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!

[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.