COVINGTON, La. - Glen and Rebekah Markham are a bit taken aback by the worldwide publicity surrounding their child, scheduled to arrive by Caesarean section on Tuesday. News outlets from as far away as Singapore are enthralled with the story of officers using flat-bottomed boats to rescue the child's frozen embryo from a sweltering hospital in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Rebekah Markham, and her husband Glen Markham, pose for a photograph with their son Witt Markam 2, center, at their home in Covington, La. Sunday, Jan. 14, 2007. [AP]

The couple expected that maybe the story would show up in a local newspaper, and provide a page for the baby's scrapbook.

"We never expected this much attention," Rebekah Markham said Sunday.

The publicity has put them back in touch with childhood friends and neighbors. It's also made it harder to get ready for the baby - preparations further hampered by the fact that Glen Markham can't lift much of anything just now, or even install the baby car seat.

Markham, a New Orleans police officer, has been on disability since Dec. 3 when he wrenched his back wrestling a wanted man to the ground.

"We haven't even picked out a name yet," Rebekah Markham said.

That's not because there's a shortage of suggestions. They've ruled out Katrina, but friends and co-workers have suggested storm-related names, including Harry Cane for a boy and Cat Five for a girl.

Her husband's choices include Duke and Nitro.

"I said, 'I think that is a wrestler,'" Rebekah Markham said.

"Nitro could be liquid nitrogen, because that's what saved him," Glen Markham said. "For a girl, I like Breeze."

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