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Saying that, all seemed to be going well with the pregnancy up until 12 weeks, when my doctor recommended I do the CVS test, (Chorionic Villus Sampling), whereby a tissue sample of the placenta is taken to test for chromosomal abnormalities.

Sophie Keller: How Happy Is... Losing A Baby 2009

Because I am now over 35 years of age, the doctor puts pamphlets about Chorionic Villus Sampling and Amniocentesis into my hands and refers me to genetics counsellors.

What I Don’t Know Can Hurt Me | Her Bad Mother 2007

In a segment on prenatal testing, graphically illustrated with shots of a needle being jabbed into a pregnant abdomen, a pediatrician explained the intricacies of "Chorionic Villus Sampling" and the "Maternal Serum Alpha Fetoprotein Test."

Tv's Spock Flock 2008

Chorionic Villus Sampling (CVS) - This involves the collection (through the vagina or the abdomen) of placental cells.

Learning About the Four Most Common Prenatal Tests 2008

But, the horrific truth about the path of hateful transphobic and intersexphobic behavior leads is in the documented mass abortion of babies following prenatal detection of Intersex conditions through abnormal ultrasound findings, amniocentesis, or Chrionic Villus Sampling.

Are transgendered human? Is intersex a crime? And where is feminism? Elizabeth McClung 2007

All non-invasive tests such as blood tests and the like, she went on, could only indicate probabilities, while the invasive tests such as Chorionic Villus Sampling CVS and amniocentesis gave definite answers but carried a 1 per cent to 2 per cent chance of miscarriage.

a better woman Susan Johnson 1999

All non-invasive tests such as blood tests and the like, she went on, could only indicate probabilities, while the invasive tests such as Chorionic Villus Sampling CVS and amniocentesis gave definite answers but carried a 1 per cent to 2 per cent chance of miscarriage.

a better woman Susan Johnson 1999

All non-invasive tests such as blood tests and the like, she went on, could only indicate probabilities, while the invasive tests such as Chorionic Villus Sampling CVS and amniocentesis gave definite answers but carried a 1 per cent to 2 per cent chance of miscarriage.

a better woman Susan Johnson 1999

But, oh, Goldcrest and Feather and Villus, and my friend Ginger.

Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996

Villus and Maytera Marble, all of us are—were his children too.

Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994