chorionic villus sampling (CVS)

If you are really worried about your baby having any type of genetic abnormality, an NT screening with negative results could set your mind at ease.

The moment you find out you’re pregnant is a life changing one. You and your partner will begin preparing for your baby from that moment forward. You’ll set up a nursery, set aside funds and start buying baby clothes.

Research and development companies are working to make invasive prenatal testing a thing of the past. Currently, pregnant women must undergo amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling for many medically-necessary and elective procedures.

Current paternity tests must either wait until the infant is born or
involve amniocentesis to pull fluid from the amniotic sac for testing.
If waiting is not an option or choice for the pregnant woman,
amniocentesis is used.

When a woman becomes pregnant past the age of 35, she is considered to
be of advanced maternal age. As a woman ages, her egg stores are lower
and the remaining eggs may not be as healthy and viable as they were
when she was in her 20s.

Obstetricians are constantly looking for better ways to diagnose Down syndrome. Currently, women with high risk factors associated with Down syndrome are urged to undergo amniocentesis.

A paternity test can be completed in utero, well before the baby is born but it usually requires an invasive procedure like an amniocentesis or CVS chorionic villus sampling .

Amniocentesis and CVS are both invasive tests done in pregnancy to diagnoses certain problems.

What prenatal tests should I have done?