"None of the procedures so far have been uncomfortable. I don't expect this one will be any different. And, I'd kind of like to know, too." She smiled at him. "We'll have more time to decide on names that way."

She didn't really like calling the baby 'it' before and calling them 'they' now was still too distancing. They were little lives with little futures of their own. It didn't seem right not to let them have their own identities as soon as possible.

"And buy cute little blankets and footed pajamas in pink or blue." She grinned and swung her feet a little excitedly as she looked between the doctor and her husband.