Prenatal Paternity Testing
If you want or need paternity answers, they are readily available—even while you’re still pregnant.
Not knowing who the father of your child is can be stressful, and waiting till after the baby’s born to get a DNA test means months of worry.
The test can be performed as early as the 7th week of pregnancy, meaning you can choose to confirm who the father is nearly immediately after your pregnancy is confirmed. Unlike outdated methods for determining paternity like amniocentesis or a Chorionic villus sampling test that can cause a miscarriage, a prenatal DNA is completely non-invasive and safe for both mother and fetus.
How Non-Invasive Testing Works
- DNA is collected from the mother with a simple blood draw, and DNA is collected from the possible father using a cheek swab
- Both samples are then sent to the lab for analysis
- The test analyzes free-floating fetal DNA from the mother’s plasma and compares it to the mother’s own DNA profile
- Once the fetus’s profile is determined, that profile is then compared to the possible father’s and paternity can be determined
- Results for the prenatal paternity test are generally returned in about one (1) week, once testing has begun. If the man tested is determined not to be the biological father, then the report shows a 0% probability of paternity. If the man tested is considered to be the biological father, the report shows a 99% or greater probability of paternity