NIPT Blood Draw Today
Went in for some spotting I’ve been having over the last 2 days. I knew it was likely cervical since it was super light pink and never escalated, and sometimes disappeared altogether. I’m measuring 9 weeks, right on track with when I ovulated, and his/her little heart is beating at 180bpm.
My doctor said I could do my NIPT draw today, I wasn’t expecting to do it until next week when I was originally scheduled for an appointment. I expressed my concern for low fetal fraction or false positives and he said “no result” and low fetal fraction was very unlikely for me now, and that they usually only see it over a certain BMI. He said he was more than comfortable collecting it today or I could wait if I wanted. He was with me through my last high risk result and knows what we’ve been through.
I went ahead and did the draw. I thought I would be extremely anxious but I feel a very strange sense of calm.
Has anyone else had the blood draw at 9 weeks and if so was your fetal fraction adequate for clear results?? My test will be sent to Unity. Last time it took like 11 business days to get the results, so over 2 weeks! How long did everyone else wait?