale deeply to restrict the movement of the diaphragm.
Bend the neck: Instead of closing the nasal passage, you can also constrict the flow of air through your air pipe by bending your neck as forward as possible. This brings the spasms under control.
Tips to Avoid Hiccups
Eat small meals frequently instead of three large meals with long gaps in between.
Avoid certain foods and beverages like fried and spicy foods and beverages like carbonated drinks and caffeine.
Stay upright after meals or take a walk to avoid acid reflux.
When to Consult a Doctor
If you are experiencing fetal hiccups regularly, or a series of hiccups more than three times a day, you may want to consult a doctor. Although fetal hiccups are a normal part of the pregnancy, frequent occurrences in a day can be a signal for issues with the umbilical cord. It is best to contact your doctor and get advice regarding fetal hiccups.
Hiccups are a minor discomfort that come along with pregnancy. They do not indicate any serious issue with either the baby or the mother and only reflect the body’s coping mechanism to some physical changes. With some natural remedies, these discomforts can be removed from the way of enjoying a beautiful pregnancy.
Resources & References: Healthline, Medical News Today
Also Read: Indigestion in Pregnancy Read more
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Importance of Giving Your Child Positive Attention
Positive attention can help you in recognizing the early communication needs of your children, and make them feel happy. By displaying simple gestures such as cuddling, smiling or talking, you can easily communicate with baby and bring warmth in your relationship.
In the initial months of growth, children need to develop faith, security and love to connect with parents. However, for parents also, it is difficult to recognize the personality of their babies or understand what they are trying to communicate. To engage babies in a two-way interaction, make them feel safe and generate responses from them, parents need to shower positive attention on them.
How to Use Positive Attention?
Irrespective of their age, children have the ability to pick up negative and positive emotions or body language. Hence, you need to exercise caution in your gestures, words and expressions while interacting with them. Positive parenting ways change with the child’s age.
For the little ones, positive attention is a sure shot assurance that you are always there for them. It will also help you to understand what they expect out of you. Here are some simple ways to communicate with babies during everyday activities such as, playing, bathing, changing nappies, dressing or feeding.
Smile every time the baby looks or smiles at you.
Cuddle your baby to reassure your presence and care.
Rock him in your arms when he cries.
Establish a direct yet gentle eye contact with your baby as long as he does the same.
Engage your baby with happy facial expressions.
Sweet talk to your baby using funny sounds or words.
Nod your head in appreciation or encouragement.
Tickle him and giggle with him.
Read his body language to understand his needs.
Be patient even if your baby is crying a lot. Cries are a baby’s primary way of communication. Read his different ways of crying to understand his different needs.
Holding, cuddling or feeding are some of the best ways to respond to his needs.
After 7 months, babies try to reach out and touch all kinds of things. You need to keep a watch on baby to avoid any dangerous situation.
Benefits of Positive Attention
The way parents show their love for children or behave in their frequent interactions can make a considerable impact on children’s growth.
1. Builds Trust and Security
In the early years of growth, children need and enjoy the special attention from parents. This is their way to reaffirm that their parents are always there to love, care, support and protect them.
2. Increases Confidence
Positive parenting goes a long way in raising confident children. With positive communication on display, babies feel delighted and also learn what to expect from their parents. As they age further, a nurturing environment can build their self-esteem and handle social interactions in a better way.
3. Develops Need-based Communication
Positive attention ensures that you tune your means of communication according to the changing needs of baby’s growth timeline and let his personality blossom well.
In a scenario where you are busy, stressed out or are unable to show positive attention to your children, the least you should do is to be calm and patient to stay connected with them. Positive attention is the best way to encourage appropriate behaviour in babies. Read more
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The Benefits of Helping Preschoolers Understand and Discuss Their Emotions
Your baby has grown up entered the terrible two's. Every emotion is overwhelming for him and he most likely will not know how to express how he is feeling. Learn some tried and tested ways to help your child understand and express their emotions in a healthy way.
