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Ultrasound scans explained
When are scans done? You’ll probably be offered two NHS ultrasound scans in pregnancy. Scans performed before eight weeks are usually done vaginally, using a special probe, to allow a clearer picture of the tiny baby while later scans are all done using a scanner on the bump. Dating scan at 8-12 weeks the sonographer…
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Tagged 3D/4D scans, abnomalities, Amniocentesis, anomaly scan, Baby, dating scan, Down’s syndrome, Hydrocephalus, low lying placenta, nuchal fold translucency test, Nuchal scan, Pregnancy, scan, sonographer, Spina bifida, Ultrasound
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Antenatal testing for multiple births
Antenatal care for twins or multiple pregnancies is similar to a single pregnancy but there are more scans and hospital visits, particularly in the last two months. Some of the tests designed to reassure parents that their baby is healthy are unreliable in a twin pregnancy, which can be unsettling. However, nuchal translucency screening, where…
Understanding pregnancy tests
The most common tests offered are ultrasound, nuchal, chorionic villus sampling, and amniocentesis. Here we explain and help you to understand the pregnancy tests: Test Method Screening or diagnostic When it can be done Ultrasound Scan Screening and diagnostic From about 4 weeks Combined test Nuchal translucency test and blood test Scan and blood test Screening Around 11-13 weeks…
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Tagged Amniocentesis, antenatal class, babyworld online antenatal class, Chorionic villus sampling, nuchal fold translucency test, Nuchal scan, Pregnancy test, Screening, Tests, Triple test, Ultrasound, welcome class
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Antenatal checks, scans and screening tests
Throughout your pregnancy you will be offered a variety of checks, including blood tests and ultrasound scans. These tests are to help make your pregnancy safer and to assess the development and well-being of you and your baby. Some tests are carried out to screen for particular conditions in you or your baby. You are…
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…
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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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Dealing with miscarriage : Tracey’s story
For Tracy Higgins, aged 39, being pregnant for the sixth time is a tense waiting game. Currently 15 weeks pregnant with twins, she will not relax until she reaches the 28th week – because that’s when she says her babies have a chance. Primary schoolteacher Tracy, of Stockport, Cheshire, already has a son, James, aged 13, and a two-year-old…
Most reliable downs test
Three percent of health authorities offer most reliable Down’s test According to a letter in last week’s Lancet medical journal, only a few hospitals in England and Wales are able to offer pregnant women the best current screening test for Down’s syndrome. Research scientists from St Bartholomew’s School of Medicine in London say that 57 percent of authorities offer…
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Tagged Amniocentesis, Down’s syndrome, Genetic disorders, Miscarriage, Nuchal scan, Pregnancy, Pregnancy test, Screening, Triple test
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More Effective Screening For Down’s Syndrome
A recent Dutch study has indicated that early testing for Down’s syndrome – in the first trimester of pregnancy – is a more effective way of detecting the syndrome than the currently most commonly used method which tests in the second trimester. In the UK, a screening test for Down’s syndrome is carried out on all pregnant…
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