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• Pregnancy & children >> Antenatal Screening >> Ending an affected pregnancy >> Interview AN36 >> She still feels screening is valuable, but thinks that the way it is presented to women is too reassuring

Nuchal scan in first pregnancy gave low risk result, but anomaly scan at 21 weeks detected abnormalities, confirmed as Edwards' syndrome by amniocentesis. Couple decided to end the pregnancy.

• Pregnancy & children >> Antenatal Screening >> Normal results or declining screening >> Interview AN24 >> Seeing her baby during the nuchal scan was a wonderful experience which made pregnancy seem real.

Family history of Down's syndrome. Had amniocentesis in both pregnancies to rule out Down's syndrome, even though nuchal scan results were low risk.

• Pregnancy & children >> Antenatal Screening >> Normal results or declining screening >> Interview AN08 >> The doctor in California who did her 20-week scan did not explain as well as her doctor in the UK.

Normal first pregnancy, routine screening experiences. Private care throughout pregnancy.

• Pregnancy & children >> Antenatal Screening >> Normal results or declining screening >> Interview AN25 >> The 20-week scan was reassuring but not as exciting as she expected, and the pictures were unclear.

Two normal pregnancies. Nuchal scan not available locally, so had blood screening. Unable to have 20-week scan in first pregnancy because of staff shortages.