title: Maternal response to anomalies detected by antenatal ultrasonography.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the effect of an atypical antenatal scan on the expectant mother.
  
  
  METHODS
  Postnatal postal questionnaire.
  
  
  METHODS
  Questionnaires completed at home after the infants had been investigated at a regional paediatric surgical unit.
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty-nine mothers.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mothers had a very positive attitude to antenatal ultrasonography. The information that the scan was atypical resulted in a high level of parental anxiety which sometimes persisted into the postnatal period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A multidisciplinary approach is required for the management of the expectant mother who has an atypical scan.
authors.affiliation: Regional Centre for Paediatric Surgery, Institute of Medical Genetics, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff.
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Madarikan
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Tew
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lari
mesh_terms: D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D016216:Ultrasonography, Prenatal / Q000523:psychology*; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*