prenatal dna test, is it reliable?

[Jenjaybee]

I am 25 weeks pregnant and my pregnancy has been crazy since in the beginning i didn't know how far along i was so I told both possible fathers. After 5 ultrasounds that have all given me the same conception date we finally did the prenatal DNA test and get the results in 2 weeks, it was just a blood draw for us both so I'm not sure why more people don't do this unless its a scam. Has anyone ever done this? I am freaking out about these results!

[jessie_lee521]

Hi, I was wondering if anyone had done the discreet sampling? I tested my boyfriend with a toothbrush that he had just used with Ravgen. It came back that he was the father, which is what I was really hoping for. I have 5 more weeks till my due date and I am now starting to get a little anxiety. I know Ravgen is a good company, but I never see anything about others getting the descreet testing. Help asap please! Thank you

[mommieofcash]

Can you please update post birth to see if results were correct? I am lost and confused as to believing my results. It states the one night stand with a friend of mine was excluded. He is black and my bf and I are light skinned Hispanic. I have been stressing since Feb.

[AnnieBrooke]

I read one post where someone got the guy's sample from a wineglass.  It didn't sound like she was concerned that the result was incorrect.  If they don't get enough DNA from the sample, they will say so, not give you a positive.

[jessie_lee521]

Thank you! I seem to get anxiety every once in a while especially when it gets this close.

[Les_M]

Can someone please try and help walk me through some on this? I desperately need to get a paternity test done now (32 weeks) and not wait, but I'm terrified of inaccurate results. I don't know what to do. Please help! I need to talk to someone about this really badly.

[AnnieBrooke]

Les, if you are frightened of inaccurate results, does this mean you are not intending to test with both men?  Because "inaccurate results" worries are solved by having one person come up a "yes" and the other person come up a "no."

[AnnieBrooke]

Sbriano, your sister-in-law should use Ravgen.  I have heard of people being very ripped off by one (so-called) "DNA lab" in Canada.  I know nothing of the lab you mention but would counsel her to be very cautious and to use the very best, given how serious the situation is.

[Sbriano]

I didn't see any updated posts regarding Prenatal Genetics Center in Canada. Has anyone ever used them? My sister-in-law is in a situation with her bundle of joy. The boyfriend is a horrible man, beats her cheats on her, treats her like she is trash. Well she found out she was pregnant. Coincidentally enough she had intercourse with her old fling from years ago and now she is not sure who the father is. She doesn't want to wait until the baby's born because shes fearful of her life and the well-being of her child. She wants to get the non-invasive prenatal paternity test but I wouldn't even know where to start looking. I stumbled across Prenatal Genetics Center in Canada and I wanted to make sure it wasn't a scam like most of you on this post.

Can anyone help? My sister-in-law tends to scout out the keepers apparently. I just wanna help her, she's stressing and I don't want to put the baby under any unnecessary stress. We just want to know who the father is to prevent something bad from happening. Any information would be appreciated.

[Zidanpark]

Hey I have done a paternity non invasive test with this company... so far the service was good... my partner who I tested for lived in korea  and I live in ontario... I only tested for that one guy and the results said that he is the father and on the paper they explain how they got these results... I was 4 months pregnant and the test said that my blood contained Y chromosone and through that Chromosone they were able to confirm he was the father.... I didn't know the gender at the time but yes they were correct I am having a boy... I am now 8 months pregnant... I'm kinda nervous because they are 99percent accurate and they also allow a free follow up test after the baby is born. I'M wondering because I'm having a boy there shouldn't be a mistake since the y chromosone can only come from one guy right?

[AnnieBrooke]

Zidan, if they are offering a free followup test after the baby is born, do it.  There is never anything wrong with double-checking.  It's too important to be casual about.  "The y chromosome can only come from one guy" is a funny thing to say, every guy has y chromosomes. What I think they said to you is that they got the information from the y chromosome in your bloodstream.  Anyway, do the retest, this baby (and you, and the dad) all deserve to be sure.

