Mari-Cristin Malm's research while affiliated with Uppsala University and other places

... There were a variety of countries represented in the review, with three undertaken in Turkey [29][30][31] and Norway [32][33][34], and two studies in Italy [35,36]. One study in Japan [37], Sweden [38], Korea [39], Brazil [40], the United States of America [41], Switzerland [42], Colombia [43], and Taiwan [44]. The variety of study designs used is outlined in Table 3. ...

... There is no consensus among health care professionals about the benefits and disadvantages of the methods used by the pregnant women to count fetal movements (Heazell and Frøen, 2008 ). However , there was a high level of acceptance among pregnant women of observing their unborn infant's movements in a systematic way, both in terms of measuring the time it takes to feel ten movements and focusing upon the intensity, character and frequency but not counting the movements (Malm et al., 2014). In a study by Saastad with colleagues (2012), most of the women (79%) experienced counting fetal movements as positive and 76% agreed that counting fetal movements contributes to getting to know the infant during pregnancy (Saastad et al., 2012). ...

... Given this evidence-practice gap, consideration of the effect of formal FMC beyond clinical outcomes is warranted, as FMC has the potential to also affect maternal psychological states, either positively or negatively. The use of kick charts, for example, have been associated with higher levels of maternal-fetal attachment (MFA) and enhanced communication with the fetus 1,11,12 . Others, however, have reportedly found no difference in MFA when women use objective FMC compared to no FMC, suggesting instead that levels of MFA are affected by other influencing factors such as women approaching the end of their pregnancy or possible fear of childbirth 13 . ...

... Perinatal grief is framed within a social context in which a perinatal death is not recognised as the death of a baby [27][28][29]. Research shows that after a perinatal death, parents receive inaccurate information too late [30,31] and receive inappropriate comments from healthcare professionals [32]. In Spain, unlike in other countries, there is no standardised care for families suffering perinatal grief, with a great variability of care in daily practice for mothers and fathers who suffer the death of their baby [33]. ...

... Just counting kicks implies a huge loss of information and we must find new means for fetal monitoring [11]. The results in this qualitative study have been validated in a study with 400 women in full-term pregnancy [12]. ...

... 6 A large number of studies have now investigated the experiences of expectant parents when receiving news of complications via ultrasound. [7][8][9][10][11][12] Together, these studies have suggested that receiving this news is experienced by parents as a journey. This journey begins with generally positive expectations of ultrasound scans followed by shock after the finding, the need to make decisions regarding further testing or pregnancy management and eventual adaptation to their new and unexpected situation. ...

... When women contact care providers due to DFM, they may receive inappropriate advice, such as recommendations to wait for movements to return, or advice to drink cold water or eat sugary food to stimulate fetal movements [3,33,41]. Not only are these recommendations not supported by any scientific evidence, but such advice can delay acute antenatal assessment putting a potentially compromised fetus in jeopardy [21]. ...

... Broken or shattered expectations were a key finding in all of the studies. This concept was also reported in the findings of other qualitative perinatal studies of parents' experiences of unexpected perinatal events such as fetal loss (Malm, Raedestad, Erlandsson, & Lindgren, 2011), preterm birth (Lusiuk, Comeau, & Newburn-Cook, 2013) and admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Lowenstein, Barroso, & Phillips, 2019). ...