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To pay privately for NIPT?

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Beachsidesunset · 02/03/2022 09:54

If, at the age of 45 you got a low risk result for Downs (1 in 900) and Edwards/Patau (1 in 40,000) would you pay privately for the Harmony?

Combined screening is 90% accurate, and NIPT is 99%.

Reasonable - at that age it's always worth double checking.
Unreasonable - the combined test is good enough.

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SatinHeart · 02/03/2022 10:06

If you can comfortably afford it and it will give you peace of mind for the rest of your pregnancy then why not.

As @emmathedilemma says, also depends if you think you will do anything differently based on the result.

Treaclepie19 · 02/03/2022 10:05

Reasonable, but just be aware that it's not a guarantee of nothing being wrong.
We had a high nuchal measurement (so admittedly a sure sign something was wrong) and had a private NIPT which came back fine. We later had an amnio which showed our little one was very poorly.
I'm (badly) trying to say sometimes if there's a concern an amnio is more useful. Though obviously not without it's risks.

MarshaBradyo · 02/03/2022 10:03

Reasonable- I was part of a study at Kings which meant we had it at no cost, very lucky but it was worth it for the reassurance

emmathedilemma · 02/03/2022 10:02

It depends how the result might affect any decisions you might make if it’s positive…..

Ohsofedupwiththis · 02/03/2022 10:01

I did the Harmony test due to a higher risk after Nuchal screening.

I am so glad I did.

If it will give you peace of mind then its absolutely worth it. But with the screening you have already had and this risk ratio, it will probably tell you what you already know.

Mynameisnew · 02/03/2022 09:57

It depends. I did the combined screen on two pregnancies and the risk came back as "low". I left it at that.

For another pregnancy, I did the combined screen and it came back as borderline. They offered me an amniocentesis to be 100% sure, so it was at that point that I elected to do a private NIPT.

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