[AnnieBrooke]

Ashers, I wish you had tested with both guys.  The people who get into difficulties about the prenatal tests are consistently the ones who only test with one of the two possible dads.  They then are host to months of worry that the test was wrong.  Do you think the company will do a re-test for you, or give you a discounted test of your ex?  It would tell you a lot if you tested with your ex and he also got a negative.

What are your dates that don't add up that you would get pregnant in the middle of separating?  Did you have an early ultrasound?  I'd be glad to look at your info and try to help you figure out how unreasonable it is to get a negative for your boyfriend.

[AnnieBrooke]

Go hire yourself a lawyer.  Find one that does family law.  Explain the whole thing.  Time to move on this is now, if the court appearance is March 11.

You can explain all your theories about her sleeping with whomever and cheating the tests to your lawyer, if you must.  But don't let your boyfriend open his mouth in court and say such things, it will just make him less credible to the judge.  And don't you either.  And no yelling fights in the hall when you see her.  And, really, no more name calling. Your goal is to get to a DNA test that you accept as legitimate.  To do this, you have to treat people with respect.  When you imply that she was able to corrupt the whole system, you are calling the system corrupt, and judges don't like that.  If you get a good lawyer, he will be able to get the re-test from a legitimate lab if his clients aren't making themselves annoying by calling the woman a ho and stuff.

[AnnieBrooke]

Lest that sound too rude, please understand.  I want you to get what you need from the court process.  Your indignation at this woman, the fake stories she has given, the seeming discrepancies in her actions and what she says, all of this is usual to get someone in the door of an attorney.  Lawyers have heard it all before and really don't need to hear someone complain in anger and indignation, it takes chunks out of their hide.  Your lawyer will love you guys if you explain the problem, tell the dates, point out why it is unlikely the baby is his, desccribe what she said and did and those discrepancies, and say that the suspicion is that she somehow managed to get someone in the lab to write his name on the test result.  Tell him that you only want a good lab with a top name to do the test, witnessed properly by third parties with no axe to grind, and where the report cannot be tampered with.  If he gets a positive from an incorruptible source, that is fine, he intends to step up.  If your lawyer has that as ammunition, he should be able to get the judge to order a test at a safe lab.

Good luck!

Annie

[Cbjsmommy01]

AnnieBrooke
We have yet to consult with a lawyer .. but she messaged him asking if he wanted to see the baby & he said I'll see you in court .. a couple days later we get served which I find very weird bc it had been nearly a month after we got the results . & we have court March 11th . What will we need to say to the lawyer & what will they say needs to be done ?

[AnnieBrooke]

It seems to me that I have read that Natera is the processing lab for the DDC.  

[Newmothertobe23]

I need help! This is my story! My LMP started September 11th and ended September 16th, 2015. I was with a guy a dated briefly and we had sex on September 17th, 2015. I ended up getting back together with ex and we had sex on September 24th, 25th, and 26th. September 25th is my supposal Ovulation day according to my period tracker. I always have a regular period cycle about 28 days. I am now 22 weeks pregnant. I did a prenatal DNA test through DDC when I was about 12/13 weeks pregnant. I am Still with my then "ex," we are engaged and I don't want him to know about this at all. So I did the prenatal test with the guy I dated briefly. My results came back that he is not the father, which I was so happy because I didn't want him to be! But I cannot get it out of my mind that he can still possibly be the father. I am scared DDC did a mess up and when the baby is born it will end up being the other guys baby. I did my DDC testing in Glendale CA, but I found out my test didn't even go to a DDC lab it went to Natera Lab is San Carlos CA. To my understanding it was going back to Ohio where they are located. When I called the representatives have been so rude. They keep telling me it's 100% accurate, but that's all they say. They don't tell me the process of how it goes. When I called and told them "my blood test goes back to Ohio right?" They said "yes" I told them "okay because on my certificate of possible paternity it says it went to Natera lab in San Carlos, and I want to redo the test because to my understanding it was getting sent to you guys" and they said "wait let me check." And all they said was "oh it got sent to us, we tested it and we sent it to Natera lab to get tested." I feel like they lie on the spot because any questions I have I don't get any logical answer. Is this company to be trusted? Has ANYONE at all gotten results back or experienced false results from DDC, please be honest! I am stressing out so bad here. I feel horrible for what I've done, and I think about this every minute of the day, I need peace of mind, and right now I cannot afford to do another prenatal test ):

