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EFFECT OF MATERNAL GLUCOSE INGESTION ON FETAL BREATHING AND BODY MOVEMENTS IN LATE PREGNANCY
Article first published online: 23 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb10458.x
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1471-0528/asset/cover.gif?v=1&s=b4e1d96c46e18c61210d584b63c13ee375cf562b "BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology")
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 85, Issue 2, pages 86–89, February 1978
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Lewis, P. J., Trudinger, B. J. and Mangez, J. (1978), EFFECT OF MATERNAL GLUCOSE INGESTION ON FETAL BREATHING AND BODY MOVEMENTS IN LATE PREGNANCY. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 85: 86–89. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb10458.x
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Summary
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.