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In december, when we were 17 weeks in utero my wife had to have an emergency abdominal surgery. and it was not looking very good. and she was -- it was pretty grim. they said that possibly both of them wouldn't survive, mother and child. at that point we actually didn't know if it was a boy or a girl. and when she was in the hospital, and we were both crying, right before she went into surgery, she just said if it's a girl, we're going to name her hope. >> you knew then she would be hope and mom, you were telling me, hope sort of has become this acronym for what? >> h is had trouble conceiving...