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An alpha fetoprotein ('AFP') blood test is used to detect genetic defects. Ideally, the blood sample for the AFP test is drawn when a woman is fifteen to sixteen weeks pregnant, but it is acceptable to obtain a blood sample as late as nineteen weeks. The fifteenth to nineteenth week range is based upon uncontradicted evidence presented at the trial of the subject case. In Reed v. Campagnolo, 332 Md. at 230, the parties apparently agreed that the AFP test 'must be performed between weeks 16 and 18 of the pregnancy to obtain reliable results.' On the other hand, in Basten v. ...