quad screen.

jexxie

if you went for one, when did you go?  my midwife told me 15-16 weeks but i'm also measuring 6 days ahead.  i don't want to go too early but i don't want to go later because i want to be able to retest if i get a positive. plus i want to get it out of the way. 

ugh, i wonder if i should even take it at all.  

JacqiD03-14-2008

We did it at 16 weeks. I thought it was unnecessary since nothing runs in our family but since insurance covered the test, I thought it couldn't hurt to do it and get the peace of mind. It never really occured to me that it might show a false positive but thatnkfully, that didn't happen.

rrotem

I had it done at 16 weeks and 5 days - but I didn't have to decide when to get it done, my doctor just told me when she was going to do it.

jexxie

JacqiD03-14-2008:

We did it at 16 weeks. I thought it was unnecessary since nothing runs in our family but since insurance covered the test, I thought it couldn't hurt to do it and get the peace of mind. It never really occured to me that it might show a false positive but thatnkfully, that didn't happen.

nothing runs in my family and i'm young, but it was a surprise so i didn't get any folic acid in the first 6 weeks.  so... i'm worried about spina bifida and i'm hoping this will clear my head of that fear. 

BeeLove

I did it this week at 16 weeks.  I would go halfway between for you since you are ahead. 

aprilandmatt

Its usually done sometime between 15-18 weeks. I am not going to get it done, because if something did come back positive I wouldnt want an amniocentesis and it wouldnt change anything anyways!

jexxie

rrotem:

I had it done at 16 weeks and 5 days - but I didn't have to decide when to get it done, my doctor just told me when she was going to do it.

i'm glad i got the choice but in a way i wish the decision was made for me.  i'm such an indecisive person!

Ali22

I did it at 18 weeks 5 days, I read in the pamphlet that you can do it up to 22 weeks. It is not a big deal at all it is just a blood draw and you don't get a positive or negative result you get a risk number. Insurance covers it. If the result comes back that you are at a higher risk usually the next step is a level two ultrasound and if that comes back risky you get an amnio for 100% results.

cochranb

When I had mine, my doctor told me it could be done anytime from 15 weeks up to 20 weeks. I had mine done at 17 weeks so if I needed additional testing before 20 weeks it would be possible.

jexxie

Ali22:

I did it at 18 weeks 5 days, I read in the pamphlet that you can do it up to 22 weeks. It is not a big deal at all it is just a blood draw and you don't get a positive or negative result you get a risk number. Insurance covers it. If the result comes back that you are at a higher risk usually the next step is a level two ultrasound and if that comes back risky you get an amnio for 100% results.

i know you get a number, i'm just lazy.   

suscq

I had mine done at 18w 0d and get my results back tomorrow at the big u/s.  They won't retest if it comes back with a higher risk, they will do an u/s and if further testing is needed they will do amnio.

Bridezookie

Mine's scheduled for tonight!

ang&ry22

I just had mine yesterday and I was 16w 6days, and my dr. just did it I did not know I was even going to have it done, but I wanted it done anyway.