– Repeat growth scan
– Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) or random glucose test
– Repeat screening for anaemia/antibodies and screening for Gestational Diabetes
– If Mum and Baby do not share the same Rhesus factor (the presence, or absence, of a red blood cell protein) then Mum will be offered Anti-D immunoglobulin.
– The Portland Midwives will invite you in for your ‘booking’ appointment.
– The Whooping Cough vaccine will be offered.
FUN FACT: A crucial substance ‘surfactant’, which helps keep the air sacs in Baby’s lungs open, begins to be produced in significant amounts around 26 to 28 weeks.
