Paternity test during pregnancy?
Do you want to perform the paternity test during pregnancy, to gain clarity about the father line at an early stage? You can use the prenatal paternity test; a non-invasive test based on the blood of the mother and the alleged father. The DDC isolates the DNA of your unborn child from your own blood, the blood of the father serves as comparison material. Based on this paternity test, it is possible to determine with 99.9% certainty whether the alleged father indeed has a biological relationship.
You can already use the prenatal paternity test from the 9th week of pregnancy, counting from the first day of the last menstrual period. It is a non-invasive prenatal paternity test, with a very small risk to the baby. The risk of a possible miscarriage is estimated to be nil, because the DNA does not have to be taken directly from the baby.
You will simply receive the prenatal paternity test at home, including everything you need and clear instructions on how to use it. The mother and alleged father of the unborn child must have blood drawn by a general practitioner or nurse, a courier service will then collect the blood and transfer it safely to the DDC laboratory. They get to work immediately and will inform you of the result by post or e-mail within 10 days.
Would you like to have an invasive paternity test performed? You can then use a biopsy or a puncture, during the 11th – 15th week or the 16th – 22nd week of pregnancy, respectively. The reliability of these tests is equal to that of the prenatal paternity test, you just have to wait longer and the risk of miscarriage is significantly higher. The prenatal paternity test based on the two blood samples is in this respect a safe choice that provides clarity at an early stage.