Development of Normal Fetal Movements The Last 15 Weeks of Gestation /

• Main Author: Piontelli, Alessandra (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Milano : Springer Milan : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Obstetrics.; Radiology.; Neurology.; Pediatrics.; Behavioral sciences.; Developmental psychology.; Medicine & Public Health.; Obstetrics/Perinatology.; Ultrasound.; Developmental Psychology.; Behavioral Sciences.

In the later stages of gestation, fetal functions undergo increasing change and development, preparing the fetus for the transition to its postnatal environment. Rapid maturation is witnessed in breathing, swallowing, sensory functions, sleep, and many other processes, with corresponding behavioral...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• General Movements
• Localized or Isolated Movements
• Fetal Breathing Movements and Shallow Fetal Breathing Movements
• Swallowing, Sucking, and Mouthing
• Startles, Twitches and Cloni. - Seemingly trivial fetal motions: Yawning and Hiccups
• Fetuses: Facial Motions or Facial Expressions?
• Fetal Behavioral States
• Twin Fetuses: Facts and Late-Pregnancy Twin Myths
• Fetal Sensory Abilities
• Conclusions
• Index.