Development of Normal Fetal Movements The First 25 Weeks of Gestation /

• Main Author: Piontelli, Alessandra (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Obstetrics.; Radiology.; Neurology.; Pediatrics.; Developmental psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.; Ultrasound.; Developmental Psychology.

This work aims to provide a detailed reasoned map of fetal behavior by describing its features and evolution from 10 to 25 weeks gestation. Each behavioral event is described, measured in seconds and presented as it occurs in its natural sequence, thus providing a ‘real-time’ picture of fetal behavi...

Table of Contents:

• General Movements
• Startles, Twitches and Clonuses
• Hiccups, Yawning and Gasping
• Fetal Breathing Movements
• Swallowing, Sucking, and Handedness as Inferred from Fetal Thumb Sucking
• Localized Movements
• Facial Expressions
• Rest-activity Cycles, Clusters and the Ontogeny of Sleep
• Twin Fetuses and Twin Myths
• Conclusions: Movement is Life.