Can any mother really trust her baby scans? (UK)

RACHEL ELLIS

As trained radiographers, Cora and Mark Regan knew the benefits of having ultrasound scans to check the health of a baby in the womb.

So when Cora became pregnant with their first child, she had the two recommended scans at around 12 and 20 weeks and also several others - all on the NHS - to allay any anxieties. At all these scans the couple were told everything appeared to be normal. Yet when their daughter Charlotte was born, she had Down's syndrome.

The couple believe this should have been picked up before birth - while there was no question of them terminating the pregnancy, if they had known their daughter had Down's syndrome they would have been better prepared.

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