Hiccups when on my right side

[WantsALittle1]

Every time I shift to laying on my right side, baby girl starts to hiccup immediately. Last night she had a very long spell of hiccups that started when I switched to my right side, and did not stop until more than 20 minutes had gone by and I had switched position to my left side. Her movements are overall reduced, but I can still feel a little bit of gross movement when I lay flat on my back. I had an NST last week for reduced movement, and she passed with flying colors.

I have read online (in journals as well) that excessive hiccups and changes in hiccup patterns can be a sign of cord compression. I am very nervous about cord issues, as I nearly lost DD1 to a cord accident in 2012. She had to be delivered at 31 weeks due to unexplained severe distress (heart rate <40) and a very low-scoring BPP. During the emergency C-section they discovered a triple nuchal cord that had been causing cord compression. The cord entanglement was so severe and so tight that she had ripped the placenta off the uterine wall while trying to break free, causing placental abruption. They told me she had mere hours to live if she hadn't been delivered.

I am so scared of being a pest to my OB, but the fact that this baby begins hiccuping immediately when I lay on my right, and hiccuped for more than 20 minutes last night, has me very nervous about cord accidents. My husband says to call the doctor but I'm scared to do so, as I don't want to be the pregnant mom who cries wolf. I already went in for an NST last week due to reduced movement, and I don't want this practice to become cross with me for calling in a week later for another NST.

Ugh

 

[hellojello25]

Call the doctor. It's probably nothing, but what if it is something? That's what they're there for, you know?

 

[WantsALittle1]

Call the doctor. It's probably nothing, but what if it is something? That's what they're there for, you know?

I know, you're right, I'm just scared to cry wolf and have there be nothing wrong, and then if there's an emergency down the road they won't take me seriously because they'll be like oh yeah, it's that anxious woman who calls about every little thing, ignore her.

KWIM?

 

[Nadja86]

I don't think any medical professional worth their salt would think that. It's their job to take care of you and considering your history I think it sounds like it's worth looking into.

I'd call to be sure. It's probably nothing, but if anything, it will give you peace of mind.

 

[WantsALittle1]

Called and left a message. Fingers crossed they call back and don't just play the message, laugh amongst themselves, and forget to respond.

During my second pregnancy, with DS, this was never an issue as I was getting weekly NSTs and BPPs by this point. Because of the extra monitoring, they caught PTL early twice (and successfully stopped the contractions before I could progress) as well as polyhydramnios. This clinic isn't being as proactive with the monitoring as I'd like.

 

[wannabemomy37]

I'd definitely call, given your history.

I'd like to think no doctor would laugh at you and/or refuse you treatment when you feel the need to be seen. Some doctors go based on Mothers intuition too, if you feel something might be off they shouldn't (can't?) Refuse to see you.

How else would you know about something like a cord issue anyways? There needs to be monitoring of some kind! I'm paranoid about that too seeing as I was born with the cord around my neck 3 times, and an almost dry birth since my mom had a slow leak that continued. Trust your gut, momma!

 

[WantsALittle1]

While waiting for them to call me back, I listened to baby girl with the Doppler. I heard, and saw, her heartbeat slow way down and it freaked me out, so I called the clinic again. The number on the screen went down to 85, but I don't necessarily trust the number on the display. What I do trust was the sound of her heart, which slowed way down as the numbers were decreasing. The slowing was definitely not my heartbeat. It was the quick clap-clap fetal heartbeat not the whoosh-whoosh of a uterine artery. The numbers started out in the 145 range and stayed that way for about a minute, and then the sound started slowing down gradually and the numbers went as low as 85. It bottomed out at 85 and then went up into the 90s, back down into the 80s, and then went back into the 'safe' range of 120+ so I felt better. I checked again 10 minutes later and she was back up in the 130s.

I went in to clinic and they did an NST and BPP. Baby girl looked fine on the BPP, and had some twitching movements which they counted as 'movement.' On the NST, there were many times that the registered heartbeat on the strip went down to the 60-110 range. I believe my baby was deceling, but they insist that the monitor just couldn't find her and was picking up my heartbeat instead. This despite the fact that I could feel my own heart beating, and that what was showing on the strip (and what I heard coming out of the monitor) was not synced with it at all. The clap clap sound coming out of the monitor also did NOT sound like arterial heartbeat, so I really don't think it was.

DH and I feel stuck. I have my 1-hour glucose screen tomorrow so I will tell them then that I disagree with the doctor's assessment today, and that I feel that my baby is having decels. DH and I don't know what else we can do if they don't believe us. I haven't felt any movement since we got back from the clinic, 3 hours ago, and that is not normal for her, but what can I do? They don't believe me.

 

[Sarasab2]

I was wondering if everything turned out ok for you?

 

[WantsALittle1]

It did. We have had two good NSTs since my last post. She did have a short decel last Tuesday while on the monitor but the OB said its fine because it was short and she recovered. Her movements have been fabulous for weeks now so that is my greatest reassurance. She still hiccups several times a day, 10-15 minutes each time.

 

[Sarasab2]

I'm so glad, all Is well. Take care