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Evidence-based guidance on scans, NIPT, fetal medicine and women's health — written by our specialist team.

Pregnancy appointments and your career: A guide to workplace rights and time off for appointments Antenatal Care

Pregnancy appointments and your career: A guide to workplace rights and time off for appointments

A guest post from Fertifa on employee rights to time off for antenatal care: what the law entitles you to, when you have to tell your employer, and how progressive employers go fur 28 August 2026 · 7 min read
Vaccines in Pregnancy: Flu, Whooping Cough and RSV Explained Antenatal Care

Vaccines in Pregnancy: Flu, Whooping Cough and RSV Explained

27 August 2026 · 8 min read
Week 13 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 13 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 14 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 14 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 15 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 15 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 16 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 16 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 17 of Pregnancy Pregnancy Health

Week 17 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 4 min read
Week 18 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 18 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 19 of Pregnancy Second Trimester

Week 19 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 4 min read
Week 20 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 20 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 21 of Pregnancy Second Trimester

Week 21 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 4 min read
Week 22 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 22 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 23 of Pregnancy Pregnancy Health

Week 23 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 4 min read
Week 24 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 24 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 25 of Pregnancy Pregnancy Health

Week 25 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 4 min read
Week 26 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 26 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 27 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 27 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 28 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 28 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 6 min read
Week 29 of Pregnancy Third Trimester

Week 29 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 30 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 30 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 31 of Pregnancy Third Trimester

Week 31 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 4 min read
Week 32 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 32 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 33 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 33 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 34 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 34 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 35 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 35 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 36 of Pregnancy Third Trimester

Week 36 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 4 min read
Week 37 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 37 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 38 of Pregnancy Third Trimester

Week 38 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 39 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 39 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 40 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 40 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 41 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 41 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Week 42 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 42 of Pregnancy

10 July 2026 · 5 min read
Bleeding in Early Pregnancy: When to Worry and When to Get a Scan early pregnancy scan

Bleeding in Early Pregnancy: When to Worry and When to Get a Scan

26 April 2026 · 8 min read
What Is a Chemical Pregnancy? early pregnancy scan

What Is a Chemical Pregnancy?

20 April 2026 · 8 min read
Week 12 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 12 of Pregnancy

16 April 2026 · 7 min read
Gestational Trophoblastic Disease Gynaecology

Gestational Trophoblastic Disease

13 April 2026 · 7 min read
Week 11 of Pregnancy Antenatal Care

Week 11 of Pregnancy

10 April 2026 · 6 min read
Week 10 of your Pregnancy early pregnancy scan

Week 10 of your Pregnancy

5 April 2026 · 16 min read
What Is the 20-Week Anomaly Scan — And Should You Get a Private One Too? Antenatal Care

What Is the 20-Week Anomaly Scan — And Should You Get a Private One Too?

25 March 2026 · 6 min read
What Is a Saline Infusion Sonography (SIS) and Do You Need One Before IVF? Fertility

What Is a Saline Infusion Sonography (SIS) and Do You Need One Before IVF?

25 March 2026 · 11 min read
Anxiety in Pregnancy: Why It’s More Common Than You Think And What Actually Helps Antenatal Care

Anxiety in Pregnancy: Why It’s More Common Than You Think And What Actually Helps

20 March 2026 · 10 min read
What Is an AFC Scan and What Does Your Antral Follicle Count Mean for Your Fertility? Fertility

What Is an AFC Scan and What Does Your Antral Follicle Count Mean for Your Fertility?

19 March 2026 · 12 min read
HyCoSy vs HSG: Which Fallopian Tube Test Is Right for You Fertility

HyCoSy vs HSG: Which Fallopian Tube Test Is Right for You

17 March 2026 · 10 min read
DNA Testing in Pregnancy: Is Genetic Screening Right for You? Genetics

DNA Testing in Pregnancy: Is Genetic Screening Right for You?

15 March 2026 · 12 min read
What is the difference between 3D and 4D baby Ultrasound? What is 5D? Scans

What is the difference between 3D and 4D baby Ultrasound? What is 5D?

10 March 2026 · 10 min read
What You Eat in Pregnancy Could Affect Your Baby’s Liver Health — Here’s What the Research Says Prenatal Care

What You Eat in Pregnancy Could Affect Your Baby’s Liver Health — Here’s What the Research Says

8 March 2026 · 8 min read
What is the Earliest Pregnancy Scan I Should Do? Prenatal Care

What is the Earliest Pregnancy Scan I Should Do?

