I was 37 and 38 when DDs were born. I'm 41 now so Downs was a really big thing on my mind for the girls, but even more so for this little girl.

The background risk based purely on age is a bit scary - for me this time it was 1:59, but so many other factors get taken into account too. I had the normal 13 week nuchal screening and TBH was fully prepared for awful results, and to then be going on to have an amnio. The enormous Down's risk at my age was also something that made DH and I seriously consider a third child. I've been incredibly blessed with my pregnancies - my adjusted risk after bloods and scan for DD1 were something like 1:7000 odd. I don't remember for DD2 but they were great. DD3 (this pregnancy) is 1:1875.

Just try to remember that while it may be a 1:90 chance for Down's, that means there's a 89:90 chance that everything is going to be just fine.