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Help support this small charity on a big mission. Kicks Count empower pregnant women with information about why their baby's movements matter. Something so simple, yet it saves precious lives.
Kicks Count aims to reduce the UK's high stillbirth and neonatal death rate by raising awareness of baby movements.
In the UK, 7 babies are stillborn every single day. Despite 2020 seeing the lowest stillbirth rate since records began, around 4 in every 1000 births still ends in stillbirth. Croatia, Poland and Czech Republic all have better stillbirth rates than UK.
50% of mothers who had a stillbirth noticed slowing down of baby movements beforehand.
While there isn't one cause of stillbirth, a decrease in baby's movements can be a key warning sign that a baby is in distress and 50% of mothers who had a stillbirth noticed slowing down of baby's movements beforehand.
By raising awareness of baby's movements and encouraging mums to report any change in movement immediately it is estimated that a third of stillbirths could be prevented.