Prenatal screening are blood tests with an ultrasound, which are done starting at 11 weeks of pregnancy and they tell you, your chance of having a baby with Down syndrome, trisomy 18 or structural abnormality.
Every woman has a risk of having a baby with Down syndrome. A screening test is offered to all women during early pregnancy to look at the risk in this pregnancy of the baby being born with Down syndrome.
All women, whatever their age, have a small chance of delivering a baby with structural abnormalities that cause physical or mental limitation. Many such abnormalities can be diagnosed and ruled out with the fetal anomaly scan.
Most serious abnormalities can be detected on a scan. However, it is not possible to see all problems. Some conditions such as cerebral palsy and autism will never be seen on a scan. The quality of imaging depends on many factors, including the position of the baby and the size of the mother.
It is important to understand that the screening test does not give a definite ‘yes’ or ‘no’ answer as to whether or not the baby does have Down syndrome. If your screening test shows a high risk that the baby has Down syndrome, you will usually be offered a diagnostic test.
These screening tests can also be utilised to get individualised chance of mother developing Pre-Eclampsia.
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