title: Decreased fetal movements at home were recorded by a newly developed fetal movement recorder in a case of a non-reassuring fetal status.
abstract: A fetal movement acceleration measurement (FMAM) recorder was developed for home monitoring of fetal movements. We provided a 32-year-old pregnant woman with the FMAM recorder to home monitor fetal movements, thereby self-recording decreased fetal movements at 30 weeks' gestation. On routine checkup, a non-stress test revealed scant fetal heart rate accelerations. At 31 weeks' gestation, the woman underwent an emergent caesarean delivery because of a non-reassuring fetal heart rate pattern, and delivered a female neonate weighing 1312 g, whose umbilical cord was slightly narrowed at the umbilicus. Our experience with the present case suggests the usefulness of the FMAM recorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Teikyo University , Itabashi-ku, Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ryo
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamata
authors.forename: Michiharu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seto
mesh_terms: D061725:Accelerometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005316:Fetal Distress / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005324:Fetal Movement; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011247:Pregnancy
keywords: FMAM recorder; Fetal well-being; gross fetal movement; home monitoring; non-reassuring