Early Pregnancy
Conditions
Keywords
fetal movement, placenta site, body mass index, maternal education
Brief summary
This study aims to investigate average gestational week in which mothers feel the babies'movements for the first time and maternal-fetal factors affecting this time.
Detailed description
Most of the obstetricians face the question; When Will I Feel The First Movements of My Baby?, in daily practice. It becomes a challenge for the obstetrician to answer this question. Because, there is not a sufficient data in the current literature on this issue. A broad range of weeks for fetal quickening are reported as 16th to 20th weeks, in round figures. So, when a woman in the 21st gestational week , asks this question to the obstetrician and informed according to aforementioned literature knowledge, the woman will ask another question immediately after: What is the problem with my baby?. But, the obstetrician will not be able to give an assuring answer because of the lack of knowledge in the current literature.Thus, to cope with such a clinical situation, the investigators decided to investigate the average week in which pregnant women in a low risk population, felt the babies' movements for the first time and to find out the affects of probable factors which may act on this time.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Kayseri Education and Research Hospital
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
FEMALE
Age
18 Years to 40 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* The study population included spontaneous, singleton pregnancies at first and second-trimester of their pregnancy
Exclusion criteria
* Multiple pregnancies, evidence of fetal or maternal infection, hypertensive disorders of gestation, gestational and pregestational diabetes mellitus, maternal drug use, evidence of fetal congenital abnormalities and amniotic fluid abnormalities were stated as the
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| placental settlement via ultrasound | 5 minutes | Relationship between placental location obtained via sonography and fetal movement perception |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| maternal age | 1 minute | Relationship between Maternal age according to questionnaire and fetal movement perception |
| parity | 1 minute | Relationship between Maternal parity according to questionnaire and fetal movement perception |
| educational status | 1 minute | Relationship between maternal education status according to questionnaire and fetal movement perception |
| maternal body mass index measurement | 3 minutes | Relationship between Maternal Body Mass Index calculated by dividing body weight to height and fetal movement perception |
| tea and coffee consumption | 1 minute | Relationship between maternal tea and coffee conception according to questionnaire and fetal movement perception |
| fetal gender | 5 minutes | Relationship between fetal gender obtained via sonography and fetal movement perception |
| regular pregnancy follow ups | 1 minute | Relationship between regular pregnancy follow ups recorded on patient record system and fetal movement perception |
| smoking | 1 minute | Relationship between Maternal smoking according to questionnaire and fetal movement perception |
Outcome results
None listed