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Background : Pregnancy is considered as a very precious event in every women`s life.Foetal movement counting is a method in which a woman quantifies the movements of her baby. The purpose is to reduce perinatal mortality by alerting care givers when the baby might have become compromised. Yet for every 1000 births the perinatal mortality is 37.7, varies from 24.8 in Kerala to 75.5/1000 in Orissa. It is higher in rural (54.4) and lower in urban(20%) and in Tamilnadu 37.9/1000. In India alone about 8,90,000 perinatal deaths occur annually. Aims: The aim of the study was to compare the fetal movements based on DFMC count and Cardiff count ten chart. Objectives: The specific objectives of the study were: 1. To asses the fetal movements using DFMC chart among antenatal mothers.2.To asses the fetal movements using cardiff count ten chart among antenatal mothers.3.To compare the fetal movements using DFMC versus Cardiff count 10 chart among antenatal mothers.4.To find out the association between fetal movements with the selected demographic variables among antenatal mothers. Methodology:100 antenatal mothers from CEmONC Centre were selected by using probability convenient sampling method.Results: Regard to fetal movements based on DFMC, 21(10%) had poor fetal movements,53(40%) had good fetal movements and 26 (50%) had very good Fetal movements. Regard to fetal movements based on Cardiff count, 20(20%) had poor fetal movements, 55(55%) had good fetal movements and 25(25%) had very good fetal movements.