TY - JOUR JF - IJN JO - IJN VL - 13 IS - 24 PY - 2000 Y1 - 2000/10/01 TI - FETAL TOUCHING! DOES IT IMPROVE MATERNAL FETAL, OR METERNAL NEWBORN ATTACHMENT? TT - تاثیر سرمادرمانی‌ بر درد بعداز عمل‌ جراحی‌ زانو N2 -     Background: The attachment between mother and child is one of the most beautiful relationship which is establishes long before birth. A mother who is attached to her fetus is ready to have a good relationship with her newborn.   Objective: To determine the effect of touching fetus during pregnancy on maternal fetal and maternal newborn attachment.   Design: The study was a single blind controlled clinical trial. Maternal total attachment was measured 2 weeks after abdominal touch in case group and compared with that of control group. Mother's attachment with her newborn was measured at first breast feeding in both groups.   Samples : 100 primigravida mother, 32-35 week pregnant randomly divided in two groups, 50 mothers in case group (with fetal touch) and 50 in control group (without fetal touch)   Results: There was no significant difference between two group regarding fetal attachment behaviors, but maternal newborn attachment behaviors were significantly improved in case group (p=0.000).   Conclusion: Regarding findings, it is suggested that by providing simple interferences, such as touching the fetus on can try to strengthen the relation between mother and her newborn SP - 16 EP - 24 AU - Davachi, A, AU - Khoramroodi, R, AU - Shahpoorian, F, AU - Haghani, H, AD - KW - Fetal touch KW - Fetal attachment KW - Newborn attachment KW - Maternal attachment behaviors UR - http://ijn.iums.ac.ir/article-1-241-en.html ER -