Prenatal testing for trisomy

cpianti · May 2014

Has anyone had the verifi prenatal blood test done for trisomy? I'm high risk because my daughters history of a congenital bowel obstruction, and now in my second pregnancy during my anatomy scan they detected choroid plexus cysts with every other finding as normal. My doc said he's not concerned, but since I am he offered me the option of this test. I am wondering if anyone else had a similar experience, or knows how accurate these tests are compared to the sequential screening

mattanda2011 · May 2014

Did you have a sequential screening done? The verifi prenatal blood tests are actually more accurate than the sequential screening. They can be expensive, but I am guessing because of your history it would be covered.

Just to give you a bit of my experience. My DD had multiple choroid plexus cysts on her anatomy scan, everything else looked fine, but I was sent for a level 2 ultrasound 4 weeks later to double check on the rest of her anatomy, and to see if they cysts were gone or had shrunk. Her's actually never went away, and they even did an ultrasound on her head after birth and they were still there. She is currently a very happy, talkative, running little 15 month old. We did do a sequential screen with her and it came out very low risk for trisomy. This was before the verifi was available.

I am currently 34 weeks with my second and we found out again that he has choriod plexus cysts on the anatomy scan. We had already done the sequential screen which again came out with very low risk for trisomy. Again we were sent for a level 2 ultrasound 4 weeks later and this time the cysts were gone. My doctor said I could probably qualify for my insurance to cover the verifi test, but really she said it was really not necessary since the level 2 ultrasound looked fine and our sequential screen came back with low risk

Hope that helps!

cpianti · May 2014

Thanks I did have a sequential screen done and everything came back negative, but this was a level 2 ultrasound ( being that they placed me in high risk category). The doc keeps saying he's not concerned, but they said that with my first child and I ended up delivering early at childrens hospital and rushing her to surgery. Luckily she's fine now, but after all that I just decided I am not going to put myself through another pregnancy wondering wether or not the baby will survive. I'm a bit unnerved by this all even though no one else seems to be. I am concerned about the accuracy of the test...after all it is just a screening and not totally certain

mattanda2011 · May 2014

It sounds like it would really be worth it for you to go ahead and get the verifi test. I think it is supposed to be 99% accurate, definitely more accuracy than the sequential screen. I also think with your history it will be covered by your insurance. Please keep us updated! T&p for you and your baby!

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PrincessBritt17 · May 2014

I am not saying don't do the test, but I actually just left the perinatologist's office and had a discussion about these cysts today. They have changed the recommendations for chriod plexus cysts in that they are no longer thought to be clinically significant in the absence of other markers. Meaning, if your baby does not have any other markers for Trisomy 18, the cysts really mean nothing. They said that you can find all kinds of old literature on the internet about them being a marker, but that it is no longer the case. I would listen to your doctor and not worry about it for a second if everything else with baby looks good! Also, my DD had these all through my pregnancy and is a happy, healthy 2 year old and they were also found in my current pregnancy at 20 weeks and have disappeared as of this morning at 25 weeks! Good luck!

cpianti · May 2014

Thanks for all your thoughts. I ended up doing the blood test, since it's so non invasive. Now it's just a waiting game for results...i just hope that the results will ease my worries! Will repost with results...in the meantime I do like hearing others experiences and opinions...it's nice to know we are not alone in all this

Wally3 · May 2014

I am glad you got the test. I had the martarT21 test done. It was expensive but none invasive and it was so hard and stressful not knowing and being told different risk percentages at each US.Knowing helped is my stress and make be feel better.

cpianti · May 2014

Just to update I got my test results back (so fast too!) everything was negative. I feel better than I did before but I'm still always a skeptic at heart. At least I can now rest easier

kaiyagirl29 · May 2014

I just went through this last month. They found the CPC on my baby girl's brain so I immediately went upstairs and did the blood work.....after a week of waiting, we found out that everything was fine. And at the following ultrasound, they said the cyst was completely gone!! Which my OB said she wasn't concerned to begin with because there were no other "markers" or indicators of Trisomy 18. But the b.w. was for mine and DH's piece of mind. I didn't wanna go through the remainder of my pregnancy wondering if she's gonna make it or not! So I recommend the tests just to reassure you. Cause trust me, just the 7 days of waiting for the results was agonizing enough. And I'm seeing a high risk OB and they use high tech, best there is ultrasound machines that look into detail to check out your baby so I trust their tests are accurate.

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