dear ALR,

i just found your thread today, otherwise i would have posted last week for you.

i had the same reason for having the amnio - having the Nuchal Test come back with a 1 in 6 chance of having a Downs baby. I was rung up and told, you have to have an emergency AMnio tomorrow morning! I didn't sleep that night either.

my ob spec at the public hosp, decided NOT to use the local anaesethetic either (without telling me until it was too late) and the procedure was agony, i experienced really bad cramps for five days afterwards. THe fortnight of waiting for the results was horrible, my therapy was to go and buy 2nd hand baby furniture, i could't help myself, i just HAD to do something positive.

1 in 6 is such a high risk, it's a scarey time.

Hugs for your recent losses, i am guessing you were close to your parents, that's rough to lose both of them in such a short time.

All the best for the rest of your pregnancy, what a relief for you!

i'm glad it ended happily, but yeh, i don't think the medical people have ANY idea how much stress having the amnio, puts a pregnant woman under. I had to CHASE the doctor for my results.