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What to call an unborn child?

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Damage · 18/11/2024 22:27

I am 10 weeks pregnant.

Maybe it's just me, but I'm finding it difficult to know what to call my unborn child at this stage. It doesn't feel right to call it a baby, child or even fetus.

Any suggestions?

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Trallia · 18/11/2024 22:34

The pregnancy.

Its a bit cold, perhaps, but I'd had losses and couldn't bear to get too attached to this one. Very attached to her now she's running around.

I still talk about "the pregnancies" that didn't work out. Most miscarriages are of embryos after all.

Little squiggle, squish, wriggley-one and kick-a-lot were slightly more affectionate(?) terms used at later stages!

minipie · 18/11/2024 22:34

Bean

I think DC2 became Chickpea

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 18/11/2024 22:33

Ours was smudge

Amarige · 18/11/2024 22:33

Baby.

purpleme12 · 18/11/2024 22:32

CarrotPencil · 18/11/2024 22:32

Definitely not ‘baby’… ‘how’s baby today?’ 🤢

I always referred to it as ‘the baby’.

What's the difference 😂

CarrotPencil · 18/11/2024 22:32

Definitely not ‘baby’… ‘how’s baby today?’ 🤢

I always referred to it as ‘the baby’.

Suzuki76 · 18/11/2024 22:31

Mine was called Jürgen. Guess which football team we support.

MrsTerryPratchett · 18/11/2024 22:31

I like a diminutive of a family name. Or a cute word that pops up. Squish, Noodle, Bean, whatever feels nice. A name but not the name.

SuperfluousHen · 18/11/2024 22:30

I was always expecting a baby when I was pregnant.

MammaKel · 18/11/2024 22:30

I used baby bean.

Aria999 · 18/11/2024 22:29

I think ours were also Bump.

My sisters pre birth were (I have no idea why) Humphrey and Cuthbert.

LifeExperience · 18/11/2024 22:29

I called mine my baby or my child at that point. Later I called them my son and my daughter.

purpleme12 · 18/11/2024 22:28

Just baby really

BruceAndNosh · 18/11/2024 22:28

The bump. Even tho you most probably don't have one yet

TooBigForMyBoots · 18/11/2024 22:27

I called mine Izzy.