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R, I'm 36 and will be 37 when my baby's born. The doctor told me due to my age I'm considered high risk. Anyone over 35 is considered high risk and is offered special testing to check for Downs etc.

I'm 37 and 32 weeks pregnant with my first. I was 36 when I became pregnant and my dr told me that I wasn't considered high risk due to my age. In fact, she said if she considered women over 35 as high risk then all her patients would be high risk (I live in NY). Yes, there is a slight increase for down's syndrome but it's less than 2% or so. And yes, you are offered more testing because of your maternal age, but it's more a precaution than anything else (at least that's been my case). I'm terribly sorry to hear you had a m/c and are not sure if the doctor considers you high risk because of it. If you are concerned, ask your doctor for clarification as it seems doctor vary on what they consider to be high risk.

I just had my genetic counseling appt this mornign and my genetic counselor said any pg woman over the age of 35 at the time the baby is born is considered high risk.

I thought the same thing Louisa. However, the dr I was going to didn't consider me high risk. I'm switching drs since I wasn't happy with them. This new dr takes both high risk & regular patients so I'll see what they consider to be high risk. Thanks & good luck to all!