Plasma DNA testing- is this legit?

[LolaInLove]

http://www.prenatalgeneticscenter.com/

[babydes56]

Lola, i actually looked into it yesterday & read an article that said it isnt. They were advertising it for £179 & you could test as early as 7wks

[Jojogirl]

back in 2006, I took a test like this and it was wrong for me. Told me I was having a boy and I had a girl

[luvncamrin]

I used this place....it's a legit lab that does things other than gender as well. They were great to work with and 100% professional at every point. So far...according to nubs....it's looking correct! The Rh- test gives gender as well... and dr.s order that... this is probably just the same thing but for women with normal blood types! This isn't like some of the old frauds that have to do the blood stuff at home... this ... they actually send you out to a legit blood draw lab in a hospital!

[skrimpy]

I think this is legitimate. It looks just like the test for RhD genotyping without that component. The gender portion of the test has been studied in the US and Europe for several years now and is very accurate. Google "cell free fetal DNA" to see studies done.

I had the RhD screening done (Lenetix Labs in the US did mine) and results indicated Rh- Female. Our u/s reports that Female is accurate and we will type at birth for her Rh status... but I fully expect it to be correct.

These tests have very high accuracy rates and are even accurate proportionally for twins (b/g twins will show "normal" boy levels, b/b twins will show "high" boy levels, etc).

My doctor's office drew my samples and they overnighted them right to the lab. Office faxed the results right to the doctor's office in about 3 days.

Like I said, different lab, but this test looks just like the gender component of the RhD genotyping.

[Jojogirl]

wait...hold the phone. Explain this Rh thing better! Ok...I really don't want to find out with my next...LOL So I really won't...but I'm curious. I'm Rh-....they do a test now to see if the baby is pos or neg?

[luvncamrin]

jojogirl- yes.. and it tells gender!

[LolaInLove]

Hmmm, interesting! May be worth the $ if I am going nuts about gender at that point. Thanks for the input!

[luvncamrin]

so I would say go for it! My gender scan at almost 16 weeks just came back 100% boy.... I think this blood test is legit!

[LolaInLove]

so I would say go for it! My gender scan at almost 16 weeks just came back 100% boy.... I think this blood test is legit!

So excited for you!!! Gathering that your blood test was right then, ya? It seems like it's pretty foolproof...if there is Y chom there is a boy, if not, it's prob a girl. Well, if I can ever freaking get pg I will go for it!