Scanning during pregnancy is often for doctors' benefit rather than parents'

EDITOR—Nine years ago I was expecting a baby and was excited about my first scan. Everything seemed normal until the hospital asked me to return, with my husband, because they wanted to discuss the scan. Immediately I felt alarmed and worried. We went to see the registrar, who said that the staff had noticed that the placenta did not look normal and that it was “hydropic.” I was asked to attend Heath Hospital, Cardiff, to undergo a series …