NIPT
Reddit take
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Pros
- The NIPT is *very* accurate, especially if you're older. There can be more false positives (i.e., a high risk result that ends up being fine) if you're younger. For the sex, no matter what the maternal age is, it's upwards of 99% accurat...
- NIPT is the better option. Any over the counter test is “just for fun” because it is not as accurate.
- I did the NIPT both times. The first time it was covered (I had good insurance), the second time I was on my husband’s crappy insurance so paid $250. I wanted to know the baby’s sex and obviously know if baby was low risk or high risk fo...
- We only screened for trisomy 13, 18, and 21, didn’t even do sex detection. The rates on those ones are way more accurate, and it simply didn’t feel worth the stress of a false positive on a wildly rare disorder to test for more things.
- after reading the pamphlet in the car afterwards I’m happy we did it. They test for different kinds of anemia and for cystic fibrosis which I wasn’t aware of until today. ... All in all for us the decision was right.
Cons
- Anyone that qualifies for funded NIPT would be high risk and seen earlier. You can pay out of pocket for it through the blood labs if you don’t qualify.
- We did the NIPT and my baby was fine. I however was told that I probably have a chromosomal abnormality, whose main symptom is… female sterility. We properly tested my DNA and found nothing. Waste of time and money (the retest for me, no...
- I did not do the NIPT due to concerns of false positives given the risk level of my and my partner’s ages.
- NIPT was developed primarily for Down syndrome in which it is incredibly accurate. The other potential disorders detected are just a plus. Also, I would focus more on the false negative rate. A lot of screening tests have high false posi...
- I personally had NIPT results that concluded a very high probability of my daughter having Turners Syndrome, but she was born completely healthy and tested and has no genetic abnormalities. I know these non invasive tests are not 100% bu...
Sentiment
14 positive (64%) · 4 mixed (18%) · 4 negative (18%)
Trust + time weighted score: +48% · raw score 45%
What redditors said (10 of 22)
The NIPT is *very* accurate, especially if you're older. There can be more false positives (i.e., a high risk result that ends up being fine) if you're younger. For the sex, no matter what the maternal age is, it's upwards of 99% accurate as long as there's enough fetal fraction to get a result.
Anyone that qualifies for funded NIPT would be high risk and seen earlier. You can pay out of pocket for it through the blood labs if you don’t qualify.
NIPT is the better option. Any over the counter test is “just for fun” because it is not as accurate.
I did the NIPT both times. The first time it was covered (I had good insurance), the second time I was on my husband’s crappy insurance so paid $250. I wanted to know the baby’s sex and obviously know if baby was low risk or high risk for chromosomal abnormalities just to be prepared.
We did the NIPT and my baby was fine. I however was told that I probably have a chromosomal abnormality, whose main symptom is… female sterility. We properly tested my DNA and found nothing. Waste of time and money (the retest for me, not the initial testing for the baby).
I did not do the NIPT due to concerns of false positives given the risk level of my and my partner’s ages.
We only screened for trisomy 13, 18, and 21, didn’t even do sex detection. The rates on those ones are way more accurate, and it simply didn’t feel worth the stress of a false positive on a wildly rare disorder to test for more things.
NIPT was developed primarily for Down syndrome in which it is incredibly accurate. The other potential disorders detected are just a plus. Also, I would focus more on the false negative rate. A lot of screening tests have high false positive but low false negative.
after reading the pamphlet in the car afterwards I’m happy we did it. They test for different kinds of anemia and for cystic fibrosis which I wasn’t aware of until today. ... All in all for us the decision was right.
knowing that a reassuring result could give me a ton of peace of mind, I found it really worth it.