Thank you so much everyone. OP I think we must have had palcentas in the same place.. it did hurt with him fishing around trying to get enough sample to send off.. still achy today.
Here is a copy and paste from my blog elsewhere
What can I say.. hmmm... ouch
He wasn't even sure he could do the procedure coz the placenta was practically in accessible, too far to the back and very high up. In the end he managed to find a tiny little avenue he could get to. So he got the tray of equipment ready and the midwife came in then to help and Robert left the room. I don't blame him, the look of the cvs needel laying on the tray would have been enough to scare off anyone!
So then the needles.... yes plural. First to deaden the skin was a sting and sharp sensation. 2nd was to deaden below the skin and for some reason I could feel that as a dull pain in the back of my left hip. 3rd was even deeper and this time I could feel it in my groin... yet all were given just above my belly button about 2cm to the left top. He did remark to Clare the midwife "13 wks, ever seen one this high up?" to whcih she answered never.
Then I shut my eyes tight... caught a quick semi second glance of the cvs needle and that was enough for me!!!
I could feel the first 3 times he took a sample and would withdraw it each time to deposit the sample in the special bottle with nutrient medium. t felt like a pulling and discomfit dull ache and made me wince. The last 2 samples I didn't feel.
OB did say although technically he was very happy with todays test he was not as happy with the amount of sample as it was so hard to get to and he didn't get as much as usual as so little room to work with so if it comes back as unworkable then in 3 wks they want to do an amnio. That involves only 2 needles though and much easier as he has all the front wall he can use and only has to take a bit of fluid not try and find a particular patch of tissue.

Cramping afterwards... big ouch. I was given 2 panadol and a script for panadeine forte to fill on the way home. I was allowed to lay there for another half hour then they were going to give us both a cup of coffee but had run out of milk so I decided we'd just go home.

Walking was abit hard coz my tummy was sore due to the fishing around he had to do to get to the placenta... if you ever need a cvs you better wish for a nice low anterior placenta!
By the time we were enaring home and the bumpy part of the road the local anaesthetic was wearing off ... I came straight to bed, had my panadeine forte 2 hrs later and tried to sleep.
We get the first lot of results on Friday afternoon. We eledted for the 3 probe FISh rather than the 5 probe as we have had some genetic testing done alst eyar so only real worry about DS.. most of the other chromosone checks will pick anything up anyhow and those reuslts will be back when I have my regular OB appt on the 16th

So now we just wait for the results and hpe that he did get enough and I don't have to have an amnio as well.