Hiccups and baby position?

[babycatcher12]

I'm 36 weeks today and am working on determining what position this little boy is in. I have been to spinningbabies and am trying the belly mapping. Even though I use leopolds on my patients, it's hard for me to do it on myself.

I'm wondering if feeling hiccups at a specific place is an indicator of where the head is?

Any tips for figuring out where he is laying? I think what makes it tough is that I have an anterior placenta as well so it's kind of tough to feel sometimes.

Thanks for your help!

[Vaquitita]

seems like i usually feel the hiccups where the baby's back is. i'm 35w5d and have also been trying to figure out baby's position lately. yesterday i felt the hiccups on the lower right side of my belly, which seems to fit with the position i felt the baby was in at the time. ROA, head down.

[chellebee]

ditto hiccups over baby's back.

[jenifera2]

Ultrasound a couple weeks ago showed my baby is head down, LOA, and it seems she still is. I feel her hiccups mostly in the area of my left hipbone, maybe where her shoulder is? I do sometimes feel them on the upper right, though, so it seems maybe they can sometimes move her whole body enough that her foot gets jostled too.

[babycatcher12]

Thanks! I'm know he's head down, but I'm curious about whether he's OA or OP. He's hanging out more on the right side (as have all my other kiddos). He still has a bit of room to move in there, so I know it can change from minute to minute.