MATERNALLY REPORTED FETAL ACTIVITY LEVELS AND DEVELOPMENTAL DIAGNOSES

Retrospective maternal report of fetal activity level was compared wit h developmental diagnosis in 608 consecutively referred children, Mate rnal history of fetal activity level was also obtained from 140 unmatc hed well children in a general pediatric clinic, Fetal hyperactivity w as positively associated with a diagnosis of child hyperactivity, and fetal hypoactivity was positively associated with a diagnosis of menta l retardation in the children, Maternal histories of fetal activity le vel in the control group weakened the strength of the association betw een fetal hyperactivity and child hyperactivity but did not affect the association between fetal hypoactivity and mental retardation in chil dren.