Dr Karl

But the training begins at 11 weeks and the training is hiccuping.

For about a few hours a day, the baby hiccups consistently...

Training itself.

It turns out that the hiccuping is training its muscles so it can breathe when it's born.

Wow.

And so it turns out that what they've done is a rhythmic training.

Now, I haven't gone into it deeply enough.

I'd be willing to bet that over the period from 11 weeks on, there'll be some times when it's hiccuping faster and slower and maybe trying different types of hiccups.

And as a result of this hiccuping reflex being absolutely essential for the baby to survive, it's a very strong reflex.

And in adult life, hiccuping has no function except to be really annoying.

And so some people are stuck with hiccuping because it's such a strong reflex.

And I think the world record was 58 years in the USA, which was cured by, and I quote, about, B-O-U-T, of fierce preying.

I don't know what fierce preying is, but it seemed to work on this person.

So enjoy the fact that your baby will be ready for breathing air when it gets born.

Oh, awesome.

Thank you so much.

Thank you.

And if you can actually time it and pick different rhythms along the way, although that might mean you have to eat spicy food to make it more.

Yeah.

Yeah, you don't want to do that.