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If you would name your DC after your doc or a midwife what would it be?

84 replies

Jleome · 30/10/2022 21:52

My DD would be Yamini or Emma
DS Harry and if he was a girl then Alice

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AdoraBell · 03/11/2022 12:41

Britannia- Doctor who performed emergency C-section, and Sergio- neonatal doctor who sorted their intensive care.

They were born while we lived overseas and the system is very different to UK, no midwife or health visitors.

GinIronic · 03/11/2022 12:38

I’m not sure anyone introduced themselves during my labours.

BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 03/11/2022 12:34

Funnily enough the Midwife who delivered dc1 was called Bernadette Grin

TheBirdintheCave · 03/11/2022 12:33

DS would have been Pippa if I named him after my midwife, lol.

justasoul · 02/11/2022 01:18

(I actually still like Barbara but I understand why husband said no)

justasoul · 02/11/2022 01:11

I did want to name my child after my GP at the time - she was an excellent dr - but it was a firm nope from DH. Her name was Barbara. Grin

RedRec · 02/11/2022 01:09

The midwife who delivered my son 21+ years ago was so lovely I bought her some flowers.
Her name was Bernadette (Bernie).
The one who delivered my daughter was absolutely horrible.

BetterBeCarefulBoysYouJustMightSetTheWorldOnFire · 02/11/2022 01:06

Ruth and Maureen. Thankfully mine are two girls so the names aren't entirely out of the question, but they're not ideal!

AlwaysLatte · 02/11/2022 01:05

Lucy or Stephanie

HolidayHappy123 · 02/11/2022 01:03

Terry. He wore orange Crocs which would be a crime in any other circumstances.

InTheFutilityRoomEatingBiscuits · 02/11/2022 00:50

I’ve never spoken to a midwife or doctor about childbearing for long enough to remember their names!

Dustyblue · 02/11/2022 00:47

I'd have a son called Natalie

SageRosemary · 02/11/2022 00:42

Redambergreenforgo · 30/10/2022 21:59

Dt would have been Anna and my name for midwife and Dr was john.
Ds were all femle including several Dr's. Main midwife was Louise.

Oh my goodness, for both DC I had Dr. John, and for DC2 midwife was Louise! (who I think may have had either early onset dementia or was on sleeping tablets in the middle of the night shift)

Dinosauratemydaffodils · 02/11/2022 00:41

The only name I remember from ds's arrival was Priti (doctor), she was lovely.

Dd was delivered by a Dr called Gail and a midwife called Sharon. Both were amazing but we didn't name her after either of them.

FootballisLife · 02/11/2022 00:36

Harriet.

My friend has a daughter called Kara and she was named after the midwife who delivered her. My friend just liked the name when she heard it

VickerishAllsort · 31/10/2022 22:11

Marie

TheSausageKingofChicago · 31/10/2022 19:29

Mary and Heather. I had two boys 🤣

PeekabooAtTheZoo · 31/10/2022 19:28

Catherine for DD.
Concepta for DS.
Maybe they’ll use them as confirmation names, you never know.

lljkk · 31/10/2022 19:26

Yvonne is only one I remember.

NCFT0922 · 31/10/2022 13:06

Leanne or Nicola

Mommabear20 · 31/10/2022 13:04

DD would have been Victoria and DS would have been Jill 😂

DuneFan · 31/10/2022 13:04

Michelle, Carol, Christine, Hillary - all names reflective of their generations! And Kirsten which is lovely but sounds v silly with our surname.

Spookypig · 31/10/2022 13:00

Leo. I did consider it for a while but thought that although he was very nice he was just doing his job and would have been a bit OTT to name baby after him!

CastleTower · 31/10/2022 12:43

I saw a bazillion midwives and doctors (was in hospital for quite a while). The only two names I remember are Sam (female) and Maryam, even though there were some other lovely staff too whose faces I remember very clearly.

LadyWithLapdog · 31/10/2022 09:24

By coincidence we named DD same as my midwife. She was so genuinely pleased that I didn’t have the heart to say we’d already chosen it (and the spellings differed).

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