Pregnant after 35
psychgalbride
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Verifi/MaterniT21 AND NT Scan
psychgalbride
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I was reading through the other posts on this topic and was surprised to see some of you had both the early maternal blood testing and the NT Scan/Blood work. My hospital would only allow me to do one or the other since they are essentially testing for the same things. Was there an issue found on one test which prompted the second testing?
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Re: Verifi/MaterniT21 AND NT Scan
If it were me (and I'm not a doctor) and I could only choose one, I would go for the Mat21 or whatever similar test your OB's office orders. These tests are way more accurate and give far fewer false positives than the NT scan with sequential screening, because the Mat21/Verifi/Harmony is looking at the actual fetal DNA. The others do not. (That was how my perinatalogist explained the basic differences to me, at least.) However, the neat side benefit of the NT is that you get to see your LO for a little bit. Also- The NT scan is not useless. It just has more false positives.
Edited: In my case, my insurance covered the NT because it is considered standard, then they also covered the Harmony because it was coded for AMA. Also, my peri's office had access to the variety of brand name DNA tests, but the office staff knew that my insurance would cover the Harmony because the lab that is used is in my network. They would not have paid for Verifi, Mat21 or any others.
HTH
My ob does both standard for AMA. I haven't had it yet, about one month to go... my blood test is not called the name brand/lab name mentioned here it has another name but generically called a quad blood test.