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The Benefits of Choosing a Private Midwife: Personalised Care for a Joyful Journey
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.
Non-invasive prenatal testing at Starlight Ultrasound

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 01612600 for urgent / priority bookings.

 

SneakPeek Clinical Early Gender DNA Blood Test
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 at Starlight

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. 

When the Real Housewives of Cheshire Came to Starlight
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...
Reassurance before, during & after pregnancy
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.
Please pregnant women, do your research!

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.

Feedback on Starlight Ultrasound - with Emanuela
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 Ultrasound's TV Advert
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...
Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT)

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