Integrated Blood Test for twins?
Did any of you guys do this test where they draw blood at 12 weeks and then again at 16 weeks? Doctor told me to do it but then told me it's not accurate for twins so I got upset with her and asked what Bete would recommend a test that wouldn't be relevant and cause me stress of something came out abnormal... I only took first party, should I bother with pet two?
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I'm thinking I won't take the 2nd part of the test to avoid the stress of a false positive... it wouldn't change anything and I would still have my babies so I'd rather not stress... I talk to them every day and they know they will be 100% healthy and head down and make it to full term!!! They agreed ;) ❤️ ❤️
I did the test and my AFP (some kind of protein) came back high at 16 weeks which can indicate spina bifida. Luckily, I had already had my anatomy scan by the time I got the blood results and they said they looked closely at my scan for signs of spina bifida because of the elevated protein and everything looked okay. I googled it and multiple pregnancy can cause the elevated reading.
I'm now 33 weeks so I haven't actually had my twins yet, and spina bifida has been in the back of my mind this whole time even though my doctor is not worried. I don't know if doing the test was really worth it.
I was also offered the test but then the genetic counselor said it wasn't accurate for multiples. The brochure they gave me also said the same thing. And when I called my insurance to see if it was covered, my insurance policy said the same thing. So I didn't see the point of having a test done that wasn't considered accurate for multiples.
Fast forward to a few weeks later and I have an ultrasound done and perinatologist takes a look and comes to talk to me. He says babies are too big for ultrasound for the nuchal translucency scan but I should consider doing the blood tests. I tell him that I was told that it wasn't accurate for multiples but he disagrees.
So I can understand some of your frustration.