Your baby’s screening result – Sickle cell carrier
The results of your baby’s ‘heel prick’ screening blood test show your baby does not have a sickle cell disorder.
However, the results show your baby is a sickle cell carrier. Your baby carries one gene for sickle cell and one gene for usual haemoglobin. This is written as Hb AS.
Haemoglobin is the substance in the blood that carries oxygen around the body.
Approximately four babies born in Wales each year have a sickle cell or other unusual haemoglobin carrier newborn bloodspot screening result.
This information explains what being a carrier of a sickle cell gene means for your baby, you and your wider family.
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Marcella Aronson shares her experiences of how SCD has affected her two sons, Cleo and Joey.