Mouth swab at OB visit?

[busterrose]

My BIL's GF is due at the end of July with their third kid. He just told MIL that he went in to give a mouth swab because his gf said it was to make sure the baby had no diseases. He didn't ask any further questions. 

1. Bizarre if it's their third together, right? They are both in their early 30's and their two children are perfectly healthy with no diseases.
2. Can anyone think of a reason for the swab other than DNA testing?

I should also mention that she and I go to the same OB office and there was never any mention of a mouth swab in any of my visits. MIL, H, and I are trying so hard to restrain ourselves from suggesting that it might not be his.

[jrp]

Uhhhhhh...... This sounds super sketchy.....

[gamora24527]

Has he ever been tested as a carrier for diseases like cystic fibrosis? Besides the obvious paternity test question, perhaps they are testing for other genetic disorders? Could it be that one of the newborn screens of the other kids came back with something? Could they even do a paternity test this early? That wound up being a lot of questions

Still, sounds sketchy and he really should have asked for more details. It's his kid (presumably) too!

ETA: I thought of one more thing: could it be that she tested positive for an STD or something and was having him secretly tested? 

[AleWife]

I'm also in the DNA test camp. That's really fucking weird.

[NatashaBromanoff]

If he didn't go to the OB's office or OB's lab directly, that sure as hell is a DNA test.

I mean, they could do genetic disease testing too, but it's not exactly routine.

gamora24527 completely unrelated but i love gamora

[ruemorgan]

I feel like shes hiding something from him. But I cant see how a nurse or doctor would give him the mouth swab with out revealing the true purpose? Atleast at my drs office, they over clarify everything.

[busterrose]

Jan 22, 2015 14:06:09 GMT -5 gamora24527 said:

Has he ever been tested as a carrier for diseases like cystic fibrosis? Besides the obvious paternity test question, perhaps they are testing for other genetic disorders? Could it be that one of the newborn screens of the other kids came back with something? Could they even do a paternity test this early? That wound up being a lot of questions

Still, sounds sketchy and he really should have asked for more details. It's his kid (presumably) too!

ETA: I thought of one more thing: could it be that she tested positive for an STD or something and was having him secretly tested? 

I believe he was tested. My H was asked all of the preliminary questions when I was pregnant with my first and like I said, we go to the same OB office. I'm just not sure what sort of genetic information beyond a DNA test you can determine from a mouth swab. 

It is super sketchy, right? 

[AleWife]

Jan 22, 2015 14:16:45 GMT -5 busterrose said:

Jan 22, 2015 14:06:09 GMT -5 gamora24527 said:

Has he ever been tested as a carrier for diseases like cystic fibrosis? Besides the obvious paternity test question, perhaps they are testing for other genetic disorders? Could it be that one of the newborn screens of the other kids came back with something? Could they even do a paternity test this early? That wound up being a lot of questions

Still, sounds sketchy and he really should have asked for more details. It's his kid (presumably) too!

ETA: I thought of one more thing: could it be that she tested positive for an STD or something and was having him secretly tested? 

I believe he was tested. My H was asked all of the preliminary questions when I was pregnant with my first and like I said, we go to the same OB office. I'm just not sure what sort of genetic information beyond a DNA test you can determine from a mouth swab. 

It is super sketchy, right? 

This is sort of a long shot but does this doc office post test results online? Mine does and it was cool to see my results by logging in… I wonder if he would have access to it.

I also agree with ruemorgan that it's surprising they didn't mention why they were swabbing. Too many questions here… 

[jcar]

Was she swabbed first? They didn't do it with my first pregnancy but either this one or the previous one they tested to see if I was a cystic fibrosis carrier which involved a mouth swab test. If I tested positive, they would need to test my DH to see if he was a carrier as well. It's very possible they could be testing for this.

[Deleted]

Sounds like an episode of Maury might be in their future.

[coleybug13]

I definitely would be sketched out by this. I would have him call the OB and ask to double check what the test was for and what the results were

[busterrose]

Jan 22, 2015 14:20:53 GMT -5 jcar said:

Was she swabbed first? They didn't do it with my first pregnancy but either this one or the previous one they tested to see if I was a cystic fibrosis carrier which involved a mouth swab test. If I tested positive, they would need to test my DH to see if he was a carrier as well. It's very possible they could be testing for this.

She was swabbed first. I hope it is just a genetic test.

[mango]

Sounds like genetic testing -- DNA or CF. Weird they didn't have CF testing prior to this if it was their 3rd together...

[busterrose]

Jan 22, 2015 17:08:51 GMT -5 mango said:

Sounds like genetic testing -- DNA or CF. Weird they didn't have CF testing prior to this if it was their 3rd together...

And that's why we are all side eyeing the procedure. So strange!

[drudolph11]

Maury Maury Maury, sorry that's all i could think of lol

[cafecreme]

[rm2013]

Maybe, just maybe it's for one of the older kids, just to make sure.....

[starsailor26]

I still think it's a little shady but I mean I guess it could be legit.

[janda426]

I see no reason he shouldn't be able to call the office and ask exactly what the test was for. It is HIS body that was tested..

[earthian]

Sketchy as hell.

[mrsh924]

Jan 27, 2015 16:31:16 GMT -5 janda426 said:

I see no reason he shouldn't be able to call the office and ask exactly what the test was for. It is HIS body that was tested..

Yep!  I would be a little concerned if I were him.  Better to err on the side of too much information than be blindsided with something in the future.  Even if it is just genetic testing, I would want to know what it was for.  But I'm very nosy. 

[wamom]

Any follow up with this?

[TheTuna15]

Jan 27, 2015 16:31:16 GMT -5 janda426 said:

I see no reason he shouldn't be able to call the office and ask exactly what the test was for. It is HIS body that was tested..

If I was him, I would totes call the office. A less suspicious move would be if he called asking for results. They would have to give them to him, since the testing was done on him.

[busterrose]

He won't call since he trusts her 100%. He isn't questioning the test at all. It's the rest of the family that thinks it's weird but we don't want to put our noses in their business.

[TheTuna15]

Well, I guess if he trusts her and he's happier not knowing then that's his business. MH's family has a similar case of "Dude, that kid probably isn't his," but no one really wanted to stick their nose in it so it's been left alone.

I did ask MH, who's a general practitioner, if the mouth swab thing was legit for genetic diseases. He said there are tests that use saliva, but if this is a third child and she presumably had prenatal care with the first two, then it would be highly unlikely. Her genetics wouldn't have changed between child 1 and child 3, so if she was a carrier for something they would have tested him 3 kids ago to make sure he wasn't a carrier as well. But like I said, if everyone seems happy, then it may be better to just let it lie.

[busterrose]

@akrystofiak wow, thanks for checking on that. It's what we all suspect.

[busterrose]

Ok, I can't tag you for some reason.

[TheTuna15]

Busterrose - It's no problem for me to ask. But just because it's highly unlikely doesn't mean it's impossible. Maybe the OB is just being really cautious in her case or he's trying something new? I would hope for his sake that that's the case.

[jacqueleen]

I would side eye that. Im thinking DNA testing. My cystic fibrosis test was blood work. I never had a mouth swab

[sathena]

I will say they do swab the father's mouth for the panorama around 11 weeks or later. They did it when I had the panorama to make sure there were low chances of deformities and it also tells sex.