Prenatal attachment and its association with foetal movement during pregnancy – A population based survey
(2016) In Women and Birth 29(6). p.482-486- Abstract
Objective To investigate the association between the magnitude of foetal movements and level of prenatal attachment within a 24 h period among women in the third trimester of pregnancy. Design a prospective population-based survey. Setting A county in central Sweden. Participants Low risk pregnant women from 34 to 42 weeks gestation, N = 456, 299 multiparous and 157 primiparous women. Measurements The revised version of the Prenatal Attachment Inventory (PAI-R) and assessment of the perception of foetal movements per 24 h in the current gestational week. Findings A total of 81 per cent of the eligible women completed the questionnaire. The overall sample of women found that the majority (96%) felt their baby move mostly in the evening.... (More)
Objective To investigate the association between the magnitude of foetal movements and level of prenatal attachment within a 24 h period among women in the third trimester of pregnancy. Design a prospective population-based survey. Setting A county in central Sweden. Participants Low risk pregnant women from 34 to 42 weeks gestation, N = 456, 299 multiparous and 157 primiparous women. Measurements The revised version of the Prenatal Attachment Inventory (PAI-R) and assessment of the perception of foetal movements per 24 h in the current gestational week. Findings A total of 81 per cent of the eligible women completed the questionnaire. The overall sample of women found that the majority (96%) felt their baby move mostly in the evening. More than half of the respondents (55%) stated that they perceived frequent foetal movement on two occasions during a 24 h period, while almost a fifth (18%) never or only once reported frequent foetal movement in a 24 h period. Just over a quarter (26%) of respondents perceived frequent movement at least three times during a 24 h period. Perceiving frequent foetal movements on three or more occasions during a 24 h period, was associated with higher scores of prenatal attachment in all the three subscales. Key conclusion: Perceiving frequent foetal movements at least during three occasions per 24 h periods in late pregnancy was associated with prenatal attachment. Implications for practice: encouraging women to focus on foetal movements may positively affect prenatal attachment, especially among multiparous women >35 years.
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- Malm, Mari Cristin ; Hildingsson, Ingegerd ; Rubertsson, Christine LU ; Rådestad, Ingela and Lindgren, Helena
- publishing date
- 2016-12-01
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- keywords
- Foetal movements, Midwifery, PAI-R, Pregnancy, Prenatal attachment
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- Women and Birth
- volume
- 29
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 5 pages
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- scopus:84975718049
- pmid:27140328
- ISSN
- 1871-5192
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.wombi.2016.04.005
- language
- English
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- 5c665830-0935-47fd-a897-a3836ff3c75f
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