2006-10-01 16:47:49 · 2 answers · asked by Mary T 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
There's very little information about this test on the web...odd...
It looks like it picks up 90% of Down's babies, so it obviously gives false negatives from time to time, but there's no word on how many false positives it gives.
Because the only blood tested is yours, it can't test for gender. It looks like it's ONLY a Down's test. I'd ask my practitioner just how many false positives s/he's aware of with this test. If it's anything like the "triple test" they offer here in the States, it's practically useless due to the high likelyhood of its being dead wrong.
Good Luck!
2006-10-01 17:19:28 · answer #1 · answered by Kya Rose 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check out these sites
http://www.menstuff.org/issues/byissue/earlywarning.htm
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/antenatalhealth/testsandcare/privatetestsexpert/
http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/antenatalhealth/testsandcare/screeningfordowns/
2006-10-01 17:09:42 · answer #2 · answered by charlatan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