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Having CVS tomorrow

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Clare123 · 31/01/2007 18:42

After a lot of thought and many, many tears I have decided that I can not live with the uncertainty. I am booked in for a CVS tomorrow. I know our risk were low overall, but I can not stop thinking about this "indicator". I am so, so scared that I am about to put our baby at risk and I wish I was stronger and able to live with the risk. I can't, I am a mess. I hope to God and hope and pray I don't miscarry a healthy baby, but I just can't continue with how I feel.

I am not sure if there is anything that will make me feel better, but if you have any experience of having a CVS - I would like to hear from you.

Thanks so much

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Frenchsmallfry · 31/01/2007 18:54

Personally I don't other than my bf had one at 12/14 weeks with her second dc. She had had an amnio with her previous pregnancy and said that she had prefered the CVS. All was good for her, she had no problems after either test and has a healthy ds and dd. Well done for making a decision right for you and the very best of strength and luck for tommorow.

lulumama · 31/01/2007 19:08

wishing you the best for this..i have seen your threads, and you are clearly incredibly anxious. i hope that the CVS is helpful....x
no experience, i;m afraid

slalomsuki · 31/01/2007 19:18

I've had 3 CVS tests and they were fine. In the second one they didn't get enough cells and had to go back in for a second go which wasn't too pleasant and I had some bleeding afterwards which was scary. However everything turned out well.

For me the benefit of CVS was the speed of the results coming back to remove that level of uncertainty and also they told me the sex each time which for us was great.

It wasn't painful just uncomfortable. The hardest part I found was where to put my hands while they were doing it since the natural place is on your belly. For all three I hadn't told anyone apart from and I had to go back to work the next day so I couldn't sit down and rest.....my job involves standing up a lot.

Good luck for tomorrow

incy · 31/01/2007 19:32

Good luck tomorrow clare123 x As I've already said I personally found the CVS very straightforward and far better than the 6 months of anxiety I had in my previous pregnancy. big hug x

helenhismadwife · 31/01/2007 21:33

Hi

I have had two cvs they were both very straight forward, as others have said it was uncomfortable rather than painful.

I hope all goes well for you and that you can then enjoy the rest of your pregnancy

loads of luck for tomorrow

Helen

giulia68 · 31/01/2007 21:53

clare123, i am thinking of you and hoping all goes well, which is by far, far, far the most likely thing to happen. hugs to you and let us know how it goes if and when you feel like it. x

Coolmama · 31/01/2007 22:02

Hi Claire - glad you made a decision - best of luck with the rest of your pregnancy!

Frenchsmallfry · 01/02/2007 09:50

Good luck today............xxx

pinkranger · 01/02/2007 09:55

i had one with my ds, i elt uncomfatable 3 day afterward but i was at Kings with the top professor and they were great, i had my results in 3 days. i know its hard but just try and stay calm and relax xx

good Luck xxx

trace2 · 01/02/2007 09:56

thinking of you claire! ((hugs))

Blu · 01/02/2007 10:48

Good Luck, Clare.

Remember that basically, 'soft marker' means unproven slight possibility of co-incidence between one condition and another. Our 20 week scan showed 2 soft-markers for Down's Syndrome and other more scary trisomies...I had amnio, was beside myself with woorry for all the same reasons yuo are, and it was fine.

King's are renowned as one of the top feotal medecine units in the country - it is the same consultant who runs the Harley St one. They are very experienced and , to me, the midwives were very kind and rang me as soon as the results were through.

Anchovy · 01/02/2007 11:01

I have had one and would have absolutely no problem having one again. It did not hurt - and in fact was not even particulalry uncomfortable, more just a strange feeling, so please be assured there is no real pain involved.

I did not have any bleeding afterwards, although the doctor performing it said bleeding was common, as the environment had obviously been disturbed.

I think miscarriage is extremely uncommon. I haven't heard of anyone having one or knowing and I think as doctors get more skilled/practised at doing it the risk gets lower. My doctor (I think he was head of Obstetrics at UCH) had been doing it for 8 years and had not had a single miscarriage.

I think you should look at it as something you are doing to evaluate risk. We actually hadn't really decided what we would do if the result was not as expected. But we did think that we needed all the information to make a proper decision. (The baby involved is now a curly haired, extremely opinionated three year old: DH sometimes say - wearily - that we were given early warning that she was going to be high maintenance!)

My very best wishes to you. Its horrible, but you'll know in a few days.

helenhismadwife · 02/02/2007 08:48

hi Clare hope everything went smoothly and you are feeling ok and get the results quickly the waiting is the pits

Clare123 · 02/02/2007 08:59

Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts and best wishes. I didn't go through with it. I just couldnn't. I am so scared of a miscarriage. I dont' actually feel any better about anything, so I guess this is going to be a long pregnancy of worry. I am holding on to the fact my risk is low, and trying (but failing) to ignore the soft marker. Hubby didn't want me to have the test and I know that is a factor in the reason as to why I didn't have it.

I just feel so weighed down by worry.

Thank you once again; I really appreciate your support and kind words.

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trace2 · 02/02/2007 09:07

claire i understand just what your going through, you posted on my thread other day, and i too have decided not to have amio this morning! thinking of you

helenhismadwife · 02/02/2007 12:22

claire I understand your decision totally it is tough to know what to do for the best. Hopefully when you have your 20 week scan things will be clearer.

My brother and sil found out at their 20 week scan that the baby had a heart problem, they didnt have an early scan at all where they were they were told that it could be a marker for other things I remember well how distraught they were it still makes me tearful now remembering my brother ringing me up crying so much he couldnt speak, they had a much more thorough scan at guys (?) and found that the baby had AVSD they had an amnio to see if there was anything else there wasnt!!!

My niece was born 5 months later and had corrective surgery a year later she is a perfectly happy healthy gorgeous 4 (two days ago!!) year old.

What I am trying to say is that the chances are that there may be something with the heart but nothing else, I cant say to you dont worry because you are going to,I have e mailed my brother and asked him for the name of the organisation that really supported them both a lot during pregnancy and when Millie was a baby. Is there anyway you can go for a more detailed scan with a cardiac specialist?

Helen

incy · 02/02/2007 14:03

They do a detailed cardiac scan ast the Fetal medicine centre if it is any help detailed cardiac scan

incy · 02/02/2007 14:04

Sorry, you need to click on the cardiac scan tab on the left of the screen.

Clare123 · 04/02/2007 13:47

Incy and Helen - thank you so much for posting the information. I have a cardiac scan booked at 22 weeks, which seems ages away, but it looks as if I can have one at the FMC earlier - so that may help my worries. Helen - it's reassuring to hear about your niece, and I am so glad she is okay now.

trace - I think we should give each other support when the worry gets too much. How are you coping? I just feel really odd esp. when I tell people I am pg, I feel like saying "but......." Not quite the celebration I thought I would be having

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