[FTSingleMom89]

Hi there, I don't mean to make you worry but yes, there have been cases, and recently too, in which the DDC has excluded a man as the father during the noninvasive prenatal test only to test the same man post birth once the child is here and he really is the father. I know this because I am speaking to a few of those woman because I believe the same thing will happen to me once my child arrives the end of summer.  The only way to know for sure if they are accurate is to test the baby and everyone else after birth. It ***** but I would just wait it out. I'm so angry at myself I did the prenatal test and wasted so much money thats not even the 100% accuate they claim.

[Greyskybutterfly]

I am in the same boat as well.  I got a non invasive test done through Ravgen and got the results this past wednesday.  it was done for peace of mind purposes and i had no qualms about doing one (it was requested by the father) because he was the only one ive been with for 2+ years at the time i got pregnant.  As you can guess,  those results came back excluding the father.  WTF?  Now the father is going to miss the birth of the son hes always wanted, and I have to go through it without him.  He wont speak to me because he thinks I lied.

[Ashers__]

I am in the same situation. I'm in Australia so company here sends samples to the US (already massive room for error!!!) Did the test as 'peace of mind' as the dates add up to the guy I was dating but it came back with him as 0% as potential father. Only did test with him as didn't want to tell / involve my ex (one drunken night when we were separating but still in same apartment, seperate rooms) It was a no brainer as far as I was concerned. I just wanted to be 110% sure so as not to hurt the guy I was dating in the long term, as he was thrilled. So that means baby is my ex's. I'd been trying to conceive with my ex for 18 months & it just doesn't add up that we would get pregnant in the middle of separating. I'm devastated. Got the results 2 weeks ago & have queries the validity with the Aus company but haven't heard back from them. I literally only have the mental strength today to do some online research & I'm appalled now & totally do not trust the results.
My results say the same thing, Natera labs, I just feel
There is too much 'handling' of the samples. Australian company, DDC, Natera. I'm only 16 weeks and to not know for the next 5 months is soo stressful. We paid 1600 to have peace of mind & enjoy our pregnancy and now the results excludes my partner &'is unreliable. Any advice? Has any one had their baby & retested and got a different result? X

[AnnieBrooke]

I mean, thanks for posting back!  :)

[AnnieBrooke]

Thanks, Jazzy.

[jazzyjay123]

Just wanted to say that I had my son retested after birth through the court. They used DDC and results came back same as my noninvasive prenatal through Ravgen. Ravgen is definitely a good company to go with!

[Cbjsmommy01]

Thank you so much ! You've been alot of help , you also have alot of knowledge on this subject . again thank you .

[AnnieBrooke]

Talk to a lawyer, don't do this all yourselves.  Give her the lawyer's name if she contacts him.

[Cbjsmommy01]

Thank you so much ! He wants to get it court ordered , but i looked up the place & all the reviews are horrible saying that the child support place in murfreesboro never gets back to anyone ,never serves anyone , & some people also said that they've had their case for 2 years & nothing . its been a week already & noone has served him . My friend told me a place she went in smithville that offers swab or blood test that we were gonna go if we didnt go to court . We also thought it was weird because when the baby was born my fiancé offered to pay for a dna test & such & she refused claimed she didnt want him in her life & didnt need him or his money .. Now she messaged asking if he wanted to meet her being all nice , which we find totally awkward being on she hates him & didnt bring anything up about child support or court . i just find it very weird . & he told her no he didnt wanna meet the baby until he gets a blood test bc he doesnt wanna just jump into her life . if she agrees okay we'll pay for it but if not we're gonna make sure we get a court order . but the place is called pts in smithville , that we may go to get the blood test . but im also worried that eay , bc that's where she lives .

