EFFECT OF MATERNAL GLUCOSE INGESTION ON FETAL BREATHING AND BODY MOVEMENTS IN LATE PREGNANCY
- 1 February 1978
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Vol. 85 (2), 86-89
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb10458.x
Abstract
Fetal breathing movements and fetal whole body movements were observed over 2 hours in 22 normal singleton pregnancies between 34 and 38 weeks gestation using a real time ultrasonic B scan method. The proportion of time fetuses spent making breathing movements increased from 9.9 per cent to 48.3 per cent within one hour of their fasting mothers taking a 50 g glucose drink. Fetal whole body movements were not increased after maternal glucose ingestion. Arousal of the fetal central nervous system seems dependent on the level of fetal blood glucose.Keywords
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