: Maternal electrocardiogram (MECG) and Fetal ECG (FECG) monitoring result in fetal asphyxia detection in early stages of acidosis. Cardiac function of fetus is vitally related to FECG information. FECG is also important as far as fetal development, fetal maturity, fetal life determination and fetal distress or congenital heart disease are concerned. Despite many disadvantages, Doppler ultrasound is the universally used technique in fetal heart rate (FHR) recording during pregnancy. This technique is an invasive technique and thus is not recommended for long term use. The use of this technique requires highly trained midwives. The abdominal FECG as noninvasive technique in contrast to Doppler ultrasound can be used to record fetal (FHR) using electrodes that are placed on the maternal abdomen. The invasive technique is beneficial as far as ease of use, low weight of electrodes and simplicity of use by mothers to be at home are concerned. Fetal scalp electrode as an invasive technique can cause marks or small cuts on the fetal head. The noninvasive technique not only provides the most effective means of monitoring of the (FHR) but also serve as an early means of cardiac abnormalities detection. FECG extraction from Abdominal ECG can be carried out by suitable signal processing technique. The aim of this research is to assess the reliability of indirect abdominal electrocardiography as an alternative technique to the currently used Doppler ultrasound monitoring technique. FECG acquisition from maternal abdominal ECG is not guaranteed due to very weak FECG signal. This research is in two section, the first section deals with the recording of fetal electrocardiography signals using a smart textile base belt hereafter named ROYESH . The 6 electrodes of the belt are positioned on maternal abdomen. Various electrodes were designed using yarns with electrical conductivities of 80%, 40% and 100%. In order to extract and analyze fetal ECG, all recorded signals with suction and textile based electrodes were processed using ICA algorithm. Comparison of the results obtained using the belts were made. It was found that ROYESH belt composed of 100% conductive yarn was fully capable of recording the fetal signals. ROYESH belt with 40 and 80 % conductive yarn were found to be incapable of recording any fetal signal. In order to evaluate the performance of the designed textile based electrodes, experiments using suction electrodes were carried out. Results showed that suction electrodes performance is as good as textile based electrodes made using 100% conductive yarn. The second section of the work deals with fetal movements. These movements are considered to be the most significant index of fetal neuro-developmental and fetal well-being. Many factors such as fetal distress, hypoxia, asphyxia and Placental dysfunction can reduce fetal movement. Fetal movement reduction is a salient feature the can be used to assess the fetal well-being between around 7 to 8 week of gestation. These movements are felt by the mother from around 16 weeks upward of gestation. These aims were achieved using piezo sensors. Four piezo sensors were placed on maternal abdomen. Fetal movements were observed using codes together with Arduino and LabVIEW softwares. Piezo sensors were capable of recording both recognizable and unrecognizable movements by mother to be. Fetal movements were vividly observable on LabVIEW software.