has anyone had Genetic testing?

I didn't get too much into it with my Dr. because i have to go see another Dr. who will explain everything, but can someone explain what exactly they do for genetic testing? TIA!

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yes i got it done... first sono is done at 12 weeks... they basically do a really long sono & measure different parts of the baby... then they prick your finger & take blood... they put those results together and tell you what your odds are of the baby having different genetic disorders such as downs, fragile x etc etc

you get another scan & blood work done around 16-18 weeks that is a tad shorter, but basically they look for the same markers on the baby -- both results are put together to give you more accurate results

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Thank you! That was very helpful. So then it's not the amnio. What about if you have multiples? Does anyone know?

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In my case of multiples I went for a CVS at 12 weeks. I was lucky everything tuirned out fine and didnt need an Amino also. I did have genetic bloodwork and teh sonos done as well.

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i had twins and was told that the finger prick was not that accurate because its multiples so i had an amnio done because i believe that tells you more

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I just did the normal pregnancy testing (bloodwork and sonos). I was also told it wasn't as accurate with twins and could have a higher rate of false positive results. Since my tests came back fine even with the chance of false positive I did not go for further testing (amnio, cvs).