After 3 Boys, We Gave Up Our Dream of a Daughter—Then My Husband Called Me to the Hospital and Said, “There’s a Baby Here”

A blurry image of an ultrasound screen.

A screenshot of baby-name ideas.

Maya wasn’t on the list.

I stared at that.

Clara had her own possible names.

Her own imagined future.

We had named her in an emergency because nobody else could.

For the first time, I wondered whether we should have kept one of Clara’s choices.