Search results for children and babies
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Waiting for mental health support – children and young people
Find what you can do while you're waiting for support, including building a support network, ideas for self-management and where to get urgent support if you need it
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Assessing your mental health needs – children and young people
Find out more about getting your mental health needs assessed, including tips for having a conversation about your mental health and questions you can ask
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Keeping well in pregnancy
How to look after yourself and your baby while you're pregnant.
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Healthy weight
Information and advice for adults and children about healthy weight, including how to find out if you’re a healthy weight.
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Ultrasound scans in pregnancy
Find out about ultrasound baby scans, including the dating scan and anomaly scan, to check for anomalies in the baby during pregnancy.
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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.
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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.
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Screening for Down's syndrome, Edwards' syndrome and Patau's syndrome
Read about screening for Down's syndrome, Edwards' syndrome and Patau's syndrome in pregnancy, which is offered for all babies. Find out how to get it, what happens and when you get the results.
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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.
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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.