Eddalabs Reviews 328

My experience with Edda labs was very positive – although many obstacles due to covid-19 and Norway regulations which meant very few people were willing to help me in a very vulnerable situation.

I am Swedish temporarily living in Norway due to work and is expecting my 2nd child. I expected values and prenatal services for women in my age to be pretty much the same regarding this matter. Living in Norway trying to get this test done, I encountered many sceptical faces and it felt like I was asking for a service completely abnormal or wrong. Being used to what almost all women in my age get offered at home, it felt like the prenatal health care and values here actually was roughly 10-15 years behind.
In my first pregnancy, our KUB showed very bad results and we were immediately sent over to do NIPT test at the antenatal care unit including extra heart screening of the baby (through the public health sector). After many screenings, everything was fine with our baby. Being in Norway, experience large resistant to get the test or some sort of screening due to my experience, I only met very sceptical faces due to current regulations (although it is actually legal since 2020).

In Sweden KUB-test is offered all pregnant women (no matter age) and after 35 this offer is also free of charge due to higher risks of chromosomal abnormality.

Through Edda labs, I got the possibility to do NIPT despite obstacles of covid and not being able to travel home. It is first now, 19 weeks into pregnancy, I can finally breathe knowing everything is fine.

Vi er veldig fornøyde og takknemlige for god oppfølging av Ebbalabs med prosessen om å gjennomføre NIPT som hjemmetest i Norge nå i januar. Tett oppfølging fra lege og god informasjon. For oss var det viktig med forutsigbarhet og hos Eddalabs var vi i trygge hender. Det anbefales.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic we were not able to travel to Sweden to take the NIPT test, as we did with our first child. We found Edda labs online, and honestly we couldn’t be happier for that coincidence; Edda labs and Dr. Kristian Wright has been very helpful and professional with tutoring us about the test, answering questions, weekdays as well as weekends, and we can highly recommend Edda labs to all future expecting parents!

Svært god oppfølging, Bra service.

Veldig god oppfølgning! Kan varmt anbefales.

God og trygg prosess. Informasjonen som gis oppleves grundig og samtidig enkel å forstå. Infoen har fokus på hvilke alternativer med tanke på valg av test og hva de forskjellige testene gir av svar. Ikke minst treffsikkerheten på de forskjellige. Man blir også bevisstgjort på å tenke gjennom hva man ønsker svar på og ev valgene og oppfølging ved test-svar. Gjennomgang med lege på telefon opplevdes også trygt og informativt og lurte man på noe senere fikk man raskt svar.
All informasjonen, samt konsultasjon med legen og tilgjengeligheten, gjorde meg trygg i valget om test og hva jeg ønsket teste for. Ikke minst en trygghet med tanke på treffsikkerheten ved et NIPT-svar vs. en KUB-test.

Hadde en kjempe bra opplevelse med de. Alt var bra organisert og svar kom ganske fort. Jeg er 37 og det er så beroligende å vite at alt er bra.

Skulle bare ønske at Norge ikke var så dum så at vi kunne gjennomføre det her i Norge i stedet for å bruke 1000kr ekstra for å sende det til Sverige. Nå må Helsedirektoratet skjerpe seg å få dette i gang som regjeringen bestemte i fjor.

Eddalabels is very professional and competent, and we were taken very good care of.

Meget fornøyd. Følte meg trygg og ivaretatt gjennom hele prosessen. Også stort pluss for rask behandlingstid og svar på alle henvendelser.

Absolutely professional, service minded and caring. Shipped from Norway on Thursday last week and received the result already Thursday this week. Highly recommended!

Profesjonelt og svært godt tilbud. Som kommende 3 barns mor ønsket vi svært gjerne å få mer informasjon om fosteret, og og ble derfor veldig glade når vi fikk anbefalt eddalabs.

Grundig skriftlig innføring i forkant av hvilke tester man kunne velge å ta. Gjennomgang av fordeler og utfordringer med de ulike testene.

God og grundig samtale med lege på telefon i forkant av testtaking, enkel gjennomføring av blodprøve her i Norge og svar fra analyse i Sverige under en uke etterpå.

Takk for god og tett oppfølging, viktig at man har direkte legekontakt gjennom hele prosessen. Det var en trygghet å ha kontakt med kompetent helsepersonell Som var tilgjengelig for sparring og diskusjon i forkant, og dette ville vært særlig viktig dersom resultatene skulle vise avvik. Betryggende å vite at lege også ville bistå oss videre ved evt alvorlige avvik, både for p sparre og bistå med dialogen videre med norsk helsevesen.

