I went to my first doctors appointment yesterday and was told about all these blood test for percentages for differant diseases and mental illnesses the baby could have. Are these tests nessasary? Are they really important? I want to do whats best for the baby but if all they are going to do is worry us i dont think its nessasary. Anyone take them? And did it make a differance in your pregnancy?



there is very little in a pregnancy that you have to do. However, most of the tests are basic. Likein your first one they were also checking your hormones levels to make sure that they are rising like they are supposed to. The one test I wish we hadn't done and I won't do again, is the quad test between 15-20 weeks. It has a 60% false positive rate and when you get a false positive (like I did) the stress isn't worth it. I suggest not doing that test, but that is my opinion.

- firsttimemom755
on Jan. 17, 2013 at 2:22 PM