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Making decisions about screening :
Thinking about screening and what it is for
Special reasons for wanting screening
Reasons for not having some or all screening
Discussing screening choices with your partner
Attitudes to disability and termination
Information for making decisions

Experiences of screening :
Nuchal translucency scan (low risk results)
Nuchal scan (being told something may be wrong)
Early dating scans
Blood test screening
18-20 week scan (low risk results)
18-20 week scan (being told something may be wrong)
Understanding screening test results

Having further tests and getting results :
Deciding whether to have further diagnostic tests
Having further tests and waiting for results
Getting diagnostic test results
Thoughts, discussions and info after diagnosis

Deciding to continue with the pregnancy :
Making the decision to continue with the pregnancy
What the rest of pregnancy and birth was like
Feelings about screening looking back

Deciding to end the pregnancy :
Making the decision to end the pregnancy
The experience of ending a pregnancy
Feelings and reflections afterwards
Views on screening & feelings in later pregnancies

When screening does not detect a condition :
Learning after birth that the baby has a condition
How it has affected parents' views about screening

Living with disabilities or a chronic condition :
Living with a child with a long term condition

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Antenatal Screening

Credits

Welcome. Healthtalkonline, an award-winning charity website, lets you share in other people's experiences of health and illness. This information is based on qualitative research into patient experiences led by experts at the University of Oxford.

We are very grateful for all the help and support we have received in producing this module.

Researchers

Louise Locock

Louise has a PhD in social policy from LSE (1998) and joined the Health Experiences Research Group, Department of Primary Health Care, University of Oxford in 2003. She is now Deputy Research Director for the group.

Advisory Panel

Acknowledgements

Healthtalkonline would like to thank ARC, NCT, Pat Ward -Down's Syndrome Screening Programme, Assoc for Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus, Down's Heart Group, Evelina Children's Heart Organisation, Allyson Williams & members of our GP network for help with recruitment.

Jo Alexander
Professor of Midwifery, University of Bournemouth

Kate Bennett
Parent Member and Trustee of ARC

Martin Bobrow
Professor of Genetics, Cambridge University

Caroline Dickinson
GP, Caversham Group Practice, Kentish Town

Joanie Dimavicius

Retired Director, Antenatal Results and Choices Support Group (ARC)

Jo Garcia
Institute of Child Health

Jane Fisher

Director of Antenatal Results and Choices (ARC)

Jane Sandall
Professor of Midwifery and Women's Health, Kings College, London

Jane Taylor
Patient Representative

Sandra Anglin
Programme Implementation Manager, NHS Haemoglobinopathy Screening Programme