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"Ginevra Potter?" calls the witch holding the door to the exam rooms open, causing everyone who hadn't already noticed our presence to turn and look at us. I take Harry's arm as we stand and walk over to the door. "This way," she says leading us down a hall and into exam room 3. "The Healer will be in shortly, but before then, I need a urine sample," she instructs, handing me a cup. "The loo is through this door," she tells me motioning to a door in the corner of the room, "and when you are done just put it the cup in the compartment in the wall."

I do as she says, and then hop up on the examination table and playfully kick Harry's knee, as he sits in a nearby chair.

"You can't sit still, can you?" Harry teases.

"I am just so excited! Aren't you?"

"I thought you hated going to the healers."

"This is different!"

"I know, love," He says taking my hand, "This is very different."

At that moment, the door opens and the healer walks in, "Ginevra Potter?" she asks, pushing her grey hair back up into her bun while consulting her chart.

"Yes," I respond.

"Well, I must have the right room," she says looking up and seeing Harry and me, "It's a pleasure and an honor to be attending to you Mrs. Potter. My name is Healer Lucy Stout."

"Thank you, but we are just like all of your other patients."

"I see…" she says sitting on a rolling stool and looking at the chart again. "As this is your first child, I would like to explain how appointments go. You will always be asked for a urine sample, which is added to a potion. The potion then will give me all of the information to examine. Once I am done looking at the results, I will come back into the exam room to consult with you. After going over the potion results, I will do measurements and answer any of you questions. I might also perform some diagnostic spells to get a better look at the development of the fetus and such," Healer Stout looks at us, "Any questions over that bit of information? I know it seems like a lot, but it will become second nature."

"I think we are good with that," I say looking at Harry, and then back to the healer.

"Alright then, let's get started," Healer Stout says. "Everything looks great. There is nothing that concerns me. You are eight weeks along, so you should start showing in two to four weeks, but it could be longer, it just depends. I do not need to do any diagnostic spells today, since you are early on in your pregnancy, so now I want to take the time to answer any questions you may have."

"How much longer am I going to have morning sickness?" I ask hoping it's not going to be much longer.

"It's different for every woman and every pregnancy, but for the majority of women it ends around the twelfth week or so."

"Ugh!" I sigh, "four more weeks!"

"Yes, I can say it isn't pleasant, but there are ways to combat it."

"I have been taking an anti-nausea potion. Is that safe?"

"Yes, anti-nausea potions are fine; it's when you start trying to use spells and such that it gets dangerous. Anything else?"

"Umm, did you mention my due date by any chance?"

"Oh no, dear, I nearly forgot!" Healer Stout exclaims flipping back through my chart. "According to the potion your due date is April seventeenth. Of course the chances of you delivering on this exact day are slim; we will be expecting the baby's arrival around this time."

"That seems so far away," I think out loud.

"Oh, don't worry. The time will breeze right by. If those are all of your questions…"

"Umm, I have one," Harry says timidly.

"Yes?" responds Healer Stout, turning to fully address my husband.

"I was just wondering, um uh, in the muggle world, well, they can tell the gender at a certain point… I mean we haven't discussed this, but if we wanted could we find out at some point before the birth?" Harry finally gets out.

"Why of course! I can tell you today if you want!"

"Really?" Harry and I say together, equally amazed at the knowledge the potion possessed.

"Yes, the potion we use gives us pretty much all the information regarding your pregnancy, so yes we would be able to tell you the gender starting at around two weeks gestation."

"That's amazing," I hear Harry whisper.

I turn to him, knowing that if he asked, then he must really want to know. "Harry?"

"Yes, love?"

"You want to know don't you?" I ask him raising an eyebrow.

"Only if you want to dear."

I look him directly in the eyes and can tell it is truly burning a hole in his mind and truthfully, I want to know now rather than wait. After a moment, I turn to Healer Stout, "We would like to know the gender of our baby today."