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Did you have doubts about your baby names while pregnant?

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Yellowflowers · 19/10/2010 12:48

Baby is due in 8 weeks. We chose names really early on. Girl's name we had decided on before we were pregnant. Boy's name took a bit longer and truth is there are no boy's names either of us absolutely love but this one we both like and it has a bit of meaning for us because the meaning of the name is also the meaning of DH's name, though the two names are very different.

But I am just starting to have doubts - I am worried we will get it wrong and saddle them with an awful name (though in fact our choices, while not that common, are quite conventional - no one is going to have to ask how to spell them for example).

I've liked both names for months now - can't think of any better alternatives - but am starting to think maybe it is wrong choice. DH says there is no right answer and it is not a test - there are lots of potential right answers and therefore I will never be happy because there isn't a definitive answer. We should go with what we've chosen already right? (We haven't told them to anyone yet - not going to do so until it is born).

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Yellowflowers · 19/10/2010 12:55

silly me - have just seen an almost identical thread on this from someone else. will look there instead

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CTJ82 · 19/10/2010 13:16

I have the same thoughts/anxieties too (9 weeks until DD).

TBH I don't think that these sites neccesarily help. For instance before looking on MN (and similar sites) I had very few pre-conceptions about names, me and DH just used to say 'ooh I like that' or 'hmm not sure'.

Since lurking on these sites I am finding myself worrying about things like the name being too popular, chavvy, middle class, out there Etc.

Like you we haven't told anyone what names we are thinking of just in case we change our minds at the last minute!

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