Anyone want to share their amnio experience?

Pierce3252 · March 2011

We are expecting another one this October - and I think this time around we are going to go the amnio route and have a test to specifically see if this baby has our son's diagnosis, PWS. We didn't go that route with the last one, but I think to calm our nerves we are going to go for it this time.

I am just curious if anyone out there will let me in on what the amnio was like. Was it painful? Not that I am freaking out or anything.

duchess0727 · March 2011

The amnio itself felt very routine. It was not painful - just a slight pinch - and was over very quickly. Waiting for the results was much harder than the actual test itself. And that was because the doctor recommended it because she thought my daughter had trisomy 13 (she does not). If they are doing a FISH test, don't do it on a Wednesday because they said 3 days and the results came back on Friday night but no one could read them until Monday morning. So if I ever had to do it again, I'd do it on a Monday to make sure I got the results while a doctor was in the office!!

JOEBunny · March 2011

Are you doing amnio or CVS? I noticed your 11 weeks, which is why I ask. I did CVS. No discomfort, no problems, but I did have to rest for 48 hours afterward and I did. I had it on a Friday afternoon and rested until Sunday night. I got FISH results, and I was glad I did, since my NT results were very high and I was stressed.

mskolman · March 2011

I thought the amnio was no big deal at all. It felt very safe and I don't even remember a pinch. I didn't have any cramping or pain afterward either. As PP said, the waiting game for the results was the worst part about it.