[AnnieBrooke]

CBJsmommy, he should hire a lawyer and get another test at a lab that is legitimate.  If he is hauled into court in the meantime, he needs to let the lawyer do the talking, explaining that she was due October 17 and that he had no longer had sex with her after December the prior year, so he is requesting another test because he feels this one might have been in error.

Do no let your boyfriend go to court without a lawyer.  Don't let him talk in court if he is going to say the test might have been forged or someone was bribed or the guy was checking you out.  He should not talk in court at all unless the judge asks him a yes or no question.  You should not talk in court at all.   (Statements along the lines of "the test was forged" and "she will sleep with anyone to get what she wants" will merely alienate the judge.)  

Another test is not an outrageous request when he stopped sleeping with her in December and the baby came in October.  He can't prove that he stopped sleeping with her then, and if the second test comes out showing he is the father he is going to look like he was mistaken in his dates, but that is the best play for getting a court order for her and the baby to submit to retesting at a more legitimate lab.

[Cbjsmommy01]

Helpp !! Before me & my fiancé got together he was on hard core drugs & was sleeping with this girl .. He said he wore a condom & she was also sleeping with other guys . well he got off the drugs in dec 2013 & no longer messed with her well .. He found out she was pregnant & she told him he was just a possibility that there were other guys . she was due October 17th 2014 .. Which would have made her conceive around the end of january . well he offered to pay for a DNA test & all that & she refused a year later she went to the child support office in rutherford county & they had summoned him to take one . apparently she had hers taken October 20th 2015 & they took his dec 1st . well when we got the results back it said he was the father . but the people at the office said it would take 4-6 weeks to get back , but on the results it had been signed on the 9th of december ..we think the test may have been forged or something bc they never called him & we waited 6 weeks & a day & they also wouldn't tell him on the phone . so we went in to get them & all she did was hand him the results & he asked if he opened it there or later & she told him it didnt matter .. Well he opened it there & she said you know what this means right & he said yes & went to leave .. Then she said oh & the sheriffs department will be by in the next 2 weeks to summon you to court. It just doesnt seem legit to us bc the dates dont add up At ALL & when he took the test the baby mama was running her mouth sayin that she cant wait till we open the results & sees our face & that god works in mysterious ways which seems sketchy to us & as well as he & the mother of the child had some same genes/dna . we were told to do a blood test to make sure 100% bc the baby looks NOTHING like him , We have a son which looks like him , but the other child is a girl. so we are going to talk to someone about it . she will also sleep with anyone to get what she wants & the boss is a male & when we were there he was checking me out & all that ,so we thought that may be a possibility. any opinions or thoughts on this ?

[AnnieBrooke]

Try Ravgen or the DDC (DNA Diagnostic Center), they have good reputations.  A lot of labs offering this service have bad reputations.

[rosetwinz]

has anyone ever used www.prenatalpaternitiesinc.com/ Not sure if I should trust it. and you don't need a blood sample from the possible father, they have discreet ways of getting dna or a cotton swab....

[AnnieBrooke]

In any case, you should re-test when the baby is born, using a lab certified by the family courts in your jurisdiction.  It rather sounds like you did not have a test done by the DDC.

[AnnieBrooke]

Momtobeej09, I looked up Dr's Choice First, the lab you mentioned you went to, and could not see anything on their website that says they have a relationship with the DDC or even with a lab that does testing for the DDC.  Not to say there is no such thing as a local lab having a relationship with a national lab, but it seems like if they did, it would be in their advertising.  What made you think the DDC was involved with testing your samples?

[AnnieBrooke]

I am not sure that your samples really were done under the auspices of the DDC.  The pricing doesn't sound right.  

[Momtobeej09]

@anniebrooke the price was 1500$ but with all the set backs they gave us 1000 dollars back due to "inconvenience" and I called ddc 3 times during the wait and they wouldn't even tell me ANYTHING not even if they were testing our samples because we went threw a company and only they could know the information..