i agree with Hoti, everything ive read says 1/200, but also as maruschke says it also depends on the skill of the person performing it.
If you get someone who hasnt done many i would say the risk would be much higher, whereas someone like the lady i seen who does 7-10 procedures a week for the last 15 years or so i would believe to have a lower risk.
Unless WA gov have chosen to give a different statistic
Renee - you are completely within your rights to ask for a referral to a private specialist clinic for your amnio. Investigate the individual stats of the people performing the tests. KEMH's people in their specialists positions do tend to be very well qualified so you might find that whoever you are scheduled to see is one of the best available anyway.
The State Govt brochure gives the 1:100 figure yet the King Edward Memorial Hospitals website, who sent the brochure gives a 1:200 risk. King Edward is a specialist maternity, neonatal and gynaecological hospital....I would imagine they would be well practiced in the proceedure. We have decided to go through with the amnio so we are both thinking positive.
Bring on the 30th March so we can get this nightmare over with. Oh and we are going to opt for the fish results, I'd empty our savings account just to find out sooner than 2weeks!
I had the amnio on the 30th and it was absolutely awful. It wasnt painful at all but it was very intense, all those weeks of waiting led up to that moment and I felt literally paralised with fear during the proceedure. When the Ob pulled the needle out white stuff (I was looking at the ultrasound image) started flowing into the sac. I could see the ob looked.....a little too interested in that image but she continued on as normal. It was only when I asked "what's that what stuff" she said...."I think it's blood". I think.....ahh so comforting no? It turns out "she thinks" she nicked a vein on the way in and as she pulled the needle out blood flowed into the sac. So before this happened she agreed I could book in my 20 week ultrasound at my local hospital but after she asked I come back to her. Apparently because the baby will now be swallowing the amnio fluid combined with my blood the bladder & bowel will appear bright on the ultrasound. To someone who doesnt know what happened at the amnio it will look like a condition called Echogenic bowel. She didnt mention if this was harmful to the baby, which I'm sure she would have if it indeed was.
We got our fish results back 4 days later and we have been cleared for (Trisomy 13,18 & 21 DS). What a huge relief! We will be getting our full amnio results this Friday. I just want to get these full results and the 20 week scan done (in just over a week) to feel completely safe.
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