silver (05/12/83)
With a baby due next week, we are in the same boat. We just call it "he" or "she" as the mood strikes us, or sometimes "it". I suppose we could have an amnio done if we really cared, but that would ruin the suspense (and surprise)! Just to put this in perspective... we are also very uncertain about when the little rug-rat will arrive. This, too, is an uncomfortable and suspenseful feeling that most new parents live with. But, which do you think you'd be more likely to win a Nobel for -- a simple method for predicting when labor would begin, or a simple[r] way to to discover the sex of the fetus? Alan Silverstein, Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Systems Division, Colorado ucbvax!hplabs!hpfcld!ajs, 303-226-3800 x3053, N 40 31'31" W 105 00'43"
bill@uwvax.UUCP (05/23/83)
My wife and I finessed the problem: we deliberately chose a name appropriate to either sex, "Jesse", about 7 months before he was born. If the child had been a girl we probably would have used "Jessica". We're not sure what we would do with another child -- Franc[ei]s isn't one of our favorites... Suggestions welcome. bill cox bill@uwisc ...seismo!uwvax!bill
bj@yale-com.UUCP (B.J.) (05/26/83)
How do you refer to a dead baby? B.J. Herbison-BJ@Yale decvax!yale-comix!herbison-bj
cng@burdvax.UUCP (06/03/83)
Considering the 1973 Supreme Count decision in Roe vs. Wade maybe we should just refer to the unborn as 'it'.
dave@utcsrgv.UUCP (Dave Sherman) (06/11/83)
There's also "Leslie", and "Pat" [-ricia or -rick].
myers@uwvax.UUCP (06/12/83)
A friend of mine chose "Chris"; if TK turns out to be female, the name would be "Christine".