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Search results for antenatal and newborn screening

  • Newborn blood spot cards explained

    What happens to your baby's blood spot card once they've been tested and how blood spot cards can be used for research to help improve screening.

  • Rhesus disease - Diagnosis

    Rhesus disease is usually diagnosed during the routine screening tests you're offered during pregnancy.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • You and your baby at 20 weeks pregnant

    Your baby's development and things to think about at 20 weeks of pregnancy, including feelings and worries, common problems in pregnancy, your anomaly scan and what happens if antenatal screening finds something.

  • You and your baby at 12 weeks pregnant

    Read more about your baby's development and things to think about at 12 weeks of pregnancy, including constipation, stomach pain or abdominal cramps, and antenatal screening.

  • Health things you should know in pregnancy

    A guide to things to do - or avoid - during pregnancy, including food, drink, alcohol, exercise, smoking and mental wellbeing.