Hi Judy.

Considering your age I'd say your result is actually pretty good. My combined risk was 1/37 - the age risk alone was 1/45 for me at age 41. My risk increased due to a high NT measurement. I had an amnio as that was what both my OB's recommended (I had just switched OB's when the results came in so I heard from both of them). I was told amnio had half the m/c risk of CVS but it's very rare for m/c to occur after either procedure and impossible to tell if the pregnancy ended because of it or if it was going to m/c anyway.

The amnio was not painful at all. I'm not sure how different the procedure is to having a CVS but I believe it's fairly similar. Don't look at what they are doing and you should be OK. I didn't even feel the needle at all. I just kind of felt a "whoosh" as the doctors hand came towards me. The hardest part for me was waiting for the results. The lead up to it all - worrying about the procedure etc was hard, the procedure itself not a big deal at all - then the long wait for results. I had my first results back in 24 hours and it felt like weeks.

My results both came back with no "abnormalities found" and sure enough Brock was born without DS or other any other trisomy.

Don't worry too much about the measurements. It's common for the measurements to show different ages. Brock also had low femur measurements throughout the pregnancy but it's just because he's a shorty like his mum.

Best of luck with it all. I'm sure you will find the procedure to be far better than you expect.