NON-INVASIVE
PRENATAL TEST (NIPT)
Illumina test
The Illumina test is a simple blood test to analyse cell free DNA, and it gives a strong indication of whether your baby is at high or low chance of having certain genetic conditions and chromosome abnormalities.
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From 10 weeks of pregnancy
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Suitable for twin pregnancies
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Suitable for IVF pregnancies
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A simple blood test
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Detects trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) and trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome)
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Option to add in the gender of the baby
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Option to add in Turner syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome, other sex chromosome anomalies (Triple X syndrome and XYY syndrome)
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Results in 2-4 working days
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Highly accurate
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Quick appointments
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Safe for the mum and baby
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UKAS accredited UK lab used
£450
£139
The non-invasive prenatal test identifies 99% (but not all) of the babies with trisomy 21, 98% of babies with trisomy 18 and 90% of babies with trisomy 13.
Please note, you should have had a scan to check the pregnancy is viable before attending the appointment.
We do not have scanning facilities.
Suitable single and twin pregnancies and whether you conceived naturally or through fertility treatments.
You should not have the test if:
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you have cancer, or if you have chromosomal abnormalities including Trisomy 13, 18 and 21
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you are carrying more than two babies
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you have an autoimmune disease
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you have neoplasm (benign and malignant)
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in the last 12 months you have had an organ transplant, received stem cell therapy or immunotherapy
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you have a pregnancy with foetal demise/vanishing twin
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in the last 3 months you have had a blood transfusion
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there is a fetoplacental mosaicism/confined placental mosaicism
Patients with a twin pregnancy are not eligible for the sex chromosome aneuploidy component of the screen.
Further services are available such as having a chaperone present during your consultation, booking in for travel vaccinations or taking out a membership plan. For further information please contact one of our members of staff at reception or find out more about vaccinations and membership plans below.
