Professionals can plan for a safer birth and any intervention needed. Sudden emergency situations can be avoided.
Parents can adjust and receive counselling. Parents can be supported and make informed decisions about future steps and care.
Parents and professionals can plan and prepare for surgery. Outcomes are improved. Infant mortality rates are reduced. Increased surgical success rates result in improved quality of life.
Children only have a 50/50 chance of it being picked up antenatally before they are sent home. Research shows 15% of those sent home have life threatening conditions that can result in brain damage or collapse.
CHD can be incredibly difficult to detect after birth as our story clearly shows. Antenatal diagnosis is essential. We kept taking Molly back to hospital before her diagnosis at 10 months old. Many professionals made us feel like we were burdening the NHS unnecessarily. Throughout all this time Molly's heart became enlarged and her lungs deteriorated
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