Question by Liz: For those of you who don’t believe that the quad test is accurate…?
I just wanted to give an update….I had my quad test come back with high levels suggesting Downs. They said I had a 1:40 chance according to the screening. When I got to the perinatologists office for my level two ultrasound, the tech told me that the baby looked “very abnormal”…that was the worst day of my life. She only had two heart chambers, and she had cystic Hygromas on the back of her neck (basically fluid filled tumors which were bigger than her head), she had fluid in all of her major organs, edema of the skin etc. which had progressed to “hydrops”. I believe my baby girl had “Turner Syndrome”. She had a 0% chance of survival. I am just saying that at first, I thought the quad test was a joke because of how unreliable everyone was saying it was. But, now I am thankful that it’s there to help us find out if anything could possibly be wrong. Unfortunately, we didn’t lose Piper until 18 weeks pregnant. Now I know to use every kind of testing available for our next pregnancy. This was a random chromosomal abnormaility that was out of our control. We are still in shock that this happened to us. My husband and I are healthy, under 30, and have no genetic issues on either side of our families. These tests aren’t always wrong.
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Answer by ~Mrs. Ferrari~
Oh, how sad. I’m so sorry!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
I don’t believe the triple and quad screens are not accurate, but I won’t get them done because their rates of accuracy are pretty low in my opinion (60ish% for triple and about 80% for quad). It’s a personal decision every couple needs to make, if they want those tests done.
Again, I’m terribly sorry for you both and your little angel.
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I am so sorry honey! My condolences, I too believe those tests aren’t always wrong they were invented for a reason to screen babies while there in the uterus for genetic disorders, and people should take the results seriously, even though sometimes they can make mistakes..
I’m so sorry you had to go through that, that’s terrible. I can’t imagine how you must feel.
As for the testing, I got mine done. I know there is a high false positive rate but at the same time I knew if there was a chance I wanted to know what was going to happen. Mine came back clear though but that doesn’t mean I’m out of the woods yet, many other things can still go wrong.
I’m sorry again for your loss.
i’m so sorry about your baby girl. i had people telling me not to get the test done because the false positives. i got it done and fortunately everything came back fine. a friend of mine had hers come back saying there was a higher chance of her baby having problems (i don’t remember what the number was) so she had a level 2 ultrasound and amnio and everything was fine. yes, she was worried when the results came back, but at least she had the chance to do further testing and find out that everything was fine. i would rather know what was going on with my child then to be expecting a healthy child and something being wrong to where they won’t be able to survive. again – i’m so sorry for your loss and i’m sorry that you weren’t one of the one who had inaccurate results.
I am so very sorry to hear that you lost your baby girl. I will take what you said about the quad screen and think about it. I got it with my first and didn’t get it with my second. The screen was negative for my oldest but they picked up something on the ultrasound which could indicate downs and I had to go to the perinatologist. He did not have Downs however.