Mothers who track these movements know what their baby’s normal movement are and hence can identify any potential red flags and report the same to their Obstetrician. These methods to count fetal movements have been followed since decades, firstly the mother usually sits during the time of the day when their baby is most active and notes the number of movements made, another method which are usually used at government hospitals are the knot method, wherein the mother ties a knot on a piece of thread and at the end of the day count the number of knots. These methods are not reliable as the way each mother perceives and counts the movement differ, making it difficult to standardize. Even though Medicine has improved over the years in terms of technology such manual tools are used to track something as important as fetal movement. Furthermore, COVID-19 has made it difficult for the OBGYN’s to stay in constant touch with their patients and track their status.
Janitri, a medical innovations company working specifically for antenatal maternal and foetal care has found an ingenious solution to this problem. NAVAM, a wearable fetal movement tracker designed to make the lives of pregnant women convenient. Just tap on the wearable and it sends the data via Bluetooth to the mother’s smartphone.