Ultrasound scans help monitor your baby's health throughout your pregnancy. Find out when and why you might have ultrasound scans during pregnancy.

Find out when a vaginal ultrasound may be recommended during your pregnancy, how the test is done and the benefits and risks of this type of test.

If you are pregnant you can have a dating scan. During a dating ultrasound, a sonographer measures your baby to work out your estimated due date.

Large doses of radiation could be harmful during pregnancy. Learn how you can be exposed to radiation and how radiation could affect your baby.

You will be offered a morphology scan at week 18 to 22 of pregnancy. Learn what a morphology scan can tell you and how this ultrasound test is done.

A nuchal translucency scan is an ultrasound scan that helps in work out your risk of having a baby with chromosomal abnormality like Down syndrome.

Fibroids are common, non-cancerous growths found in the muscle wall of the uterus. Learn how they can affect your fertility and pregnancy.

Glossary of common terms and abbreviations used in pregnancy and labour.

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