Can chocolate make your baby's heart test more active?
Part of Women’s health & pregnancy clinical trials.
This trial checks if eating chocolate can help improve a special baby heart rate test (non-stress test) for women with a pregnancy between 36 and 41 weeks. It's for those whose baby's first test wasn't as active as expected.
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Who can take part
- You are between 36 weeks and 41 weeks plus 6 days pregnant with one baby.
- Your baby's first non-stress test (a monitor that checks heart rate for 20 minutes) was not reactive (not enough heart rate jumps).
- Your water has not broken and you are not in active labor (cervix less than 4 cm open, with few or no contractions).
- You can read and write, and agree to be in the study by signing a form.
- You have a phone or device to talk to the study team for a 24-hour check-up after the test.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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