The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Walter de la Birche, which was dated circa 1182, in the Studies on Middle English Local Surnames, during the reign of King Henry 11, known as The Builder of Churches, 1154 - 1189.
For Downâs syndrome, a blood test called the quadruple test is available from weeks 14-20 of pregnancy. For Patauâs and Edwardsâ syndromes, you will be offered a mid-pregnancy scan that checks for physical abnormalities.
NIPT is a DNA test on maternal blood to screen pregnancies for the most common fetal chromosome anomalies: trisomy 21 (Down syndrome), trisomy 18 (Edwards syndrome) and trisomy 13 (Patau syndrome).