Enhancing Fetal Well-being: Analysis of antenatal awareness and practice of Fetal Movement Monitoring
Keywords:
Fetal movement monitoring, antenatal women, knowledge, practice, stillbirth, maternal perception
Abstract
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2. Heazell AEP, Stone P, Whitworth M. A systematic review of maternal perception of fetal movements and outcomes. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2013;13:32.
3. Stacey T, Thompson JM, Mitchell EA, Ekeroma AJ, Zuccollo JM, McCowan LM. Maternal perception of fetal activity and late stillbirth risk: findings from the Auckland Stillbirth Study. Birth. 2011;38(4):311 6.
4. Nandi N, Agarwal R. Prospective study of maternal perception of decreased fetal movement in third trimester and evaluation of its correlation with perinatal compromise. Int J Reprod Contracept Obstet Gynecol. 2019;8(6):2063–2068.
5. World Health Organization. WHO recommendations on antenatal care for a positive pregnancy experience. Geneva: WHO; 2016. (Daily fetal movement counting and clinical enquiry).
6. Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group. Fetal movement counting for assessment of fetal wellbeing. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2015;(CD004909).
7. ACOG Committee Opinion No. 649: Implementing Antenatal Testing — Antepartum Fetal Surveillance. Obstet Gynecol. 2015;126(4):e111–e116.
8. Hirst JE, Thomson R, Latimer J, Morris JM. How pregnant women learn about foetal movements: sources and preferences for information. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2015;55(6):555–560.
9. Lindgren HE, Akselsson A, Rdestad I. Maternal perception of decreased fetal movements and antenatal behavior. Midwifery. 2023;10(6):4822–4828.
10. RCOG Green top Guideline No. 57: Reduced Fetal Movements. London: Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; 2026.
11. Choudhury MM, Baishya K. A study to assess the effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding self-assessment of fetal wellbeing among antenatal mothers in selected hospitals of Guwahati, Assam. Int J Nurs Res Dev. 2020:303 – 310.
12. Bashir S, Ansari AH, Sultana A. Knowledge, attitude, and practice on antenatal care among pregnant women and its association with sociodemographic factors: a hospital-based study. Cureus. 2023;15(6):e40444. doi:10.7759/cureus.40444.
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2026-05-19
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