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Deciding whether to have further diagnostic tests
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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
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Interview AN27
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She talked about the impact of sickle cell disease on her friend's family and how it would affect her own thinking.
Healthy pregnancy, routine screening. Some blood test results came back abnormal. Levels of information and choice have been a concern.
Pregnancy & children
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Antenatal Screening
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Normal results or declining screening
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Interview AN27
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She was still waiting for some blood test results to come back months later, including for sickle cell disease.
Healthy pregnancy, routine screening. Some blood test results came back abnormal. Levels of information and choice have been a concern.
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