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CVS testing..never had it done..but heres some info i looked at on the internet:http://www.babycenter.com/0_chorionic-villus-sampling-cvs_328.bc
So it's like genetic testing sort of?
Oh here! This may be important:
Be aware that if you have CVS, there's a 1 percent chance of getting a result called a mosaicism, in which some of the cell lines cultured from the placenta contain abnormal chromosomes and some are normal. If your CVS detects a mosaicism, you'll have to have amniocentesis and possibly other testing to determine whether your baby is affected.
OH and this:
Be aware that if you have CVS, there's a 1 percent chance of getting a result called a mosaicism, in which some of the cell lines cultured from the placenta contain abnormal chromosomes and some are normal. If your CVS detects a mosaicism, you'll have to have amniocentesis and possibly other testing to determine whether your baby is affected.
One center that does a lot of CVS recently found the miscarriage rate from the procedure was down to about 1 in 360 — similar to the center's miscarriage rate from amniocentesis. This is most likely due to improvements in ultrasound imaging and the doctors' increased experience in doing CVS.
Because a certain percentage of women will end up miscarrying at this point in pregnancy anyway, there's no way of knowing for sure whether a miscarriage following CVS was actually caused by the procedure. Your particular risk depends in large part on the skill and experience of the doctor performing the procedure.
There has been some concern that CVS is associated with limb defects in babies, such as missing fingers or toes, but this was primarily seen in tests done on women before 10 weeks of pregnancy. Current research suggests that there is no increased risk for this problem in women who have CVS at 11 weeks or later.