Takk for en svært god og trygg opplevelse.

Jeg har utelukkende positive erfaringer med Eddalabs. Fikk utrolig god oppfølging når det gjaldt spørsmål i forbindelse med selve avgjørelsen om å ta testen samt gjennomføring. Det gikk veldig smidig og raskt.

Mannen min og jeg er uendelig takknemlige for oppfølgingen fra Dr Wright og teamet hans. Vi har blitt svært godt ivaretatt gjennom hele testprosessen. Dette, i kombinasjon med privat ultralyd, har gitt meg som førstegangsfødende en ekstra trygghet, noe som har føltes helt nødvendig nå som koronarestriksjonene har redusert en allerede mangelfull offentlig svangerskapsomsorg til et helt uakseptabelt nivå. Med dagens offentlige ordning ville jeg som 35-årig førstegangsfødende ikke fått tilbud om fosterdiagnostikk, på tross av at jeg allerede har to ikke-biologiske barn. Jeg ville hatt første ultralyd i uke 19 (attpåtil uten min mann til stede) og første oppmøtetime hos jordmor ville vært etter uke 20. Det er for meg et helt uforståelig dårlig tilbud som har forårsaket mye uro og mange søvnløse netter. Jeg har flere ganger tvilt på om jeg ville klare å gjennomføre svangerskapet.

Hjelpen fra Dr Wright har gjort at jeg endelig klarer å senke skuldrene og ha tiltro til at dette vil gå bra. Jeg har allerede anbefalt Edda Labs til to av mine venninner.

Because of the fact that we are both close to 40 years old, and the chances where increased for complications in a pregnancy, we decided that we wanted to take a NIPT test even before we got pregnant.
Even though it was now decided that I as a 36 year old woman was supposed to get the opportunity to do this test in my home country (Norway), it was still not put into action.
When I finally got pregnant, I asked my gynecologist what my choices where, and she strongly recommended to contact Edda Labs and doctor Kristian Wright.
I did and we had several phone conversations where he explained everything to us in detail and answered all our questions. And we had a lot.
Kristian could also recommend some clinics who could help us take the blood test which made everything a lot easier. The test was taken in week 11, and sent back to Sweden the next day for analysis. The process was really easy.
Unfortunately the answer broke our hearts. Kristian called us in person and told us that the test showed that the risk for Downs Syndrome was high. He explained that we should double check the result to be sure and take a sample of the placenta.
Finally we would get help at a hospital in Norway.
If it had not been for Kristian I don’t think we would be able to do anything that day. We both felt paralyzed and devastated.
Within a few hours he had organized everything with the hospital and booked an appointment for me.
I showed up at the hospital (all alone because of the corona situation), took the test, and a few days later we got the answer that the results of the NIPT test unfortunately were right and our baby had Downs Syndrome.
We had tried to prepare for this, but getting the confirmation was another punch in the face. We of course hoped till the end that the diagnose would be wrong.
Even though we had agreed before we got pregnant that the right thing for us would be to take an abortion if something was reseriously wrong, it was really painful now that it was really the case and we had to make the final decision.
We both really wanted the baby, and I as the mother already felt a strong connection to the little one that was growing inside of me. I felt a lot of guilt and felt like a bad person for choosing something so “selfish”.
We also felt that people around us had strong opinions about what to do, and not everyone that knew agreed with our choice.
The hardest thing was that we had to apply for the right to determinate the pregnancy. I thought I would faint walking in to the room to meet the two doctors in the comity. I had to explain with my own words what had happened and convince them that it was my own choice to take the abortion. Even though everything seemed very strict and serious, I felt that they truly showed compassion and understanding for the decision we had made.
It felt really good to also talk to someone like Kristian who could talk about all the sides of this diagnose and be honest and say that it in many cases also envolves a lot of other diagnoses and complications. We would for sure love this child the same as any other, but the sircumstanses could make life very different.

The abortion was done on the 30th of December and we stayed at the hospital for 1,5 day. It was a painful and very difficult experience that we hope we will never have to relive, but the nurses and doctors were really kind and caring.

1,5 month later we still struggle with the loss, and it feels hard and scary to think about trying again. But we know that for us this was the right decision, and we are so thankful that Kristian and his team not only helped us with all the practicalities that it envolves, but most of all for all the care and support that he showed and still showes months later.
We are for ever thankful to you Kristian!

