Alterations in maternally perceived fetal movement and their association with late stillbirth: findings from the Midland and North of England stillbirth case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To report perception of fetal movements in women who experienced a stillbirth compared with controls at a similar gestation with a live birth.

Design

Case-control study.

Setting

41 maternity units in the UK.

Participants

Cases were women who had a late stillbirth ≥28 weeks gestation (n=291) and controls were women with an ongoing pregnancy at the time of the interview (n=733). Controls were frequency matched to cases by obstetric unit and gestational age.

Methods

Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire which included questions on maternal perception of fetal movement (frequency, strength, increased and decreased movements and hiccups) in the 2 weeks before the interview/stillbirth. Five fetal movement patterns were i

SUBMITTER: Heazell AEP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6042603 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature