Attitude and habit
The most common reason for staff not to ask about FMs was that it is
just not routine practice (15/28, 60%), although they said it may not
take much time and could be done while performing physical examination.
‘It’s a habit, it’s not our routine to ask women about it. We
are used not to ask.’ (Healthcare provider)
‘I actually think it’s just a habit. …We never do it,
although it only costs one minute to go into the low-risk labor ward and
ask ‘Which women did not feel their baby move today?’. But we don’t do
that, because that’s the habit.’ (Healthcare provider)