Count the Kicks

Count the Kicks is an evidence-based stillbirth prevention program that teaches expectant parents the method for and importance of monitoring their baby's movements daily during the third trimester of pregnancy, with the goal of lowering the country's stillbirth rate and saving babies across the nation. Count the Kicks helps expectant parents get to know their baby's normal movement patterns and empowers them to contact their health care provider right away if there is a change in what's normal for their baby. Evidence shows that expectant parents who utilize Count the Kicks have better Birth outcomes. Bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology published research that shows a more than 30% reduction in Iowa's stillbirth rate in the first 10 years of the Count the Kicks stillbirth prevention program at a time when america's stillbirth rate remained stagnant. the results have led researchers to call for urgent action to address the stillbirth crisis in the u.s. and to study Count the Kicks on a national level.