Everything you need to know about your baby's health tests 

From oxygen levels to bloodspot screening, your newborn will face a gauntlet of tests and exams from the minute they are born, to ensure everything is all clear before getting to go home, writes Helen O’Callaghan

Delighted baby girl smiles at her pediatrician as he examines her chest with a stethoscope

Tiny, brand-new, perfect in your eyes — yet from the minute your baby is born they are being tested.

“Babies go through several checks throughout their first 18 months,” says Mr Afif El-Khuffash, consultant neonatologist and paediatrician at the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin.