What should I do?

For this pregnancy, I had to switch to a new OBGYN. Mostly because Dr. Brock is too far now that we've moved, but also because his partner, Dr. Schulman, forgot to remove my placenta (until I reminded him when he was almost done stitching me up) and left a freakish amount of gauze in you-know-where (which was discovered days later in the middle of my kitchen).

Anyway...I have a new doctor...Dr. Jick. He came highly recommended. At my appointment a couple weeks ago, the nurse was going through the roster of all the tests I'll have at the different stages of the pregnancy. She mentioned the "First Trimester Screening Test," which I never had with Malena. Apparently, through ultrasound, they measure the baby's neck fold at 12 weeks gestation and can give you an indication if the baby has a genetic abnormality. A blood sample is also drawn. If necessary, they then do CVS, which means removing a sample of the placenta, to run further tests.

I told them, sure I'd do the test. Then, I heard a very sad and unfortunate story from a woman who had just miscarried as a result of the CVS procedure. The crazy thing is that she is only 26. I'm only 29. So, why are they screening us in the first place? It's really only for women over 35.

Right now, I'm leaning towards passing on the screening altogether. There is no way I'm going to do CVS...and there is no way in hell I'd abort this baby anyway, so the whole thing seems pointless, right? Is there any good reason why I should do the screening?