Interesting that Letby referred to SE (designated nurse for baby C) as the new girl a couple of times in texts when she actually came through the unit as a student.
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Yes they do, in the first trimester usually. The standard test on the NHS is to take measurements from the fetus at the 12 week scan along with a blood test from the mother to calculate the probability your child may have Down's Syndrome. It's not a definitive 'Yes or no' & isn't always accurate (70-80%). There is screening available past the first trimester but that is even less accurate.
Privately there is a Harmony test which is almost 99% accurate but I don't think the NHS fund this in all trusts. If you had a high probablitily from the early screening then you would be referred for further testing in the form of a amniocentesis. At the 20 week scan they are checking for physical abnormalities which might be associated with Down's syndrome etc.
I suppose each test has a risk that it's not accurate & then the amniocentesis comes with its own high risk. Individuals may opt out of screening altogether & then there are cases where it just isn't picked up. A friend of mine was low risk, had a low probability from her screening & her son was born with Down Syndrome & it was all a bit of a shock.
Which was the teeny tiny baby that was described as 'feisty' and fought off previous attacks? That's the one that truly broke my heart. He literally fought for his life 
baby c xWhich was the teeny tiny baby that was described as 'feisty' and fought off previous attacks? That's the one that truly broke my heart. He literally fought for his life
The prosecution asks: "Whose responsibility is it to ensure the memory box is made and who takes care of it?"
The nurse: "The designated nurse at the time, if they're able."
The nurse said Melanie Taylor took over as designated nurse and "partly" arranged the memory box.
The nurse explains she asked Lucy Letby to focus back on a baby in nursery room 3, but Letby went into the family room "a few times". The nurse recalled asking Lucy Letby to leave the family to Melanie Taylor.
The nurse tells the court Letby did not have any designated duties to be in the family room, and told her "more than once" not to be in the family room.
What is she playing at ? Guilty or not she is so unprofessional!
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God LL keep going into the family room despite being told not to. Even if she is innocent of this and we end up with an alternative explanation, was she just being a grief tourist or something? She had already said she didn't want to see family of baby A and B after everything and how hard it was, yet here she is inserting herself into the tradegy around Baby C despite it being nothing to do with her.
It's so strange, isn't it? Such odd behaviour from a nurse in a professional setting. There was no reason for her to be in that room, yet she kept intruding rather than giving the family some space.
The whole Facebook searches around Christmas and anniversaries ties in with that too. Obviously she’s checking around them times to see if the parents post about their babies 
what a strange unhealthy obsession she had.
what a strange unhealthy obsession she had.I do wonder why the people haven't deleted those pics, or locked down their profiles at least. You're right it is so eerie
What age would LL have been when she started doing these killings?
If they started in 2015 then 25? So young…
25 I believe
Exactly.....this is bizarre ...I keep saying this....why the hell is she not concentrating on her own patients/babies if she's so traumatised by recent events...? I wouldn't want to take my eyes off them, never mind interfering in someone else's patient...and especially when asked by my senior to basically bugger off and do just that
I find the timeline of alleged attacks very interesting. There seems to be a cluster, followed by a break, followed by further clusters. I wonder was there suspicions and an atmosphere among staff, with breaks in between to let the dust settle before allegedly attacking again.
And we also have the evidence from several parents statements that show she said insensitive (I gave her the first bath she loved it) and inappropriate things (smiling inappropriately and you’ve said your goodbyes) or was acting suspiciously (child that was bleeding heavily and needed a feed and she told mum to leave). So it is not like she was skilled at dealing with families and that was why.
Exactly.Exactly.....this is bizarre ...I keep saying this....why the hell is she not concentrating on her own patients/babies if she's so traumatised by recent events...? I wouldn't want to take my eyes off them, never mind interfering in someone else's patient...and especially when asked by my senior to basically bugger off and do just that
If she had caused the incident that led to Baby C’s dying, then ‘kept going into the room’ to witness this while he was being held by his parents. Very sick.
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