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How to find out more about antenatal testing

Whether you are already pregnant or thinking about getting pregnant, there are many people and resources who can give help or advice on antenatal testing. These include:

Your family
Friends who have had antenatal tests
Your GP
Your midwife (a midwife may well be based at your local surgery)
Clinical genetics counsellor
Voluntary organisations*

There are several useful books on antenatal testing:

National Childbirth Trust Book of Antenatal Tests by Mary Nolan (published by Thorsons/National Childbirth Trust Publishing).
Is My Baby All Right? by Christine Gosden, Kypros Nicolaides, Vanessa Whitting (published by Oxford University Press).

There are also several antenatal screening services and research institutes who will send you excellent booklets about the different tests, eg:

Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine Antenatal Screening Service
St Bartholomew’s & The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Charterhouse Square
London EC1M 6BQ
Tel: 020 7882 6293
www.wolfson.qmul.ac.uk

Harris Birthright Research Centre
King’s College Hospital
Denmark Hill
London SE5 8RX
Tel: 020 3299 9000
www.kch.nhs.uk

Leeds Antenatal Screening Service
26 Clarendon Road
Leeds LS2 9NZ
Tel: 0113 2621675
www.leeds.ac.uk