A test that replaces the Quad Test

Shauna07 · June 2012

I'm pregnant with #3, and I remember with #1 I had the Quad Test and 2 out of 4 hormones were elevated. I went from at 1/1200 chance of the baby having Downs to 1/50 (due to my age, etc.). In short, this year, I was offered a new test. They just take your blood and send it off to a lab in CA (it does cost about 200$ out of pocket), but SO worth it to get accurate results (no false positives -- like what happened with my first son, he ended up having nothing). I just wanted to share about this new test. It might be something you could ask your OB about (if you chose to).

This is the company that does the testing:

https://www.sequenomcmm.com/home/

They can actually analyze your blood and separate your DNA from the babies DNA and it's 99.9 accurate! Pretty cool....

Nutella1979 · June 2012

How do you get this? Do you have to go through your OB?

StaceySMC13 · June 2012

Yep, I just had the test done - you can ask your OB but they may refer you to a genetics counselor. I did mine after getting a 1 in 70 chance of DS from the NT scan and blood work. I had to pay the $235 and it took 3 weeks to get the results. They said 8-10 business days but a machine broke down and they got backed up. My results were negative. So it was worth doing it to keep my mind at ease.

Wally3 · June 2012

I had the Maternti21 test done after my results came back 1/100 for Downs. Mine was done at the MFM. It is just a blood draw, took about 2 weeks for results, cost around $400. It came back negative. How much doctors rely on it varies greatly. My MFM recommended it after I came back with elevated risk and declined an amino. It is suppose to be 99% accurate. The doctors still veiw me as elevated risk and I'm still monitored closely by the MFM but it gave me a lot of peice of mind.

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