But although she gave birth to Emily in June 2008 and went on to have a second daughter, Sophie, in May this year, the pesky gulps have shown no sign of stopping.
Ms Doherty, who lives in Lincoln and runs her own mobile casino company, has tried all the known hiccup remedies from holding her breath to drinking water upside down - but to no avail.
She said: 'I started hiccuping when I was around four months pregnant with Emily. I went to the doctor and I was told it was a part of pregnancy and a hiccup could be a way of getting air to your baby quickly.
'So I thought nothing of it, until three months after having Emily I still had hiccups.
'It's not usually fits of hiccups but just one very loud hiccup every hour. At worst I've had up to 100 hiccups a day, I've even started hiccuping in my sleep occasionally.
'I can hiccup really loud, so it can be a bit embarrassing, some people say I sound like a dinosaur.
She is currently waiting to have a gastroscopy, a procedure where doctors use a fibre-optic camera to examine the inside of the gullet and stomach.
With luck, the procedure may finally shed some light on the cause of her unusual condition.
Ms Doherty said: 'I've been passed from pillar to post. One doctor even told me I had the hiccups because I talked to much and that I should try talking less.
'I'm waiting for a referral for a gastroscopy which will hopefully find out what's causing the hiccups and put a stop to them.
'The hiccups have become a regular part of my day-to day life, I often don't notice them anymore.
'But I wouldn't like to have them for another four years.'
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