Amber, What a coincidence! I am newly pregnant myself. And low and behold I see you are meeting with a specialist on the 22nd... as am I. I have already started taking the Dex. I have been on it maybe 10 days now. If you are going to take it, now is the time to start. How far along are you? I have one of those day by day interactive pregnancy calenders from the internet. It is just around 6 weeks gestational age that the buds of genitals begin to form. 6 weeks gestational age = 8 weeks since LMP. I am within that time frame now so feel better knowing I have the dex in my system. By 12 weeks genitalia are pretty much formed. The CVS and amnio is another big question for me. I am leaning towards amnio because of that small increase miscarriage risk of the CVS. However no final answers yet. Susan ... due May 3,2001