FACS NZ provides Support, Education and Awareness around Fetal Anticonvulsant Syndromes.

What is FACS?

FACS (or the relevant syndrome) occurs when the anti-seizure medication that was taken by the childbearing person during pregnancy crosses the placenta and into the developing foetus.

ACC FACS Videos

FACS NZ and ACC have worked together to produce videos showing a small glimpse into the lives of some of our FACS families and what they wish they had known.

How to get a diagnosis

It is difficult to get a diagnosis.  There will be a variety of reasons for this ranging from people believing it is just the parents parenting technique, the fact that the healthcare professional may had never heard of anti-seizure medications causing a syndrome or effects, to the most common of all, the person getting diagnosed with their secondary condition(s).