glitteryhelen, we too considered termination as we had a 13 year old son and we had to think about the consequences of us bringing a disabled child into a world where we may not have been alive to look after her as she got older. As older parents, it would have been left to our son and we didnt feel that would have been fair on him which is why we decided to have the tests. I went to Leeds General for my Chorionic Villus test and the people there were fantastic, they know that everyone is terrified when they go and i'm sure it's the same at most hospitals. The risk of miscarriage is very small but it's still really difficult to make the decision to have the tests. i didnt find them painful, the consultant explained to me that once the needle has gone through your skin, as there are no nerves past there, you cant feel a thing and she was right. In fact on all my tests i watched the needle on the ultrasound screen whilst they were doing it ! on the last one, one midwife had to push my baby out of the way of the needle whilst the other did the test, so they could draw the fluid as she kept turning towards it, she's still nosey now !
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