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posts related to: Down syndrome
Going ahead with antenatal testing
Being tested If you are going to have a diagnostic test such as chorionic villus sampling or amniocentesis, or you are perhaps travelling to a major hospital to have a high resolution ultrasound scan, try to take someone with you to support you. This is equally important if you are having a simple blood test but you have…
Diagnostic tests in early pregnancy
What is involved in diagnostic test in early pregnancy and what does it involve? Chorionic villus sampling (CVS) This is a diagnostic test which can tell you for certain whether your baby has Down’s syndrome or another genetic abnormality. The test can’t tell you whether your baby has spina bifida. When is the test carried out? Between 11…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Tests
Tagged Amniocentesis, Amniotic fluid, Chorionic villus sampling, CVS, Diagnostic tests, Down syndrome, Down’s syndrome, Miscarriage, Percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling, Pregnancy, Prenatal diagnosis, Spina bifida, Ultrasound
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Diary of a dad-to-be: week 23
Maria’s pregnancy has reached a major turning point. The week is dominated by the results of her latest scan. An irregularity has shownup, which could be an indicator of Down’s syndrome. What do we do ? She’s adamant that amniocentesis, a test which would confirm or deny the problem, is not the way forward. She’s…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Dad, Pregnancy Tests
Tagged Diary, Down syndrome, Family, Fertility, Online pregnancy diary, Pregnancy
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Antenatal testing – one mother’s story
Every year more than 700,000 women in the UK become pregnant and, as a result of antenatal testing, over 35000 will be told that their baby is at risk of a serious abnormality. Fiona was told that her first baby had a very high risk of Down’s syndrome. Here she explains how the news affected…
Posted in Antenatal Care, Pregnancy, Pregnancy Health, Pregnancy Tests
Tagged Breech birth, Caesarean section, CVS, Down syndrome, Down’s syndrome, Infertility, Jack Toby, Midwife, Miscarriage, morning sickness, Nuchal scan, Nurse, Oman, postnatal depression, Pregnancy, Prenatal diagnosis, Royal College of Nursing, Ultrasound, unexplained infertility, Vicki Allenach
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Down’s Syndrome: What is it?
Down’s syndrome is a condition that is present in your baby from the time of conception and is caused by the presence of an extra chromosome. Chromosomes are present in every cell and carry the ‘blueprint’ for all our characteristics within our DNA. Each cell has 23 pairs of chromosomes, 46 in total. One from each pair comes from…
Posted in Pregnancy Tests, Special Needs
Tagged Baby, baby tests, conception, Down syndrome, Downs Syndrome Association, Folic acid, Pregnancy, special needs, Tests, trimester
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Antenatal screening service offers private testing
Leeds Antenatal Screening Service (LASS), supported by Leeds University, provides antenatal screening for local NHS units but also offers private testing to women throughout the UK and abroad. LASS can test for the following disorders: Down’s syndrome, Edwards’ syndrome, neural tube defects, abdominal wall defects and cystic fibrosis. Testing for Down’s syndrome, using ultrasound and…
New test can diagnose genetic problems at 7 weeks
A new blood test for pregnant women to detect genetic disorders in their children has raised new fears over ‘designer babies’. The simple test can diagnose conditions such as Down’s syndrome and cystic fibrosis. And it can give the gender of an unborn child at seven weeks – five weeks before the current time. Campaigners fear…
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Tagged Abortion, consultant, Cystic fibrosis, Down syndrome, Down’s syndrome, Fertility, Genetic disorders, Haemophilia, invasive procedure, Jane Fisher, Josephine Quintavalle, Lyn Chitty, Miscarriage, Pregnancy test, Prenatal diagnosis, senior lecturer, Tessa Homfray, Western Europe
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Cluster of Down’s Babies
13 November, 2000 CLUSTER OF DOWN’S BABIES A CLUSTER of six Down’s syndrome babies has been born to women who attended the same Irish school in 1956 and 1957. The babies were born in the early 1980s but it has taken until now to study all the factors that might have contributed. Today it was…
Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week
One in every 1,000 babies born in the UK is affected with Down’s syndrome and two babies are born with it every day, according to the UK’s Down’s Syndrome Association (DSA). National Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week (2-8 June) is organised by the DSA to raise understanding and knowledge about the condition, how it affects people…
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Tagged Billy Mitchell, Down syndrome, Downs Syndrome Association, Genetic disorders, Health, Honey Mitchell, Syndromes
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Increase in babies with Down’s Syndrome
As the facilities in mainstream schools have developed over the last 20 years, so have attitudes improved overall. More babies with Down’s syndrome are being born today than before pre-natal testing became widespread, as perceptions of the condition change. The year that screening was widely introduced in the UK, way back in 1989, saw 717…
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Tagged Down syndrome, Down’s syndrome, Genetic disorders, Health, invasive procedures, Prenatal diagnosis, Syndromes
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