General awareness of FMs
All ANC women remembered the first time they felt their baby move and the pattern of their baby’s movements in the recent days. Participant descriptions of FM patterns were variably associated with time-of-day, maternal activity and in many cases environmental stimuli such as maternal hunger, eating, maternal position or touching the abdomen.
‘Normally, I feel it kicking mostly after eating, in the morning and in the afternoon. When I’m resting the baby starts kicking…I know what’s normal for my baby.’  (Antenatal)
‘With the stillbirth I had before, it happened that I was worried then. Now I’m even more alert.’  (Antenatal)
All health providers understood FMs that was line with the following:
‘Fetal movement (‘uchezaji wamtoto’) is the movement felt by the mother during pregnancy, which normally starts to be felt from the 16th week of gestation age until the time of delivery.’   (Healthcare provider)