Pregnant Women Empowerment in Monitoring Fetal Wellbeing Through Fetal Movement Count Mobile Application

Abstract

Fetal movement is one of the main indicators of fetal well-being in the womb. For this reason, every pregnant woman should be able to calculate and interpret the results of fetal movement calculations every day, so that early detection of fetal pathology can be identified by the family. Most pregnant women are not used to it and have not received information about how to calculate fetal movement. Another obstacle in calculating fetal movements is the forgetting factor. For this reason, a tool is needed to familiarize mothers with counting fetal movements every day. Existing tools still have some drawbacks. This study aims to develop an android-based application called "Kick Count", as a tool for pregnant women to count fetal movements every day. The research method uses R&D which consists of: exploring potential problems, gathering information, product design, design testing, design improvement, and product testing. The results of product trials by media experts, material experts, and groups of pregnant women state that this product is very suitable for use by pregnant women in the community. Things that still need to be perfected for the next stage are reducing memory and integrating installation instructions into the application.

Women’s Anxiety and Fetal Movement in the 3rd Trimester of Pregnancy

“…Subjects will be excluded from the study if they experience obstetric pathology. The research instrument used the PRAQ-R2 anxiety questionnaire (Huizink et al, 2016)as well as the Kick Counter App (Yudianti et al, 2022). The data was analyzed with the Chi-Square test.…”

F-KiCo (Fetal-Kick Count) Innovation Needs Analysis for Monitoring Fetal Well-Being and Maternal-Fetal Attachment

“…busy with daily activities, busy working Practical tools, easy to carry everywhere, easy to use, easy to understand, affordable prices, there is a tool that can be purchased or borrowed to find out fetal stimulus, accelerated for production to be distributed to pregnant women, alternative tools such as belts or belts, tools in the form of applications , don't know the normal count of fetal movements, the important thing is to move, like to worry, don't know what kind of movements are normal, Sometimes I forget, it's hard to remember, I'm confused about the difference between fetal movements and fetal heartbeats, I don't feel comfortable, I don't understand, I'm confused, I sometimes forget the fetal count taken to prevent infant morbidity and mortality. The findings stated that 99.9% of pregnant women said feeling the baby move every day was important (Yudianti et al, 2022).…”