Prenatal Genetics Laboratory
If you need answers about your baby’s paternity before birth, Prenatal Genetics Laboratory offers a safe, non-invasive prenatal paternity test for families across Boston. The test uses a simple blood sample from the mother and a cheek swab from each possible father, so it carries no risk to you or your pregnancy.
Testing can be done as early as 8 weeks, and we coordinate your blood collection at a local laboratory or hospital somewhere convenient in the Boston area, close to home, work, or your own doctor. Our scientists analyze the test in our own laboratory and return clear, confidential results, usually within 8 business days.
Place your order and we ship your prenatal DNA kit straight to you.
A quick blood draw for mom at a local Boston lab, plus a simple cheek swab for the father.
Receive your confidential results in about 8 business days.
Convenient Boston NIPP Tests
Prenatal Genetics Laboratory specializes in non-invasive prenatal DNA testing designed to determine paternity before birth. Instead of invasive procedures, this test requires only a blood sample from the mother and a DNA sample from the alleged father.
For clients in Boston, accessibility and privacy are often important when arranging prenatal paternity testing. We coordinate blood sample collection at more than 10 convenient locations across the area. Whether you’re near Back Bay, Beacon Hill, the South End, Dorchester, Cambridge, Brookline, or another nearby community, our team helps coordinate the process so you can complete the sample collection with less stress and more clarity.
Every test includes a free baby gender result and a free follow-up paternity test after your baby is born, at no extra cost.
We are one of the few laboratories that performs non-invasive prenatal paternity testing entirely in-house, instead of forwarding your samples to an outside lab.
You can have a DNA test from 8 weeks of pregnancy, counted from the first day of your last period.
Results are greater than 99% accurate when the mother’s blood is collected at 8 weeks or later.
For our Boston, MA clients, you’ll get standard results in 8 business days, with an optional 5-business-day rush for an additional $100.
$998 plus an $80 FedEx fee, with no extra charge to test more than one possible father.
Simple, Straightforward NIPP DNA Testing Process
Start your test and talk with the team about your pregnancy timeline, who is being tested, and where everyone is located. Each client is assigned one dedicated agent for the whole process.
We send a complete kit containing blood collection tubes for the mother, cheek swabs for each possible father, clear instructions, a submission form, and a prepaid FedEx pouch for returning everything.
We help arrange the maternal blood draw at a convenient local laboratory or hospital in the Boston area. You’re also welcome to use your own family doctor, OB-GYN, or nurse if you prefer.
The alleged father’s sample is taken with a simple cheek swab from the kit. If parties live apart, separate kits can be sent to different addresses.
Return everything in the prepaid pouch. Once your samples reach our laboratory, results are usually ready within about 8 business days and delivered privately to you.
Convenient Boston DNA Tests While Pregnant
Boston is one of the most medically connected cities in the country, which makes arranging a maternal blood draw straightforward. We can coordinate your collection at more than 20 laboratories and hospitals across the Boston area, so you can complete this step close to home, your workplace, or your healthcare provider. Whether you’re in Back Bay, Beacon Hill, the South End, South Boston, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Charlestown, East Boston, or Allston-Brighton, or in nearby communities such as Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, Newton, Quincy, or Medford. Your case agent will help you find a convenient option.
If you’d rather use your own doctor or nurse, that works too. The collection facility may charge a small blood-draw fee of its own, typically around $20 to $50, separate from your test cost. And because the process is coordinated by mail, the mother and the possible father don’t need to be in the same place: separate kits can be sent to different addresses anywhere in the United States or Canada, which helps when a father lives outside Boston or out of state.
Everything You Need to Get Your NIPP Test Started
During pregnancy, small amounts of your baby’s DNA circulate naturally in the mother’s bloodstream. Our non-invasive prenatal paternity test analyzes this cell-free fetal DNA from a standard maternal blood sample and compares it with the DNA of each possible father collected by cheek swab.
Because the test needs only a blood draw and a swab, it carries none of the miscarriage risk associated with invasive procedures such as amniocentesis or chorionic villus sampling (CVS). Our laboratory uses advanced methods, including real-time PCR and SNP analysis, to build an accurate genetic profile and determine paternity well before your baby arrives.
Accuracy and Timeline Overview
The accuracy of our prenatal paternity test is greater than 99% when the mother’s blood is collected at 8 weeks or later and samples are provided for every possible father. Your final report gives a clear answer for each man tested: he either cannot be excluded as the biological father (a match) or is excluded. We strongly recommend testing every possible father, there’s no additional charge, so no one is left in question.
If your first blood sample doesn’t contain enough fetal DNA to complete the analysis, we’ll recommend a second draw later in pregnancy, and there is no cost to re-test as long as your first sample was collected at 8 weeks or later. Standard results are ready in about 8 business days; a 5-business-day rush is available for an additional $100.
Eligibility for a DNA Test While Pregnant
You can take the test from 8 weeks of pregnancy onward. To keep results accurate, the test isn’t suitable in a few specific situations. You should not take this test if:
If you’re unsure whether your situation qualifies, call us and a member of our team will talk it through with you before you order.
Strict Confidentiality
We treat your case with strict confidentiality. Results are released only to the paying party, and you can protect your case with a password of your choosing so that only you can access your information. We’ll follow any special communication instructions you give us, and where needed, kits and correspondence can be arranged discreetly. Your information is never shared without your consent.
Frequently Asked Questions
The cost of our non-invasive prenatal paternity test is $998, plus an $80 FedEx shipping fee, with no hidden charges. A non-refundable $300 deposit starts the process and is applied toward your total; the remaining balance is due before your final results are released, and results are released to the paying party.
Your price includes the collection kit, laboratory testing of the mother, the fetus, and every possible father, a baby gender result, and a free follow-up paternity test after your child is born. There is never an extra charge for testing additional possible fathers. A 5-business-day rush is available for $100. The local facility performing the blood draw may charge its own modest fee. Balances can be paid by Visa, Mastercard, American Express, or PayPal.
Frequently Asked Questions
At a local laboratory or hospital we help arrange — we can coordinate collection at more than 20 sites across the Boston area. You may also use your own doctor, OB-GYN, or nurse if you prefer. The collection site may charge a small draw fee of its own.
From 8 weeks of pregnancy, counted from the first day of your last menstrual period. Earlier testing can sometimes be discussed — call us for details.
Greater than 99% when the mother's blood is collected at 8 weeks or later, with samples provided for every possible father.
About 8 business days after your samples reach our laboratory. A 5-business-day rush is available for an additional $100.
$998 plus an $80 FedEx fee, with a $300 deposit to start. The price includes testing every possible father, a baby gender result, and a free post-birth follow-up — with no hidden charges.
Yes. Separate kits can be sent to different addresses anywhere in the U.S. or Canada, so each person can give a sample wherever they are.
Yes, at no extra charge. We'll send a kit for each man you need to test.
We'll recommend a second blood draw later in pregnancy, at no cost to re-test, as long as your first sample was collected at 8 weeks or later.
It isn't suitable if the pregnancy started as twins but one was lost, if you're carrying multiples, if a surrogate is involved, or if you've recently had a miscarriage. Call us if you're unsure.
Yes. Results go only to the paying party, you can protect your case with a password, and we follow any special communication requests you make.
No. We coordinate collection across the Boston area, Massachusetts, and New England, and we ship kits anywhere in the U.S. and Canada.
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