Hear hear satya - those who go for this test should prepare themselves for all sorts of scenarios. Sharing a similar experience to satya (only thank God (literally) I had my DH and mum there to hold my hand and wipe away my tears) I will never again approach this scan as a chance to look at my baby.

That's what we went in there expecting and when it all went pear-shaped, I was completely dumbstruck. I am only 28 - I am supposed to be low risk. I was completely unprepared for the flood of emotions I felt.

I won't go into details (if you want them, check out my blog entries), but we chose to have the CVS and further scans/tests to find out what was wrong with our baby. Being told by a highly experienced and respected sonographer and then our Obs that "It is highly likely (9 out of 10 chance) that something is critically wrong with your baby" is heartbreaking.

I can't recall which poster said this - but I strongly agree with the comment that the amnio/CVS should be done by the most experienced Dr you can find. My Obs was delighted with our choice of Dr for the scan and she reinforced this after the CVS - she was thrilled he had done the procedure. At no time did I feel that my baby was in danger.