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Connecticut ambassador urges daily fetal-movement checks to help prevent stillbirths
Summary
On Connecticut Paid Leave—s "5 Minutes of Impact," Megan Morello, Connecticut ambassador for Count the Kicks, described how a simple daily fetal-movement check using a free app or paper method can help detect changes in the third trimester and urged expectant parents to contact providers if they notice differences.
Megan Morello, the Connecticut ambassador for Count the Kicks, told the Connecticut Paid Leave podcast that tracking fetal movement in the third trimester can help prevent some stillbirths and encouraged expectant parents to learn their baby—s normal pattern. "In your third trimester, you pick one time a day, and you track it through our free app," Morello said, describing the program—s method.
Count the Kicks is an evidence-based program that teaches expectant parents how to monitor fetal movement. Morello said the organization—s global goal is to save 6,000 babies a year, and she cited research-based…
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