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At Starlight Ultrasound, we know how exciting it is for expecting parents to find out their baby’s gender. That’s why we offer early gender determination scans from as early as 13 weeks - with accuracy you can trust.

If you’re ready to find out your baby’s gender, book your appointment with Laura Gardner from 13 weeks at Starlight Ultrasound today. Whether this is your first baby or your fifth, we promise to make it a memorable and magical experience.

An anatomy scan can be booked at either of Starlight Ultrasound's clinic locations with our real-time availability shown online. 

This scan usually takes place around 20 weeks with the recommended gestation between 18 weeks and 20+6 weeks. However this scan can be performed earlier (and also later if necessary) than the recommended gestation.

Scans are performed by qualified sonographers and you can choose to book with Laura Gardner, who is a clinical specialist sonographer and a senior registered midwife.

To hear baby's heartbeat for the first time, or if you want a heartbeat teddy with a recording of baby's heartbeat, you have to be at least 10 weeks into your pregnancy. 

At any pregnancy ultrasound scan appointment where the pregnancy is at least 10 weeks the sonographer can let you hear baby's heartbeat. 

At Starlight, there is a service available for you to book in for our midwife Laura Gardner to listen in.

Starlight Ultrasound offers early pregnancy scans from as early as five weeks.

You can see our real-time availability and book an early pregnancy scan here.

As a diagnostic clinic, Starlight attracts people seeking extra reassurance. 

Starlight Ultrasound has two clinic locations in Greater Manchester which serve people from the north of England. One is in Hale village and the other is in Bury town centre.

March 2025 is Endometriosis Action Month and Endometriosis UK's theme this year is 'Endometriosis Explained', exploring both how endometriosis must be better understood by the general public and better explained to patients by all healthcare practitioners.

Staff at Starlight Ultrasound are experienced in performing pelvis / gynaecology scans, fertility scans as well as pregnancy scans on women with endometriosis, adenomyosis or those with symptoms of either condition.

Starlight offers a comprehensive range of fertility- and pregnancy-related blood tests to support individuals and couples on their journey to parenthood with results for most tests available on the same day including evenings and weekends.

Expectant parents have the option of choosing private midwife services to enhance their pregnancy journey. Advantages include continuity of care, individualised and tailored care and support. Starlight Ultrasound offers pregnancy ultrasound scans and private antenatal and postnatal care.

Starlight Ultrasound offers the Illumina VeriSeq Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) Solution v2 as a new and improved NIPT version of the Harmony NIPT assay. 

The Illumina VeriSeq NIPT offers analysis for the same conditions as the Harmony NIPT but with some additional benefits such as a lower failure rate (less than 2%) and a quicker turnaround of results. It can be booked online 24/7. Or call 01612601400 for urgent / priority bookings.

 

Clinically-Proven 99.9% accurate SneakPeek Clinical Early Gender DNA Test from 6 weeks performed on-site at Starlight Ultrasound clinics in Hale and Bury. Available with or without an early pregnancy viability ultrasound scan.

Heartbeat bears make lovely keepsakes and are useful gifts for occasions such as Mother's Day, Father's Day, birthdays, Christmas and Valentine's Day. You can buy them on their own, at a scan appointment and they are even included in some of our packages. 

Just a short time ago, Starlight's clinic in Hale welcomed the TV cameras and production crew from Real Housewives of Cheshire. Regular viewers of the ITV programme will know who paid a visit for an early pregnancy scan and gave...

Following a miscarriage, Suzanne came to rely on the reassurance provided by Starlight Ultrasound. Suzanne explains that the knowledge and experience of Laura Gardner, as both a Midwife and Clinical Specialist Sonographer, before becoming pregnant again and throughout her pregnancy, were crucial in alleviating anxiety and worry.

Following a bad experience at a private ultrasound clinic elsewhere, a scan patient of Starlight Ultrasound left this review encouraging pregnant women to check out the options and look into the reviews and practitioners before booking the nearest or cheapest option.

Emanuela Lawrence explains how welcoming, reassuring and friendly it was to be able to attend private ultrasound scans with Laura Gardner at Starlight Ultrasound whilst she was pregnant.

Starlight Hits The Screens We're delighted to share our advert which aired on Sky TV for the first time during September 2021. Thanks to Suzanne Collier, along with baby Louie, and Emanuela Lawrence, along with baby Michael, for giving up their...

Starlight Ultrasound Offers Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT) for £425 which includes a scan and blood test both performed by Registered Midwife and Clinical Specialist Sonographer Laura Gardner. Harmony and IONA NIPT available from Starlight Ultrasound