Who is the test intended for?

The test can be performed by all pregnant women who wish to receive more information on their unborn baby’s health. 

There are particular cases for which the test is especially recommended:

• advanced maternal age (>35 years);
• positive screening test for the first/second quarter (Double/Triple Test);
• pregnancies for which invasive prenatal diagnosis is contraindicated (e.g. risk of miscarriage);
• ultrasound picture of fetal abnormalities suggesting aneuploidy;
• Personal/family case history of chromosomal abnormalities.

The test can be performed by all pregnant women: 

• singleton pregnancies achieved by natural conception or with medically-assisted fertilization (ART), both homologous and hetherologous;
• twin pregnancies achieved by natural conception or with medically-assisted fertilization (ART). In these pregnancies it is still not possible to perform the test for aneuploidies of sexual chromosomes, but only for chromosomes 13, 18, 21.