Parent characteristics
Parent characteristics (n=19) | |
Hospital* where pregnancy was managed | Intervention sites (sites that perform selective termination or fetoscopic laser treatment for sFGR) (n=8) |
Local/referral sites (sites who do not perform selective termination or fetoscopic laser treatment for sFGR and refer to the above hospital sites) (n=5) | |
Gestation when sFGR diagnosed | 16, 18, 20 and 22 weeks but noted (not diagnosed) in some as early as 12 weeks |
Pregnancy management route taken | Expectant management (n=19) |
Other management options offered | Selective termination (n=5, 3 families) Laser treatment (n=2, one initially for Twin-to-Twin Transfusion Syndrome) |
Pregnancy outcome | Not known (n=8, 6 families-site parents, so pregnant at the time of the interview) |
Both twins lived (n=8, 6 families) Twin born with neurodevelopmental impairment (n=1) | |
Both twins died (n=3, 2 families) | |
Country of residence | England (n=18) |
Scotland (n=1) | |
Ethnic group | Asian (n=2) |
Black Caribbean (n=1) | |
Mixed Other (n=1) | |
White British (n=15) |
*Some mothers were cared for at multiple hospitals.
sFGR, selective fetal growth restriction.