  Assessing the health of both the fetus and mother is vital in preventing and
identifying possible complications in pregnancy. This paper focuses on a device
that can be used effectively by the mother herself with minimal supervision and
provide a reasonable estimation of fetal and maternal health while being safe,
comfortable, and easy to use. The device proposed uses a belt with a single
accelerometer over the mother's uterus to record the required information. The
device is expected to monitor both the mother and the fetus constantly over a
long period and provide medical professionals with useful information, which
they would otherwise overlook due to the low frequency that health monitoring
is carried out at the present. The paper shows that simultaneous measurement of
respiratory information of the mother and fetal movement is in fact possible
even in the presence of mild interferences, which needs to be accounted for if
the device is expected to be worn for extended times.
