Mother hiccups up to 100 times a day for almost FIVE YEARS after falling pregnant with her first child. By REBECCA SEALES and CLAIRE BATES . Published: 05:18 EDT, 9 August 2012 | Updated: 05:18 ...

After week 32, though, it’s less common to experience fetal hiccups every day. ... In most, if not all, cases, fetal hiccups are a normal reflex. They’re a normal part of pregnancy.

When we hiccup, the diaphragm involuntarily contracts and the vocal cords snap closed, producing the eponymous “hic” sound. These spasms usually disappear within a few minutes.

Living with nearly nonstop hiccuping continues for Bill Holloway of Covington. In spring, Holloway went public with a personal account of chronic hiccups. The 85-year-old retiree has the hiccups ...