TY - JOUR T1 - Antenatal counselling of spina bifida: we need to do better JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood - Fetal and Neonatal Edition JO - Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed SP - 570 LP - 570 DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2021-322762 VL - 107 IS - 5 AU - Anthony Richard Hart AU - Jenny Smith-Wymant AU - Gill Yaz Y1 - 2022/09/01 UR - http://fn.bmj.com/content/107/5/570.abstract N2 - Screening is a routine part of pregnancy care, with ultrasound seen as a social rite of passage and a bonding opportunity,1 2 and many women report they are inadequately prepared for ultrasound finding an abnormality.1 3 After a fetal abnormality has been found, further investigations may be required, such as in-utero MRI, following which prospective parents need high-quality, understandable clinical information to make decisions about the management of their pregnancy.Recently, SHINE (Spina Bifida, Hydrocephalus, Information, Network, Equality) published results from their survey of 71 families who had a child with spina bifida (SB) recruited from social media on antenatal counselling (found at www.shinecharity.org.uk/antenatal).4 … ER -