Beyond the AFFIRM Trial: Fetal Movement Counting (Feb) 2020 Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

In 2018, the Lancet released the AFFIRM trial. They reported a NONsignificant decrease in the stillbirth rate from 4.40/1,000 births in the control group to 4.06/1,000 births in the fetal movement counting intervention group. In February 2020, a new systematic review and meta-analysis reveals additional information on the clinical utility of maternal perception of fetal movement. Let’s review that data now.