Heart babies

• Heart Babies: information about congenital heart disease and how it may affect you
• A better start - benefits of improving detection of congenital heart
  disease in pregnancy
• Screening for heart disease in pregnancy, before or around the time of birth
• Experiences - parents share their experience of congenital heart disease, in words and pictures
• Support for families: links to UK support groups for parents and families of heart babies;  links to antenatal information & UK Maternity Hospitals
• Community: recognising the heart baby in the community - the first week of life can be crucial;  information on folic acid in pregnancy
• Links:  a index of links for this section
• Heart Aware: an initiative for schools and children of any age to find out more about the heart and heart problems

News & Events  

About the charity  

Note:  Congenital Heart Disease is abbreviated as CoHD or CHD
(not to be confused with coronary heart disease which adopted the abbreviation CHD).

For Health Professionals

Fetal Heart Scan (Fetal Echo)

• News, Articles, Jobs ...
• On-site Training (UK)

Training material

• Fetal Heart Scan CD
• Fetal Heart sketch
• Fetal Heart scan
  (5 Transverse View protocol)
• Fetal Heart conditions
• Detection & Diagnosis
• The 5 View Poster
• Also see Publications for general leaflets