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)