ragazzadrago
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Dear Mummies, have anyone of you did any Harmony test recently? May I know how much is the charges and how accurate is the test?
Dear Mummies, have anyone of you did any Harmony test recently? May I know how much is the charges and how accurate is the test?
Thanks for the info!they both test Down's syndrome . the main difference in my Opinion are
a) the accuracy rate ... harmony is higher than oscar for D.S
b) oscar will examine other physical abornamlities other than Down syndrome
c) price ...harmony need to send blood sample to USA hence more exp and take longer time ( 2-3wks) and oscar all done locally and result will be out in 2-3 days
The Harmony test screens for Down’s syndrome and other more unusual chromosomal abnormalities such as Edwards syndrome and Patau syndrome.
OSCAR (One Stop Clinic for the Assessment of Risk), the First Trimester Screening assesses the risk of the baby inside your uterus having Down Syndrome. The most accurate way of estimating the risk of carrying a Down Syndrome baby is by combining the information from (1) the age of the mother, (2) the findings from an ultrasound scan at 11 to 13+6 weeks pregnancy (the nuchal translucency scan) and (3) information obtained from the levels of two hormones (free ß-hCG and PAPP-A) in the mother's blood. In pregnancies affected by Down syndrome, there is a tendency for the levels of free ß-hCG to be increased and PAPP-A to be decreased. The nuchal translucency scan is an ultrasound scan performed between 11 and 13+6 weeks of pregnancy, during which the fluid at the back of the baby's neck (the nuchal translucency) is measured. All babies will have some fluid here but in babies with Down Syndrome, the fluid tends to be increased. The fetal anatomy will also be examined as there are some physical abnormalities that may be diagnosed at this stage of pregnancy. The fetal skull and brain, the nasal bone, the arms, the legs, the stomach, the spine, the abdomen and the bladder will be examined. This scan should be done by a trained personnel accredited by the Fetal Medicine Foundation.
I did it at my gynae 's clinic aka ACJ at Thomas medical ..Dear PTB7674, may I know where you did the test? My gynea quote me $2k which is very pricy.
My gynae charging 1,350 not sure with or without gst
Mine is Dr Phua in kovan
Wow!! Do you think that I could just perform the Harmony test under your gynae's clinic?
Yes Dr Phua charges is reasonable. Btw he previously do not offer such test as I requested him to check for me. If Oscar test did not turn out well, I wouldn't suggest you to go for Harmony test instead u may want to consider Amnio Test. Coz you will be paying double charges if the result is still bad. Of coz Amnio test has its own risk but up to individual to decide.
lolz.. i notice this dr is highly recommended in forums ...esp after oscar result is out ...If I am given a choice, I wouldnt do both. Coz they are not accurate. I will go straight to Dr Anada to do all my scannings. =)
He is a well known and experience Dr. Everyone in the same field knows him. =)
BTW I dont find DR Phua good.
lolz .. guess it is up to individual some may find him good so hard to sayHaha... Good one... Cheap may not be good
I did it at my gynae 's clinic aka ACJ at Thomas medical ..
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I will be doing my Harmony test at acj too ..
Did your gynae ask you to do the NT scan as well ??
He is specialized in genetic scanHi . Pardon my ignorance.who is this dr anada? Is he specilise in tests?
Oh .. is he expensive?He is specialized in genetic scan
Yes I did both harmony and Oscar which included the nt scan
Because harmony dun do scan . Gynae advised best to do Oscar as well cos they do nt scan and other growth scanWhy did you do both tests ??
Hi ladies, I just receive my OSCAR test results, quite bad for T21.
Background risk 1:226
Adjusted risk 1:127 due to my blood test and my maternal age of 36.
But the screening turns out my baby has good results with NT 1.5mm and high nasal bone of 2.4mm.
My gynae suggests me to take the Harmony test next week. I'm pretty devastated. I hope this is a false alarm.
no fasting required for harmonyThanks icyjol. In the first place, I told my gynae i do not want to take the OSCAR test, i wanna go straight to HARMONY. But he persuade me to try OSCAR test first, and if OSCAR test return the results as low risk then i do not have to spend so much on HARMONY.
I should have stand firm and insist on HARMONY. My hubby say how can we believe on probability, and he is not willing to accept the readings just because of the blood test.
Anyway i am going for my blood test tomorrow in the morning.
Results will be out before Christmas.
Hi does anyone know whether do I need to fast one day before drawing the blood ?
Thanks PTB7674!
gee.... @icyjol thanks for the info, you also went for the HARMONY test last week ?
I am not scared of injection at all. They can draw as much blood as they like, all I hope is my baby well and fine.
that is because you are troubled by your oscar result .. dont think so muchMy gynae did mentioned we will get to know the gender for this test.
By right I should be excited about it, but somehow i'm in low spirits these few days.