Det här är min tredje graviditet. Under min första i 2016/2017 valde vi att inte ta några fostertester, antar att vi visste för lite om riskerna med att få ett sjukt barn och vi oroade nog oss inte så mycket då. Lyckligtvis föddes vår son frisk. Men i januari 2019 när han var 20 månader gammal dog han plötsligt av akut bakteriell hjärnhinneinflammation och vårat liv vändes upp och ner... Otroligt nog blev jag gravid väldigt snabbt efter det och då var vår oro enorm för att få ett sjukt barn. På den tidpunkten visste vi mer om NIPT och vi bestämde oss för att göra testet, då vi kände att vi inte skulle klara att hantera ett till dödsfall av ett sjukt barn, varken i eller utanför magen. Eftersom vi bor i Norge där NIPT fortfarande inte är lagligt eller tillgängligt för varje gravid kvinna, var vi tvungna att åka till Sverige / Göteborg. Och allt gick bra, även om det var ganska tufft för oss att resa så långt för det testet, mitt under vår djupaste chock och sorg.. vår andra son visade sig oxå vara frisk i magen och föddes i december 2019. Nu är jag gravid igen med vårt tredje barn och har fortfarande samma bekymmer (eller ännu mer) för att få ett sjukt barn som kan dö. Den här gången fick vi veta att vi kunde försöka ansöka om NIPT på Rikshospitalet på grund av vår livssituation, att vi har förlorat ett barn (vilket vi också kunde ha gjort andra gången men vi visste inte det då). Så vi gjorde det, men de avslog ansökan och uppgav att vi inte gick under kriterierna. Vi höll inte med om den anledningen till avslaget. Men vi blev ju då tvungna att söka efter ett annat alternativ och eftersom det är en covid-19 pandemi i världen kunde vi inte åka till Sverige den här gången. Så vi googlade fram Eddalabs och läkare Kristian Wright kontaktade mig genast efter mitt mail till dem. Han informerade mig väldigt väl om testet och att de kunde skicka ett NIPT-kit från Sverige till mig och att jag då kunde boka tid på en klinik i Oslo för att få testet gjort och sedan skicka tillbaka det till Sverige. På tre dagar hade vi testet och nästa dag tog jag testet på kliniken och dagen efter skickades det tillbaka till Sverige. Och bara en vecka senare fick vi resultaten skickade till oss. Kristian följde upp mycket bra och jag kände mig väldigt säker och riktigt bra omhändertagen. Vi var väldigt nöjda med Eddalabs och läkare Kristian Wright gav oss en mycket bra upplevelse! Men jag måste påpeka att NIPT definitivt utan tvekan bör finnas tillgängligt för alla gravida kvinnor / föräldrar i Norge! Det borde vara varje gravid persons eget beslut att fatta, inte regeringen eller något politiskt beslut. Det handlar om ett mänskligt liv och en förälder / familjesituation. Jag vet att extremt många gravida norska par åker utomlands för att göra testet och kanske behöver ta några lediga dagar och betala för resor eller leveranskostnader. Jag vet också att lagen har ändrats i Norge för att detta ska finnas tillgängligt på den privata marknaden, vilket är mycket bra, men det finns tusentals föräldrar här som blir gravida varje dag och varför ska det ta ytterligare ett eller flera år för att detta ska ska finnas i praktiken ?! Snälla få det att ske snabbare! Tack!

Det var en fantastisk oppfølging fra start til slutt! Veldig god og nyansert informasjon som sørget for at vi tok et informert valg. Eddalabs var tilgjengelige hele tiden for ethvert spørsmål vi måtte ha :)

I had a very good experience with Eddalabs. They followed up on my situation very well. I´m very glad that it was possible to do the NIPT-test through Eddalabs because I believe it is very useful for coming parents to be able to make informed choices about their and their babies lives. And it makes it possible to prepare for certain situations. I´m also only months away form getting these tests taken in Norway due to age. And especially in this situation it´s a big relieve to be able to take the test through private medical centres.

Glad that there is a place can do nipt test while isn't available in Norway. We'll organized process of delivery even under pandemin situation people having trouble to travel as before, sample still can be delivered with full security. I got my answer faster than expected very satisfied with the service:)

Thank you. Felt safe and well cared for. Quick and professional service.

Easy, efficient and professional.