Hi, me and my girlfriend are trying to figure out if I’m the father of her baby. Her doctor would not do the amnio and we researched online and apparently many labs now offer non-invasive prenatal paternity testing.

We called and set up everything with a company called DNA Plus and she’s supposed to go get her blood taken at the hospital today. The guy on the phone told us not to mention anything about paternity testing to the hospital.

Doesn’t that seem kind of shady? Me and her are scared because of the reliability of this now. The website claims basically 100% accuracy and they are BBB accredited.

Here is a link to the page by the way: http://www.dnaplus.com/fetal_cell_prenat…

Also, we have to ship the blood aand DNA samles ourselves using FedEx.

I called them back (btw, its ALWAYS the same guy that answers the phone and its 24/7) and asked them why we can’t mention anything and he said “its none of the hospital’s business. and hospitals don’t like doing anything paternity related because it can end up leading to an abortion, and all the paperwork says we’re doing bloodtesting which that is what we’re doing.”

Waiting till the baby is born is not an option. We’re both going through emotional turmoil and need an answer. Nobody in the family even knows she’s pregnant due to the embarrassing circumstances.

I have recently had a “non-invasive prenatal paternity test” but I am not entirely convinced that it is reliable.

At first I thought it would be ok but now I am not so sure, after reading up on the internet about it all I am just not entirely confident in the result.

I think my last period was the 12th july and when I went for a dating ultrasound scan (in october) they said I was 13 weeks 6 days which made conception around the 28th july giving me a due date of 19th april… that would tie in with my period date.

That was when I was with my new boyfriend. We wanted a DNA test because on the 19th july (before me and my current boyfriend got together), I was with someone else (my ex), so we wanted to be sure.

The “lab” says they do the test using maternal blood because there is fetal DNA that has passed through the placenta circulating in it, so I had my blood taken and sent it in along with a cheek swab from my boyfriend.

I was quite confident that the test would come back saying he is the father, but it hasn’t, and it doesn’t seem right, I have questioned the lab about the accuracy and they said if I send in a swab from the other alleged father they’d have a better picture to look at….. (this would also cost more money).

I asked another lab their opinion and they said they don’t offer the test because they dont think it is reliable, and I have read some reports on this kind of testing and since found out its not that good, I just wondered if anyone has any knowledge on this.

I have read that most labs won’t do it because there has been reports of inaccurate results, but the company I used are confident that their results are conclusive, but I’ve also noticed they are not AABB accredited. The labs that only offer amnio or cvs all are accredited.

Thanks in advance for any helpful advice.

Would a doctor have to do it? And how much does it usually cost? Any information is appreciated!

Also, I read that they could do this test with the mother’s blood instead of inserting a long needle into her belly.

Is this true? If so, is it less expensive?