When Will I Feel The First Movements of My Baby? (FFM)

A Frequently Asked Question: When Will I Feel The First Movements of My Baby?

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.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Early Pregnancy

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.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 423

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 40 years (ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Three groups were formed according to the gestational week in which fetal movements felt by mother for the first time. 25th percentile, 50thand 75th percentile values were determined .Participants who felt the babies' movements at or before 25th percentile value constituted Group1 or early perception group, participants who felt the babies' movements between 25th and 75th percentile value constituted Group 2 or average perception group and the participants who felt the babies'movements at or beyond 75th value constituted Group 3 or late perception group. Subsequently, these three groups were compared regarding maternal age, gestational week of inclusion in the study, obstetric features, maternal body mass index values, caffeine consumption, smoking status, maternal education status, placental localization and fetal gender.

Description

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 exclusion criteria for the study group.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

3

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Early perception group; The group with early perception of fetal movement (<25th percentile)
Average perception group; The group with average perception of fetal movement (>25th and <75th percentile)
Late perception group; The group which late perception of fetal movement (>75 percentile)

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
placental settlement via ultrasound	Relationship between placental location obtained via sonography and fetal movement perception	5 minutes

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
maternal body mass index measurement	Relationship between Maternal Body Mass Index calculated by dividing body weight to height and fetal movement perception	3 minutes
maternal age	Relationship between Maternal age according to questionnaire and fetal movement perception	1 minute
parity	Relationship between Maternal parity according to questionnaire and fetal movement perception	1 minute
educational status	Relationship between maternal education status according to questionnaire and fetal movement perception	1 minute
smoking	Relationship between Maternal smoking according to questionnaire and fetal movement perception	1 minute
tea and coffee consumption	Relationship between maternal tea and coffee conception according to questionnaire and fetal movement perception	1 minute
fetal gender	Relationship between fetal gender obtained via sonography and fetal movement perception	5 minutes
regular pregnancy follow ups	Relationship between regular pregnancy follow ups recorded on patient record system and fetal movement perception	1 minute

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Kayseri Education and Research Hospital
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Hatice Akkaya, M.D, Kayseri Education and Research Hospital

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: June 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): October 1, 2016
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): October 1, 2016

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: November 26, 2016
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 29, 2016
• First Posted (ESTIMATE): December 2, 2016

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE): December 2, 2016
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 29, 2016
• Last Verified: November 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: body mass index; maternal education; fetal movement; placenta site
• Other Study ID Numbers: E52332816/53

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: YES
• IPD Plan Description: The data belonging to participant will be available to any researcher or editorial review board if needed.