ABSTRACT:In a study of maternal‐fetal attachment we explored three variables that could influence such attachment: maternal age, the experience of quickening, and the physical symptoms of pregnancy. A convenience sample of 80 pregnant women filled out the Cranley maternal‐fetal attachment scale and the pregnancy symptoms checklist. Maternal age and physical symptoms were not found to be significantly correlated to maternal‐fetal attachment, but quickening, as well as the degree and frequency of fetal movement, were correlated, at theP≤ 0.0001 level. Income, ultrasound, and planning of pregnancy were also found to be significantly related to maternal‐fetal at