19 weeks, 6 days: It's a ...

stubborn, willful child who was not particularly cooperative with the tech.

But is also most likely a boy!

19 weeks, 1 day: Thankful...

...for a Rockwellian-Pacific Northwest Thanksgiving, frosted with snow, with 22 members of the extended Bangs family;
...for my own growing nuclear family;
...for the miracle of science;
...for Dr. Eli Reshef and all the nurses and lab techs at the Bennett Fertility Institute;
...for mandatory infertility insurance coverage in Massachusetts;
...for 18 months of COBRA coverage;
...for our new home, friends, and church family in Norman;
...for the endless love and support from you, our extended tribe in Boston, NY, DC, NC, UT, OH, NJ, CA, OR, and on and on;
...for our family in AZ, CA, WA, IA, WV, MD, VA, and PA (and anyplace I left out!);
...for Grandma Mason's 97th birthday today;
...for my two best friends, Brent and Sarah;
...for my parents and brother;
...for my IF buddies, Sally, Kate, Monica, Emily, and the giant circle of support on the internet;
...and looking forward to next Thanksgiving, when over the Sound and through the woods to Grandmother Gigi and Papa Bill's house we'll go!

Happy Turkey (and pie)!

16 weeks, 5 days: Second trimester screening results

Everything continues to look good! Risk of Down Syndrome is now 1:7400, Trisomy 18 is 1:1000, and neural tube defects is 1:6000. Our big ultrasound on Nov. 30 will confirm that all is well ... and let us know whether we're shopping for pink or blue!