Edited b/c quote box fail - trying to reply to dkleid! If you had the AFP or quad, they are both still just screenings - not diagnostic. As someone who had a "false positive" first tri scre… (View Post)
I second anything by Ina May Gaskin. Some of it is a little crunchy and psychedelic-fabulous, but Spiritual Midwifery has so many amazing stories of women giving birth (from their perspectives). It's… (View Post)
I second sideboth. A lot of us had first tri screens come back with elevated risk and chose to do non-invasive testing (eg Harmony, Panorama, verifi, MaterniT21, etc.). My midwife said they're almost… (View Post)
We are 15 weeks here - an orange (that needs cloves for Christmas). Next appointment with midwife is 1/13, and anatomy scan will come soon after. We'll do AFP screen/draw sometime next week, too. Wha… (View Post)