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The aim of the survey was to examine the experiences of routine prenatal screening of normal pregnant women and to put women's feelings in the context of other aspects of their lives. This survey also looked at sickle cell screening in women of Afro-Caribbean origin.

Main Topics:

Feelings and attitudes in pregnancy; health in pregnancy; worries; feelings and attitudes to the birth; responses to the baby; health of baby; satisfaction; emotional well-being; attitudes toward and experiences of sickle cell testing. Many of the questions, with slight variations, were the same as for SN:3462. Additional sickle cell questions were asked. Measurement Scales: Registrar General's Social Class; Spielberger State - Trait Anxiety Inventory (trait at 12 weeks, state at 22 and 35 weeks and 6 weeks post- natal); Edinburgh Post-natal Depression Scale (delivered ante-natally as well as post-natally); Miller Behavioural Style Scale.

Purposive selection/case studies

Postal survey