The amniocentesis? I had it done, and it was fine. It was all over and done with very quick, like taking blood out of your arm but they put a needle in your belly. They told me to take it easy for the rest of the day, so I went out for lunch afterwards and then home to watch movies. They quote the miscarriage rate as 1% but with an experienced doctor it is much lower than that. For the clinic I went to, their loss rate was 1:800 and they said it tended to be the babies who had problems who would miscarry (so hard to say whether the loss was due to amnio or would have miscarried anyway). Hope all goes well xxx
The amniocentesis? I had it done, and it was fine. It was all over and done with very quick, like taking blood out of your arm but they put a needle in your belly. They told me to take it easy for the rest of the day, so I went out for lunch afterwards and then home to watch movies. They quote the miscarriage rate as 1% but with an experienced doctor it is much lower than that. For the clinic I went to, their loss rate was 1:800 and they said it tended to be the babies who had problems who would miscarry (so hard to say whether the loss was due to amnio or would have miscarried anyway). Hope all goes well xxx
It was at exactly 16 weeks.