They aren't called the terrible two's and three's for no reason. Or for that matter even the fearsome fours. All these scary terms boil down to the exact same thing – your child hasn't learn to recognize and deal with emotions just yet. This more often than not leads to tantrums and major meltdowns that leave you feeling helpless, frustrated or even anxious!
Some may say they'll grow out of it and indeed they will, but is it wise to just “let them be” or are there some life lessons to be taught at this fragile stage? Are there some long-term benefits to be learnt at this point?
Studies prove by both theory and practicality that emotional intelligence begins to develop at a very young age. If children are taught to find solutions to overwhelming emotions, they can gain a lifelong skill at a tiny age. It is proved that such children are less aggressive, kinder adults who are better at academics as well.
There are a few conscious things caregivers can do to help children in this stage of life.
1. Give Emotions A Name
Helping your child put down a concept or association to the image can help him deal better with it. Observe the behaviour, whether it be yelling, crying or not speaking at all, and take the child through a 'reflection' process. Ask then why they are behaving that way, what made them unhappy or angry. They will learn to associate different stimuli with certain emotions.
2. Make Emotions 'Normal'
Try not to classify emotions as good or bad at the age when children are learning to deal with them. Every emotion at this stage is overwhelming and so normalizing every emotion helps to comfort them when they are angry, sad or fearful. It helps them know that every human being feels these emotions, helping them get a better perspective. Give them examples of when you felt the same way and how you reacted. And find a solution to the emotion that helps comfort and reduce the burden of it.
3. Develop Acceptable Solutions
Teaching a child what actions are appropriate to an overwhelming emotion is as important as teaching them the emotion itself. Help them to verbalise what is okay and what isn't. This is also a good time to teach them “time outs”. For e.g. taking a break by yourself when you are angry with someone or napping when tiredness makes you irritable.
4. Read Picture Books
This doesn't seem like the obvious choice but reading fiction actually helps a child understand empathy. Apart from that, the pictorial representations help them understand emotions through illustrations better.
Did you use any of these methods to help your child emote better? Did you have other techniques of helping your child express his emotions in a healthy manner? Do write in and let us know! Read more
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Q. hi mam , my baby 1 year and 9 month old just now onwards stop breast feeding .pls suggest formula milk to my baby
Dr Ghouse
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A. your baby is more than 1 year 9 months of age any milk including buffalo milk cows milk ok. if there is no relief it is better you see your doctor for proper examination particularly physical examination if there is need for doing investigations to find out the problem and treatment ok
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Q. #AskTheExpert hello dr.
baby planning kar rhi kuch tips btayiye conceive ho jaye
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A. it's a natural process ok. if there is no relief it is better you see your doctor for proper examination particularly physical examination if there is need for doing investigations to find out the problem and treatment ok
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Q. when baby is kick? I'm 13 weeks pregnant
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A. during first pregnancy you may feel the baby movements after 24 to 25 weeks of pregnancy and till then only mild flatters may be felt but which you may not be feeling if you are doing some work
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Q. I’m in my 31 week 1 day of pregnancy. What will be my delivery date??
As I have low lying placenta with grade 1 maturity.
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A. you had to correlate is ultrasound examination. if there is no relief it is better you see your doctor for proper examination particularly physical examination if there is need for doing investigations to find out the problem and treatment ok
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Q. My hemoglobin is 6.4 from 28 weeks of pregnancy. Now I’m 31 weeks pregnant. What should I do?
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A. Haven’t when you having some kind of iron supplement because they’re very good during the time of pregnancy if you are not having one you need to start with and whatever tabs you take you should just take it with any good juice specially pomegranate juice that’s going to help in doubling the impact of the medicine that you’re taking secondly try and include more of Iron which diet like spinach broccoli beetroot pomegranate black rice sweet potato these things are exceptionally healthy for you to consume
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A. No there is nothing visible on my wall so I can really really cannot help you can you please repose the question once again providing all the necessary details as once I’m certain what are you talking about what’s mentioned in the report according to that I can provide you proper help on your question
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