(FIMR, 2010)
The FIMR Process
FIMR Informed of Fetal/Infant Death
Family Support
Data Collection/Record Review
Maternal Interview
Records Review
Case Review
Community Action
Improved Maternal & Infant Health
(FIMR)
Conclusion
Fetal origins of health and disease has developed into a new medical frontier for researchers. The growing body of research evidence has affirmed positive associations between the gestational environment and the development of various physical and mental disorders in the infant, adolescent and the adult population. The new knowledge that even gestational diet composition has the ability to alter the human epigenome resulting in the expression of undesirable genes and the onset of obesity, diabetes, cancer and other chronic health conditions, is convincing scientific evidence for pregnant women to be careful and cautious in their diet choices. Results from the studies on maternal stress and its impact on postnatal temperament have provided further evidence for the importance of stress free maternity. A decade ago, attributing fetal origins to disease conditions might have evoked a scoffing response, but the plethora of scientific evidence that is available today has changed it. A healthy, stress free maternity period is critical for the healthy fetal development and healthy future life of the offspring.
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