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In a recent Motherlode post, I wrote about our decision to forgo prenatal testing for Down syndrome with my third pregnancy. The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recommend prenatal screening for all pregnant women, and I am at “higher risk” for having a child with Down syndrome, due to the fact that our eldest…

I have a new post at Bloom: Parenting Kids with Disabilities. It’s called “Not so Funny” and it begins:  I absorb a lot of news every week. We listen to National Public Radio morning and evening. We subscribe to Time, The New Yorker, and the Sunday New York Times. I read a handful of blogs…

This morning I was interviewed on WNYC’s “The Takeaway,” a Public Radio International Program. To listen to the clip, click here. The interview discusses my own views and experience of prenatal testing with all three pregnancies, and it also includes a discussion with sociologist Barbara Katz Rothman, who provides an explanation for why prenatal testing…

I mentioned earlier this week that I had an article at Motherlode, the Parenting blog of the New York Times: Deciding Not to Screen for Down Syndrome. Since the article was posted on Tuesday evening, there have been 133 comments that range from supportive of our decisions, opposed to them, and everything in between. If…
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