When Will I Feel The First Movements of My Baby?

Early Pregnancy Clinical Trial

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Official title:

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

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02979834
• Other study ID #: E52332816/53
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 26, 2016
• Last updated: November 29, 2016
• Start date: June 2016
• Est. completion date: October 2016

Study information

• Verified date: November 2016
• Source: Kayseri Education and Research Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Turkey: Ministry of Health
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial 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.

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 423
• Est. completion date: October 2016
• Est. primary completion date: October 2016
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years to 40 Years

Eligibility

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 Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Early Pregnancy

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Kayseri Education and Research Hospital

Outcome

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