This post is part of a series of posts about prenatal testing that I am running in conjunction with the launch of my new ebook, What Every Woman Needs to Know About Prenatal Testing: Insight from a Mom who has Been There. For the other posts in the series, please go to the end ...

I was thrilled when George Estreich offered this piece that compares two recent Today Show segments, both related to Down syndrome. If you don't know of George's writing already, I commend it to you for his thoughtful, careful, elegant approach to words and ideas. His memoir, ...

I have a new post up on the Huffington Post Parent's Page, in which I write about why I'm still in love with my husband all these years later. But I never actually disclose what we decided to do now since we don't celebrate Valentine's Day but we do have a date night every Thursday ...

Yesterday, Penny had a two hour delay from school. We took Marilee and William to their school, ran a few errands, and then shared a snack at our local coffee shop. She jumped in a few puddles in her snow boots (we still have about 18 inches left from last week's blizzard, along ...

I chose to run this post today, one in a series of personal experiences with prenatal testing, because it speaks to some of the problems with prenatal diagnoses and some of the solutions as well. Many people commented on last week's anonymous post about terminating a pregnancy ...

There is so much I want to write in response to yesterday's post (I Tested and I Terminated and I Do Not Regret) and the comments here, on Facebook, and in my email inbox. Thank you to everyone who has participated in the conversation so far, and please continue to do so. I ...

I should begin by thanking the anonymous contributor who was willing to share her story, an unusual one for this blog, about choosing to terminate her pregnancy after a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome. As I wrote yesterday, I ask readers and commenters to be honest and gracious ...