do babies fart in utero?

**simitude** · 04-03-2011 16:45

weird question, maybe. but i am 31 weeks and i swear sometimes i can feel my baby farting. it feels like... well like a tiny fart making air bubbles. i only feel it if my hand is on my stomach and it freaks me out a little bit. wdyt?

**LotusMum** · 04-03-2011 16:49

Noooo, babies cant fart in utero, small thing about lack of actual breathing and digestion there that stops that from happening.

**simitude** · 04-03-2011 16:58

oh duh. but thats exactly what it feels like!! i wonder what it is then...

**mandypiee** · 04-03-2011 17:33

I would say it might be the baby hiccuping.. google it, it's very common. My little one does it at least 4 times a day

**Hollywood** · 04-03-2011 17:35

Or maybe bub is just tickling the inside of the uterus with their fingers?

**swizzlestick** · 04-03-2011 17:45

Originally Posted by LG

Or maybe bub is just tickling the inside of the uterus with their fingers?

I'd say it is this! I used to get tiny little tickles that felt like bubbles, and saw on one of his scans that he was opening and closing his hand about where I could feel the bubbles!

**Mahjong** · 04-03-2011 17:58

Talk about the ultimate 'dutch oven' if it were possible

**mishh** · 04-03-2011 19:22

Originally Posted by Mahjong

Talk about the ultimate 'dutch oven' if it were possible

HAHAHA best call!

**simitude** · 05-03-2011 18:58

Originally Posted by LG

Or maybe bub is just tickling the inside of the uterus with their fingers?

that must be it. i can feel his hiccups but they are in a different spot/different feel. thanks for the replys to my silly question

**SixtiesChild** · 05-03-2011 19:40

Originally Posted by ellymar

weird question, maybe. but i am 31 weeks and i swear sometimes i can feel my baby farting. it feels like... well like a tiny fart making air bubbles. i only feel it if my hand is on my stomach and it freaks me out a little bit. wdyt?

LOL....

not a fart......Your baby may be crying.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi-01eITZaU