pregnancy scans

• Booking Visit (8-12 Weeks)


  General information on diet, alcohol, smoking, folic acid, vitamin D, antenatal classes, BP, urine dipstick, BMI check, and booking bloods/urine tests
• Booking Visit Blood Tests

  • FBC
  • Blood group
  • Rhesus status
  • Red cell alloantibodies
  • Haemoglobinopathies
  • Hepatitis B
  • Syphilis
  • HIV test
  • Urine culture for asymptomatic bacteriuria
• Early Scan (10-13+6 Weeks)


  To confirm dates and exclude multiple pregnancy
• Down's Syndrome Screening (11-13+6 Weeks)

  Down's syndrome screening, including a nuchal scan
• 16-Week Visit

  Information on the anomaly and blood results, routine care (BP and urine dipstick), and if Hb < 11 g/dl, consider iron
• Anomaly Scan (18-20+6 Weeks)


  Anomaly scan to check for fetal abnormalities
• 25-Week Visit (Only if Primip)


  BP, urine dipstick, and symphysis-fundal height (SFH) measurement
• 28-Week Visit

  Routine care (BP, urine dipstick, SFH), second screen for anemia and atypical red cell alloantibodies, and first dose of anti-D prophylaxis for rhesus negative women
• 31-Week Visit (Only if Primip)

  Same routine care as the 28-week visit (BP, urine dipstick, SFH)
• 34-Week Visit

  Routine care (BP, urine dipstick, SFH), second dose of anti-D prophylaxis for rhesus negative women, and information on labour and birth plan
• 36-Week Visit

  Routine care (BP, urine dipstick, SFH), check fetal presentation, offer external cephalic version if indicated, and provide information on breastfeeding, vitamin K, and 'baby-blues'
• 38-Week Visit

  Routine care (BP, urine dipstick, SFH)
• 40-Week Visit (Only if Primip)

  Routine care (BP, urine dipstick, SFH) and discussion about options for prolonged pregnancy
• 41-Week Visit

  Routine care (BP, urine dipstick, SFH) and discussion about labour plans and the possibility of induction