Daily fetal movement counting A valuable assessment tool

Scaling analysis of paces of fetal breathing, gross-body and extremity movements

“…The decrease in the extremity and gross-body movements as a function of gestational age indicates the development of the fetal organs. As the fetus matures and increases in size, it may not be able to comfortably perform the body movements within the uterus and hence the instances of movements decrease as a function of gestational age [13,14,39,40]. Though the percentage of occurrences of each movement gives a general idea about the nature of the dynamics pertaining to that movement, it is not possible to understand the nature of the correlation between the events of these movements.…”

Oligohydramnios Literature review and case study

“…Fetal movement reports in this case remained normal and unchanging, surely a reassuring sign. Fetal movement records have been documented as reliable indicators of fetal status (41, 42). Interestingly, Sival et al (43) describe a change seen sonographically in the amplitude and speed of fetal movements in the presence of reduced fluid, although they do not relate this to maternal perception of fetal movement.…”

RhD Isoimmunization and Current Management Modalities

“…If there is a maternal perception of decreased, abnormal, or increased fetal movement, the fetus should be evaluated as soon as possible. Decreased movement may indicate fetal hypoxia, and increased or abnormal movements may indicate fetal seizure activity (Davis, 1987;Gegor, 1993;Ware & Devoe, 1994). Ouzounian, Alsulyman, Monteiro, and Songster (1996) assessed the value of the fetal NST in predicting the likely necessity of neonatal transfusion in pregnancies complicated by red blood cell isoimmunization.…”