"Now, Nala, don't get too excited. It's bad for the baby."
"I know!" Professor Burnet giggled. "But I can't believe we're about to find out what we're having!"
A voice interrupted their conversation. "Nala!"
"That's us, honey. Come on."
A female doctor with long pink hair awaited. Her pastel pink uniform was very clean and she held a clipboard chock full of documents. "Hello!" she said cheerfully. "I'm Dr. Joy, and I'll be taking care of you today! Now who's the lovely mother-to-be?"
"I am!"
"Dr. Joy, this is Nala Burnet. She's my wife."
"That's me!" Burnet squealed, standing up. "I can't wait to see our baby!"
"Follow me." Dr. Joy took the expecting couple to one of the exam rooms and helped Burnet up onto the exam table. "Just wait here and fill out these papers," she said handing her clipboard and a pen to Burnet. "I'll be back soon to run some tests and then you can have your ultrasound."
"Sounds good to me." Burnet glanced over the top paper. It was mainly just simple medical questions such as how old she was, any allergies she had, whether her family had a history of medical problems, things like that. She began to fill out the fields as Kukui sat down on the room's small chair.
"Hey, Akela?"
"Hm?"
"Are you... nervous about this?"
"About what?"
"Seeing our baby and finding out its gender."
Burnet turned the page to find a duplicate set of questions, most likely for her husband. "Here," she said, handing him the clipboard and pen.
Kukui took to filling out the papers. He was nervous. He was anxious to see her baby—no, their baby—on the machine.
Then the door opened. "I'm back." Dr. Joy took the clipboard, which was now all filled out, from Kukui. "The machine is being set up. It's time for a few tests before it's finished." The first thing she did was take her stethoscope and listen to Burnet's heartbeat. After that came the baby's heartbeat. The feeling of the cold metal on her belly made her shudder. "Okay, good." She put it back around her neck. She then put on gloves and felt around Burnet's belly, which had grown quite a bit. "Have you felt the baby moving yet? It probably feels like fluttering or bubbles. It'll be a while until you start feeling actual kicks."
Burnet nodded.
"Okay, now we can get on with the ultrasound. Come with me."
Burnet got down from the exam table as Kukui stood up, both of them following Dr. Joy. Both of them got more and more excited by the second. She led them to a room with a neatly-made bed, the machine hooked up next to it.
"Here." Dr. Joy helped Burnet up. "Just like that." Dr. Joy opened a drawer, took a tube of ultrasound gel, uncapped it, and spread the gel on Burnet's belly. It was cold, for one thing.
"Hee hee! It feels kinda nice..."
"That's good." Dr. Joy took the scanner and gently scanned her belly. A blurry white shape appeared on the screen.
"Look, honey!" Professor Kukui pointed to the screen. "That's our baby! Can you believe it?"
The shape gradually smoothed out and developed features like a face and limbs.
"Aww, our baby's so cute!" Burnet chirped.
"Congratulations!" Dr. Joy said. "You are having a..."