Greater Glasgow Health Board
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justifiably concerned that her baby was convulsing in utero. It was subsequently noticed that her baby was frequently affected by hiccups following a feed. The hiccups occurred at a rate of one per second and lasted for several minutes at a time; this phenomenon persisted to the age of three months. It is known that the fetus drinks liquor in utero, and hiccups have been demonstrated by real-time ultrasound scanning.' Hiccuping in utero might explain the observations of these mothers and such an explanation by her doctor would help to allay genuine anxieties. Real-time scanning would be valuable to confirm this diagnosis when the technique is available. I SWANN
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