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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maya Oppenheim

Calls for change to pregnancy scans that would ‘save lives’

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Healthcare professionals have called for pregnant women to receive a third routine scan at the end of their pregnancies as new research suggested this could save babies’ lives.

An extra scan in the third trimester of pregnancy could curb the number of unexpected breech births by 70 per cent, as well as the risks of newborn babies having severe health complications, according to researchers at St George’s, University of London.

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