Lydia Barkley was beautiful and perfect – a 3½-pound baby girl and her parents’ first born child. Danielle Barkley advocates now in honor of her daughter and other families whose babies were stillborn ...

Emily Eekhoff was in the 33rd week of her second pregnancy when she made an unsettling discovery. As she had with her first baby, Liam, Eekhoff was keeping track of the number of kicks her unborn baby ...

When Fernanda Sheridan was 30 weeks pregnant with her daughter Natalie, she noticed that Natalie started jerking a lot. “I didn’t think much of it. I thought that she was going to be a soccer player,” ...

What are fetal kick counts? Fetal kick counts are a way to keep track of a baby’s movements in the third trimester, or starting at 28 weeks of pregnancy. It is an effective way to monitor the well ...

Recent research that measured fetal movements in pregnant women has found that higher frequencies were strongly linked to greater maternal attachment. Paying conscious attention to these signals may ...

The Count the Kicks app is credited for saving a father's daughter's life after his wife noticed a change in the baby's movements. The app helps expectant parents monitor fetal movements, a key ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is committed to improving maternal health and birth outcomes for South Carolina families. This Mother’s Day, ...

Emily Eekhoff was in the 33rd week of her second pregnancy when she made an unsettling discovery. As she had with her first baby, Liam, Eekhoff had been religiously keeping track of the number of ...

You can expect to feel your baby move during your second trimester. These movements may be subtle and fluttering. As your pregnancy progresses, they will get stronger until your baby is born. Feeling ...

The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is committed to improving birth outcomes for all South Carolina families. As part of this effort, DHEC is encouraging expectant ...