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Pregnant at 41 Need Advice from Other Older Moms

I personally would not have the triple or quad screen at our "advanced age". .... There are tests out there that come back as a false positive result. ...
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My Future Niece Is Diagnosed with down Syndrome

I am curious..and hope it's just a false positive. :-). Helpful? Yes | No Save This Remove This .... Just Diagnosed with After Having a Positive Quad Screen ...
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Pregnant Again at 35 (Almost 36) a Bit Nervous

Some of the testings they give are false positive, they thought mine was growing ..... I also did the quad screen which is a blood test for Downs Syndrome, ...
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To Amnio or Not to Amnio

I am not in any risk catagories and my quad-screen was negative. ..... I tested false positive on my second also and had amnio and she is fine. ...
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Pregnant and 38

Oct 19, 2009 ... I did the nuchal translucency test (I think it's called the quad 4 screen) and .... if they are positive and indicate a high risk for any of the three, ... Sometimes tests can be wrong (the Triple Screen has a high false ...
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IVF Questions & Being Pregnant Later in Age

The test whose name I can't recall would have given false positives due to my age, ... We always had the pre-screening (quad test, I think) which came back ...
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Pregnancy & Genetic Testing

I'd also be worried about a false positive. I wouldn't mind knowing ahead of .... I had the quad screen (blood test) done with my first one, and it showed ...
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Having a Baby After 35?

I didn't want to have to worry about "false" positives. ..... CVS, Quad screen, etc) to determine if there is a cause for concern that the baby may have a ...
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Testing for down Syndrome

The test can cause miscarriage, and it is not always accurate (false results). ..... Just Diagnosed with After Having a Positive Quad Screen ...
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High Risk Pregnancy

Anyway, I did a quad (blood) test and that came back as irregular which put me at an .... I personally opted to not even have any testing/screening done. .... The test has a high percentage of false positives(it may show a problem when ...
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  • placed in a high risk category in 2 answers "I was also placed in a high risk category, although I/we had no health issues to speak ..."
  • too many false positives in 2 answers "I have heard of too many false positives, and women having perfectly healthy babies ..."
  • frozen embryo transfer in 2 answers "I went back a couple of months later and did a frozen embryo transfer."
  • advanced maternal age in 6 answers "I was told that due to AMA (advanced maternal age) my risks increased with #3."
  • did do the triple screen in 2 answers "This time around I did do the triple screen to see out of curiousity how the tests ..."