BOY!

Brian has a very bright future ahead of him as an ultrasound technician; he was pointing out parts to me that, to me, just looked like mixed-media, black-and-white art. Brian saw the little penis about five minutes in, but they all kept me in suspense just to keep me on the table. Yeah, YOU try staying still lying down with a quart of water in your bladder while they rub a goopy wand over all parts of your expansive belly. Not so fun.

But the baby is well and the doctor didn't see anything that “concerned” her, and he already appears to have Brian's nose, though there were no enormous testicles as there were in my dream of last week. The ultrasound tech really cracked up on that one.

We went home after a delectable hospital cafeteria meal and started calling the world. Mom is very excited. Brian's mom, upon hearing, “It's a boy,” had a panic attack that we'd just birthed the baby.

And my father is already jockeying for naming rights.