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Ending a pregnancy for fetal abnormality

  • Overview
  • The baby and the diagnosis
    • Feelings about the pregnancy
    • Early scans and blood tests
    • Diagnostic tests - amnio and CVS
    • The 18-20 week antenatal scan and further tests
    • Understanding the baby's diagnosis
  • Deciding to end the pregnancy
    • Looking for information and support
    • Ending the pregnancy for the baby's sake
    • Ending the pregnancy for family & personal reasons
    • Finding out how the pregnancy will end
    • The impact of the decision
  • Ending the pregnancy
    • Signing the consent form
    • Ending the pregnancy surgically
    • Ending the pregnancy by induction
    • Going through labour and birth
    • Deciding whether to see, hold and name the baby
    • Photographs and other mementoes of the baby
    • Treatment, care and communication
  • Losing the baby
    • Leaving hospital and going home
    • Deciding whether to have a post-mortem
    • Saying goodbye to the baby - services & funerals
    • Coping with bereavement - women's experiences
    • Coping with bereavement - men's experiences
  • The effects of ending a pregnancy
    • Counselling and other kinds of support
    • Support organisations
    • Deciding whether to have another baby
    • Men's ideas about their role in ending a pregnancy
  • People's Profiles
    • 1-2 years since pregnancy ended
    • 3-4 years since pregnancy ended
    • 5-7 years since pregnancy ended
    • 8+ years since pregnancy ended
  • Resources and Information
  • Credits

Ending a pregnancy for fetal abnormality

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