![]() I don't entirely know what a lot of these disorders are or how common or even serious they would be if detected. ![]() Again, this is normally $2,900 but through the genetic testing company it's $299.īasically, I'm lost here. There is also a more extensive test called Inheritest - Society Guided Panel that tests for a ton of stuff (sickle cell disease, beta thalassemia and hemoglobins C, D, E, O, Bloom syndrome, Canavan disease, cystic fibrosis, familial dysautonomia, fanconi anemia group C, Fragile X syndrome, Gaucher disease, Mucolipidosis type IV, Niemann-Pick disease types A&B, spinal muscular atrophy, and Tay-Sachs). This is around $690 total split between the two tests (I don't believe our insurance covers it, but we're going to check). It says this screens for Trisomy 18 & 21 (which seems redundant if we do NIPS?) as well as neural tube defects. ![]() Our doctor recommended doing something called a Sequential Screen which has two parts, one that we'd do around 12 weeks (ultrasound and blood draw), and another between 15 and 21 weeks that is just a blood draw. This is normally $1,100 but through the genetic testing company they recommended it's $299. It says this screens for Trisomy 13, 18, and 21. We are opting to do the MaterniT21 test (also called NIPS, I believe?) at 10 weeks, partly because we want to know the sex of the baby before we tell our families. (I am of course not basing my decision solely on the opinion of strangers, but many of you have been through this before so I value your opinion!) When we went over it, it was a pretty quick process (not my doctor's fault - I was just overwhelmed and had no idea what to ask), so now I am left with this sheet of info and thought I'd get some of your input on what options we should consider. At our 7-week prenatal appointment we got a whole sheet worth of various genetic testing we could opt to do (or not do). Updated CDC Recommendation for Serologic Diagnosis of Lyme Disease. Clin Infect Dis 2011 53:541–5474Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Two-Tiered Antibody Testing for Lyme Disease With Use of 2 Enzyme Immunoassays, a Whole-Cell Sonicate Enzyme Immunoassay Followed by a VlsE C6 Peptide Enzyme Immunoassay.
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