WHAT IS A PRENATAL DIAGNOSTIC TEST?

Prenatal diagnostic testing is used to determine whether the baby has a chromosomal abnormality. The most common types of prenatal diagnostic tests available are Chorionic Villus Sampling (often simply called "CVS") and Amniocentesis (often simply called "amnio").These tests involve putting a needle into either the placenta or amniotic sac.
They are associated with very small  risk of miscarriage. These tests are usually performed only in certain situations.Prenatal diagnostic testing (CVS and amniocentesis) provides a definitive diagnosis of a chromosome abnormality.

WHAT IS NON-INVASIVE PRENATAL TESTING?

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT), also known as non-invasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD), is a screening method for detecting certain specific chromosomal abnormalities in a developing baby with high accuracy.

  • Non-invasive Prenatal Testing (Free Fetal DNA in Maternal Blood) is a blood test that determines the risk of fetal trisomies like Trisomy 21 (Down Syndrome), 18 (Edward Syndrome) and 13 ( Patau Syndrome). It also includes and optional analysis of fetal sex and sex chromosomes (X,Y) conditions but does not rule out all fetal abnormalities.
  • The turnaround time is 10 days to 2 weeks.
  • Normal chromosomes testing results do not guarantee that all genetic testing have been excluded or normal.
  • Abnormalities finding will be explained to me. In rare cases of positive (abnormal) result, Invasive test (CVS or Amniocentesis) will be indicated.