5 March 2026 · 8 min read
What Is NIPT and Should I Have It? A Guide for London Mums Genetics

What Is NIPT and Should I Have It? A Guide for London Mums

4 March 2026 · 8 min read
What is SMA and Why is it Trending Right Now? Genetics

What is SMA and Why is it Trending Right Now?

3 March 2026 · 10 min read
Fit to Fly Letters During Pregnancy: Everything You Need to Know Prenatal Care

Fit to Fly Letters During Pregnancy: Everything You Need to Know

2 March 2026 · 10 min read
Gestational Diabetes: A Complete Guide for Expecting Mothers Antenatal Care

Gestational Diabetes: A Complete Guide for Expecting Mothers

26 February 2026 · 10 min read
Basic vs Extended NIPT: Which Test Do You Need? early pregnancy scan

Basic vs Extended NIPT: Which Test Do You Need?

15 January 2025 · 8 min read
PCOS Awareness Month 2024 Fertility

PCOS Awareness Month 2024

11 September 2024 · 6 min read
Gynaecology Ultrasound Centre Fertility

Gynaecology Ultrasound Centre

14 August 2024 · 12 min read
LPC x Spital Clinic Partnership Fertility

LPC x Spital Clinic Partnership

12 July 2024 · 6 min read
Fibroids Awareness Month Fertility

Fibroids Awareness Month

5 July 2024 · 7 min read
Genetic Counselling Services Launch Genetics

Genetic Counselling Services Launch

12 June 2024 · 7 min read
LPC at Fertility Show 2024 Fertility

LPC at Fertility Show 2024

7 June 2024 · 4 min read
Pre-Eclampsia Awareness Month Obstetrics

Pre-Eclampsia Awareness Month

31 May 2024 · 7 min read
Women’s Health Awareness Month Fertility

Women’s Health Awareness Month

28 May 2024 · 9 min read
Maternal Mental Health Awareness Postnatal Care

Maternal Mental Health Awareness

2 May 2024 · 5 min read
Nurturing Future Women’s Health Leaders Prenatal Care

Nurturing Future Women’s Health Leaders

25 April 2024 · 3 min read
Blood Tests During Pregnancy Fertility

Blood Tests During Pregnancy

16 April 2024 · 6 min read
Understanding Pregnancy Tests early pregnancy scan

Understanding Pregnancy Tests

7 April 2024 · 7 min read
Fetal Structures & Ultrasound Antenatal Care

Fetal Structures & Ultrasound

30 March 2024 · 11 min read
What is a Doula? Prenatal Care

What is a Doula?

22 March 2024 · 8 min read
Week 9 of your Pregnancy early pregnancy scan

Week 9 of your Pregnancy

14 March 2024 · 13 min read
International Women’s Day 2024 Prenatal Care

International Women’s Day 2024

8 March 2024 · 4 min read
Hertility x LPC partnership early pregnancy scan

Hertility x LPC partnership

29 February 2024 · 5 min read
Introduction of Baby Loss Certificates Obstetrics

Introduction of Baby Loss Certificates

22 February 2024 · 5 min read
Week 8 of your Pregnancy early pregnancy scan

Week 8 of your Pregnancy

15 February 2024 · 13 min read
What is Intrauterine Pregnancy? early pregnancy scan

What is Intrauterine Pregnancy?

9 February 2024 · 7 min read
Week 7 of your Pregnancy early pregnancy scan

Week 7 of your Pregnancy

1 February 2024 · 10 min read
What Is Cryptic Pregnancy? early pregnancy scan

What Is Cryptic Pregnancy?

23 January 2024 · 6 min read
Fallopian Tubes: all you need to know Fertility

Fallopian Tubes: all you need to know

16 January 2024 · 6 min read
Ultrasound scans during pregnancy early pregnancy scan

Ultrasound scans during pregnancy

11 January 2024 · 11 min read
Week 6 of your Pregnancy early pregnancy scan

Week 6 of your Pregnancy

3 January 2024 · 8 min read
Year of Early Pregnancy Ultrasound Excellence! Merry Christmas

Year of Early Pregnancy Ultrasound Excellence!

31 December 2023 · 4 min read
Happy Holidays for 2023! Merry Christmas

Happy Holidays for 2023!

