Twins and More Than Two Babies

Twins

If you are expecting a twin pregnancy, you can have publicly-funded Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT).  You can have this test through the doctor or nurse practitioner who is looking after your pregnancy.

There are two laboratories that offer publicly-funded NIPT: Dynacare and LifeLabs. NIPT can usually be done through either laboratory. However, there are two situations when NIPT should only be arranged through Dynacare:

1. a twin pregnancy where a donor egg was used.
2. a twin pregnancy where a gestational carrier (surrogate) is involved. 

NIPT does not come with an ultrasound. For extra information about the health of the babies, it is recommended that you also think about having a 11-14 week (nuchal translucency) ultrasound.

More than two babies

If you are having triplets, quadruplets, or more, you can only have a 11-14 week (nuchal translucency) ultrasound on its own.