The 4d ultrasound scan is a great way for parents to bond with their unborn baby as they are able to see their child moving around in the womb and making faces. An ultrasound scans works by sending sound waves which bounce back and show an image of the baby.
Increase in the survival rate of premature babies has been linked to increases in technology. The term premature baby refers to any baby born before 37 weeks gestation, however there are different levels of prematurity.
Women undergo many tests during pregnancy, all conducted at different times and looking at different factors to help determine the health of the developing foetus.
In the UK approximately 98.5% of all multiple births are twins and about 33.3% of them are “identical” with the remaining being “non-identical”. Multiple births used to be a rare sight until 1980 when twin births rose by 62%. They have risen even further since 1990. However since 1998 there has been a decline of 21% in the rate of higher-order multiple births. Statistics now show that each year over 9,000 sets of twins are born in the UK.
