hi all !
I am 7w with baby no 2. My first is 19 months old and doing great. I’m slightly interested in doing the genetic testing this time around. More so because I’m not patient and would love to know babies doing well and the sex at 12 weeks. I’m not high risk, so this test wouldn’t be covered by insurance. When I called the company that does the test, they said based on my Insurance it would be $800 out of pocket. Way more then I am willing to spend.
My friends who who have had it said it’s been around $250 out of pocket. Am I missing something ?
Re: Genetic Testing
This time, I’m on different insurance so I’m not sure what my coverage will be, but I’m 99% sure I will most likely do the testing again. They usually guarantee a low out of pocket if it’s not covered, but we’ll see what happens this time.
My Dr told me to tell them I couldn't afford the bill and they reduced it to $100. It worked
Edit autocorrect
Most likely because it went toward their overall deductible/out of pocket if they did the cost from insurance.
I'm curious to find out what I can get my coverage to cover.
Curious who else is considering it (especially if you're not high risk and it's optional)?
Editted: just realized I could also ask this in the Questions thread, but it was already a thread so I didn't think about it. Whoopsies.
We are going through Sequenom and getting the Maternity 21 test. Sequenom estimated our out of pocket to be zero. So I'll get it done on the 21st of this month. I should know the results when I see my OB on the 28th!
eta: for us the genetic testing option is the maternit21
@ninji15 - we are doing Maternity21 from Sequenom. They help if it's not covered by insurance. They are who our dr referred us to.
Dandelion - October 2018
Angel "Aurora" - July 2020
Angel "Sawyer" - May 2021
Angel "Maxine" - January 2022
Angel "Violet" - March 2022
Baby Dove due March 2023
Genetic testing for the baby is happening at 10 weeks. Apparently they can do it by just pricking my finger? H’s parents are from another country so we can’t get a lot of information on his family history. We opted to test so we can be as informed and prepared as possible before baby arrives. NT u/s in April at 12 weeks. And then I will feel a little more relaxed!
Married: 12/16/12
TTC #1: 06/15 BFP #1:07/13/15
D&C: 08/28/15
BFP #2: 09/26/15
M: 06/03/16
BFP #2: 02/12/18
L : 7/26/18 (SIUGR, micropreemie)
I'm mostly interested in how to interpret the NIPT results. Does anyone have experience with this?
I'm still trying to decide if we want to get the NIPT or not, and we're mostly on the fence because of how the results are interpreted.
Please help!
The other fantastic part- I’m using a sperm donor, for whom I do have results from his genetic screening. While I looked into those results a bit when I selected the donor, she was able to explain exactly what they meant, and offered additional screening for me to determine the possibility that Baby will have those disorders, as opposed to simply being a carrier.
Three vials of blood later, I now have 8-10 days to wait for the results.