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  • Deafblindness - Diagnosis

    Read about how deafblindness is diagnosed, including about the specialist assessment that should be carried out to determine the type of care a deafblind person needs.

  • Screening tests in pregnancy

    Find out about screening tests in pregnancy. These include ultrasound scans and blood tests to try to find any health conditions that could affect you or your baby.

  • If antenatal screening tests find something

    What to expect if antenatal pregnancy screening finds there might be a problem with the baby. Includes where to find out more information, plus where to get support if you have to make a difficult decision.

  • Screening for sickle cell and thalassaemia

    Find out about screening tests for sickle cell and thalassaemia in pregnancy, including when you'll be offered screening, what it involves and what happens if you test positive.

  • You and your baby at 11 weeks pregnant

    Read more about your baby's development and things to think about at 11 weeks of pregnancy, including headaches, your legal rights at work, screening test for Down's, Edwards' and Patau's syndromes and recommended caffeine limits in pregnancy.

  • Screening for Down's syndrome, Edwards' syndrome and Patau's syndrome

    Find out about screening for Down's, Edwards' and Patau's syndromes in pregnancy, including the nuchal translucency scan, and amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling tests.

  • 12-week scan

    At 10 to 14 weeks of pregnancy, you should be offered a pregnancy dating scan. It will let you know a more reliable due date and check how your baby is developing.

  • Planning another pregnancy

    Your guide to getting pregnant again, including taking folic acid, you and your partner being a healthy weight, and not smoking while you're trying to conceive.

  • Screening for hepatitis B, HIV and syphilis

    A screening blood test for the infectious diseases HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B is offered if you are pregnant in England. If you test positive, treatment can protect your baby.

  • 20-week scan

    Find out more about the 20-week screening scan (also called the anomaly scan), which looks for 11 different conditions in your baby. Find out how to get it, what happens during the test and when you get the results.