29 December 2023 · 4 min read
Innovations in Pregnancy Care Fertility

Innovations in Pregnancy Care

14 December 2023 · 3 min read
Week 5 of your Pregnancy Fertility

Week 5 of your Pregnancy

7 December 2023 · 6 min read
Week 4 of your Pregnancy Fertility

Week 4 of your Pregnancy

19 November 2023 · 6 min read
The 10-Week Scan NIPT

The 10-Week Scan

8 November 2023 · 7 min read
Understanding NT’s 95th Percentile Nuchal Translucency (NT)

Understanding NT’s 95th Percentile

31 October 2023 · 6 min read
Spina Bifida Early Diagnosis from 10 Weeks of Pregnancy Obstetrics

Spina Bifida Early Diagnosis from 10 Weeks of Pregnancy

21 October 2023 · 15 min read
Spina Bifida Awareness Week Obstetrics

Spina Bifida Awareness Week

18 October 2023 · 3 min read
NIPT and Scan Approach: Why We Champion This Screening Method at London Pregnancy Clinic NIPT

NIPT and Scan Approach: Why We Champion This Screening Method at London Pregnancy Clinic

15 October 2023 · 3 min read
Choosing the Best NIPT Clinic in London: A Comprehensive Guide for Expectant Parents NIPT

Choosing the Best NIPT Clinic in London: A Comprehensive Guide for Expectant Parents

4 October 2023 · 4 min read
UCLH: A Beacon of Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Fertility

UCLH: A Beacon of Excellence in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

26 September 2023 · 4 min read
The History of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology Fertility

The History of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

21 September 2023 · 2 min read
A Journey Through the First 10 Weeks of Pregnancy: Week-by-Week Guide & Ultrasound Scans Gynaecology

A Journey Through the First 10 Weeks of Pregnancy: Week-by-Week Guide & Ultrasound Scans

21 August 2023 · 3 min read
A Comprehensive Guide to AMH Blood Test: Its Significance and Connection to IVF Fertility

A Comprehensive Guide to AMH Blood Test: Its Significance and Connection to IVF

14 August 2023 · 3 min read
Gynaecological Pelvic Scans: Importance, Procedure, and Diagnostics Gynaecology

Gynaecological Pelvic Scans: Importance, Procedure, and Diagnostics

7 August 2023 · 3 min read
DiGeorge Syndrome: Causes, Risk Factors, Screening and Prevalence NIPT

DiGeorge Syndrome: Causes, Risk Factors, Screening and Prevalence

24 July 2023 · 3 min read
Understanding The Statistics Behind NIPT (Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing) NIPT

Understanding The Statistics Behind NIPT (Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing)

14 July 2023 · 4 min read
Fertility

Pregnancy Testing – Deep Dive into the Beta HCG Test

10 July 2023 · 4 min read
The New Age of Prenatal Screening: An In-depth Look at Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) NIPT

The New Age of Prenatal Screening: An In-depth Look at Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)

3 July 2023 · 4 min read
Blog

Meet The Team

28 June 2021 · 1 min read
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Clinic Video Tour

20 May 2021 · 1 min read
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Choosing Your Scan

6 May 2021 · 1 min read
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Happy Easter From City Ultrasound!

4 April 2021 · 1 min read
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8 Week Scan in 3D: What You’ll See and How Big the Embryo Is

28 March 2021 · 8 min read
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Cerebellum

20 March 2021 · 1 min read
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The Umbilical Cord

15 March 2021 · 1 min read
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We Are Moving!

27 February 2021 · 1 min read
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Amniotic Sac

12 February 2021 · 1 min read
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Folic Acid

30 January 2021 · 3 min read
COVID-19 Vaccine and Pregnancy: Current UK Advice Antenatal Care

COVID-19 Vaccine and Pregnancy: Current UK Advice

23 January 2021 · 5 min read
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Fetal and Maternal Heart Rates: Baby’s Heart Rate by Week

18 January 2021 · 11 min read
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Tricefy – Secure Cloud for your Baby Images

15 January 2021 · 1 min read
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Hosting BBC at City Ultrasound

10 January 2021 · 1 min read
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What is Nuchal Translucency (NT)

7 January 2021 · 2 min read
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Ultrasound Gel

4 January 2021 · 1 min read
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Baby Boy or Baby Girl?

2 January 2021 · 1 min read
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Birthdays

1 January 2021 · 1 min read
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How’s Your Christmas Break Going?

28 December 2020 · 1 min read
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Merry Christmas From City Ultrasound!

24 December 2020 · 1 min read
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We Are Still Open!

20 December 2020 · 1 min read
Covid-19

Suspected or confirmed COVID-19 after giving birth

7 May 2020 · 3 min read
Covid-19

Prenatal Care and COVID-19 outbreak

3 May 2020 · 3 min read
Covid-19

COVID-19 Guidance: Suspension of IVF and Fertility Treatments

27 April 2020 · 3 min read
Covid-19

COVID-19: Childbirth and Birthing Partners

23 April 2020 · 2 min read
Covid-19

CDC: Information about Coronavirus Disease 2019

2 April 2020 · 1 min read
Covid-19

Management of pregnant women infected with COVID-19

2 April 2020 · 1 min read