Medical Types- when you hear Douglas..

[Lancrehotpot]

..do you think 'Pouch of Douglas'?
May be overthinking this a little, but DH and I were talking baby names for if we had another DS, and Douglas came up. He loves it, as do I- think it's a lovely strong name.
I'm wondering though, if the anatomical refererence will be an issue (or if his GP will be having a quiet titter to themselves).
Anyone have any thoughts? Thanks!

[chesticles]

My DS is Douglas and I had never heard of the Pouch of Douglas before 5 seconds ago. Also never heard of loosing a tampon in one either despite being on MN for more years than I care to remember!

It's a great name. Go for it.

[Lancrehotpot]

Reshape I'm pretty sure most people won't associate lost tampons with your new baby, no. Do you ever look at the strange things MN makes us type and think 'what on earth?'
AitchI will indeed
quietlysuggests I think we will. It is top of the list and the only name we've both had the same enthusiasm for.
Thank you everyone.

[AitchTwoOhOneTwo]

if you DO go for douglas, and you should, because it IS a great name... i insist that you always refer to his nappy-changing bag as 'the pouch of douglas'.

[ReshapeWhileDamp]

I only know what the Pouch of Douglas is because of MN! But I'm pretty sure most people won't associate lost tampons with your new baby, no. My first association just now was Douglas Henshall, because I'd just been watching Crickley Hall.

[ninah]

yup I thought pouch but only because of mn

[Lancrehotpot]

Aitch Good Christ. Can that happen?

Blownin I do think of that when I see Amelia now, but it's not the first thing. Perhaps it'll be the same with Douglas.
Just don't want to be shouting his name in the supermarket with half the shop thinking 'I once read about somebody who lost a tampon in their Pouch of Douglas'
Or introduced to future MIL and she's thinking the same
Not sure now
It is a strapping name though.

[AitchTwoOhOneTwo]

yep, all oldies will get it. i believe someone lost a tampon in theirs.

[MissChristmastRee]

I know what a pouch of Douglas is (not a medic) but only because I had scarring and adhesions in mine I wouldn't associate a child's name with it though!

[Blowninonabreeze]

On an entirely unrelated front, growing up my hypothetical first dd was going to be called Amelia. Going to medical school ruined it.
Amelia = congenital absence of limb

[Lancrehotpot]

Oh no AitchTwo, just read your post.
Is this something only die-hard old-timer MNetters will get?

[MulledWineOnTheBusLady]

I like it.

[poppycat04]

Melina is much, much worse!

[Lancrehotpot]

Thanks for your replies
Eves It looks like they haven't from the above (except poppycat, who I hope is fibbing!)

Blueberry When I hear 'Doogie' I hear it in the shrill tones of an elderly Scots lady, the kind that uses 'hen' and 'doll' as terms of endearment.

mulledwine Douglas surely not as bad as Melina!

If these medical types don't immediately see the association, I think it might be okay. Not as if the name comes from the area, IYSWIM.

[AitchTwoOhOneTwo]

Everyone on MN thinks 'of Douglas'. used to be a 'thing' on here... cod-related almost certainly. i think it's a good name, though.

[MulledWineOnTheBusLady]

Maybe they think it's a landscape feature in Scotland, like the Mull of Kintyre.

[LostInWales]

I am chuckling at that picture framers ggirl do you think they did any research into their name first or are they happy to be associated with the area between the posterior uterus and rectum?

[chocolateicecream]

I think that you are safe x.

[Eves]

My son is called Douglas! I hadn't heard of this until now.Has the world been laughing on the inside all this time?!

[MulledWineOnTheBusLady]

I love Douglas, I only suggested it on another thread somewhere tonight. Annoyed it has a rude bits association. It's like Melina all over again.

[poppycat04]

It was the first thing I thought.....

[MummysHappyPills]

Hear not here

[MummysHappyPills]

Pouch of Douglas is the space in your pelvis between your vagina and your rectum! (for those who don't know)

I am a medical type, and funnily enough it is not the first thing that springs to mind when I here the name Douglas. It does however remind me of my aunt's dog of the same name...

And fwiw before I started studying medicine I had never heard of a pouch of Douglas so I most "lay" people won't think of it!

[Blowninonabreeze]

Dh and I are both medics and Douglas is currently top of our list if this pregnancy results in a boy.

Pouch of Douglas never been an association until now

[ggirl]

or a picture framers