Just read this updated post and it was great to read jillbaby's response about her CVS.

I'm in the same boat as you smiles4U in that my CVS was painful, and a very difficult experience. I think that in my case it was more the absolute incompetence of the doctor who gave us our NT results and within 4 minutes mentioned termination and then the fact that I felt the entire CVS including the anae needle plus the actual CVS procedure. I also do not think i was numb at all and in fact the pain almost caused them to loose the sample on the way out.

I went through a private clinic (SWUC) but the doctor who did my procedure was terrible. I went to SWUC for the rest of my ultrasounds but went to a different location. I would most certainly be checking up on the doctor who would be doing my CVS prior to the procedure if I ever had to have it again (My OB had heard bad reports about that specific doctor before when I finally got to tell him about it so i only wish I could have/or thought to ask him about it before hand).

But positive news from a negative experience was that we got the all clear knowing our little baby was perfectly healthy and I now have a beautiful healthy 1 year old daughter (She turns 1 on the 18the August) who is the apple of my eye and makes me giggle every single day..