Retningslinjer og anbefalinger internasjonalt
International Stillbirth Alliance – se ISA resources > Prevention
PSANZ Stillbirth and Neonatal Death Alliance, Clinical practice guideline: Care of women with decreased fetal movements (2017), Australia og New Zealand (PSANZ: Perinatal Society of Australia & New Zealand) – se psanz.com.au/guidelines/.
Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists (2011), Reduced fetal movements (Green-top Guideline No. 57), Storbritannia.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (2019). Your baby`s movements in pregnancy, Storbritannia.
The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Fetal movement and kick counts
UptoDate: Decreased fetal movement: Diagnosis, evaluation, and management
1177/ Region Stockholm (värd), Minskade fosterrörelser (informasjon til gravide)
Riktlinjer och rekommendationer för specialiserad vård i Region Stockholm, Fosterrörelser – Kunskapsstöd för vårdgivare
Anbefalinger fra helsevesenet i Norge
Norsk gynekologisk forening: Lite liv (2023), i metodebok.no (under Fødselshjelp).
Lite liv i svangerskapet. Føde/Barsel SSHF, i metodebok.no (under Obstetrikk (SSHF))
Oslo universitetssykehus og de aller fleste sykehusene i Norge har lik informasjon om Lite liv i svangerskapet, rettet mot gravide.
Aktuell informasjon internasjonalt
Mindfetalness: Mindfetalness.com, Sverige, oversatt til flere språk.
Tommy’s: Baby’s Movements in Pregnancy (Storbritannia)
Still aware, stillaware.org (Australia og New Zealand)
Stillbirth – en stilla födsel: stillbirth.se (svensk nettside drevet av forsker og jordmor Ingela Rådestad) – se undersiden stillbirth.se/fosterrorelser/
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