Smiles - I had a horrible horrible experience with my Amnio, it was done without anaesthetic (as with Gigi I was also told I was going to be given it) and they made my DH leave the room so I was alone and scared, I blacked out and was turned head down feet up on the table with the needle still in my belly!
I said that I would never have an amnio again. You proberly know my story but the results weren't good but I now have my beautiful DD and then when I fell pregnant with this baby I recieved a 1:2 chance of Trisomy 21 and a 1:11 chance of Trisomy 18, I felt I needed to prepare for the chance that the baby would have the same chromosome deletion as DD so I decided to go for a CVS.
I went to a different ob who was highly recommended, for me it was so much better than my experience with the Amnio. to me it still wasn't the nice-est thing to have done, but I WOULD do it again anyday but only with that ob (he is in Mulgrave, VIC, I am happy to pass on his details if you ever wanted them, he was wonderful). He used anaesthetic and allowed DH AND DD to stay in the room for the procedure. I experienced some nausea/dizziness (about 15 minutes later) but that is normal for me and just a little discomfort due to a little bruise, no cramping pains.
Just thought I would offer my experience, as it went from the Amnio being horrific and something I never wanted to do again to a CVS experience that I would happily do again to know that I have a healthy baby.
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