*hic*

I know everybody has a cure for hiccups. But does anyone know how to prevent them?

The reason is that I've been waking up in the middle of the night with a bad case of the hiccups. I can't tell if it's the hiccups that wake me up, or if I wake up slightly and then the hiccups start, but I do know that by the time I've gotten the hiccups to stop, I am well and truly awake.

I like my sleep, and I get little enough of it as it is. I'd rather not lose any more to something as stupid as hiccups.