May 31, 2001 - Thursday
Harry's mother had an ultrasound today to check the progress of Harry's younger sibling and, as was the case with Harry, it was wonderfully reassuring to see that the fetus was growing well, developing little hands and feet and organs on schedule. And, by taking measurements that were unavailable during the last ultrasound, it was determined that Harry's sibling is expected to be born about the middle of October, a couple of weeks sooner than surmised previously.

The ultrasound also suggested that Harry will have a brother, with a 95% degree of certainty (compared to Harry's ultrasound when there was almost no question at all) and I guess I have to concede to being surprised. Harry's mother has had a different time of it this time than she did with Harry, feeling much sicker and with her body changing in slightly different ways, so perhaps we were expecting the different sex. But, I suppose there's no more common advice about pregnancies than that each one is different, regardless of the sex.

Harry's mother and I are left with a dilemma about names. We would have been in a much better position to come up with a girl's name, with several having been tossed around before we knew Harry would be Harry. In fact, Henry/Harry was the only boys' name that we ever really took seriously. We both thought of it independently. We both liked it. It was done. Now, it's time to start over .


Comments, opinions?