Jue in June - part 4

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And heres another ladies!!!!

Ha ha, perhaps I should change my name to TransportForLondon

Thanks mummy - I don't even have a middle name! My mum and dad couldn't see the point! But I do wish I had one - feels a bit incomplete. And DH and his dad have such a lovely relationship - DH absolutely idolises his dad but would never ever tell him so directly - they're both quite reserved with eachother. So this is his way of telling him. As nice dads basically make me melt and DH will be equally as lovely a dad as his own, I am totally sold on Clive for the middle name even though I'd never pick it outside of those circumstances.

And thanks re: good and bad days. Had a bad day yesterday and threw up before I went to bed but have woken up feeling pretty good. Just going to try to enjoy it while I can.

Cep our DPs would get on well as our DS is called Lucas after George Lucas. His middle name is James, same as DP's middle name. Our DD is called Jasmine. It wasn't on the short list but minutes after she was born whilst DP was holding her, twice he said he liked it and it just felt right but most of the time she's Jas ( some spell it Jazz). Middle name is Ann after both nan's middle names.

We were relieved she was a girl as even after 9 long months we couldn't find anything for a boy that went with Lucas. He's our unique little man and anything else seems dull in comparison.

I'm 9+2 today and still have no idea when my scan will be. Hopefully 3 weeks time but probably have to wait until I see the MW on the 6th.

We've had a light dusting of snow in Hertfordshire, nothing huge but was nice to wake up to. Might put some small dec's up this weekend :)

Have a good weekend all xx

Frida love your DS's reaction
Cep what childish behaviour from your DH. Hope your DSS is OK.
lisascat I knw what you mean about the expectation for everyone to drink. It's so entrenched in our culture isn't it?
barbie and nursesunshine my 13 year old neice has a friend called Elijah. I assumed it was a boy (boys' name in IMO) but recently discovered that it's actually a girl! And she's 13 so can't have beein influenced by Elijah Wood. I def think it's masculine though!
Leroy I LOVE Reuben - that was in the top 4 for DS, along with Joseph, Joachim and Michael.
Nursesunshine Athena is cool - in the version of the Odyssey I have here (Lattimore's translation), she is spelt 'Athene' (although pronounced Athena) so that's an alternative
I love Dylan too but it's the name of my favourite horse ever - loved that guy - and couldn't use it for anything else. He's long dead now
takethatlady I like Tess too, but it's short for Theresa and that's my sister's name so rules it out
mummynumber2 I like middle names to have a meaning too.

I've always found boys' names a million times easier than girls. I think it's because my surname starts with an 'O' and lots of girls' names end with a vowel and can sound a bit wierd, mmoving onto the 'O' surname.

Morning all!

Leroy - wow that is very cheap!! I've seen those scans for around £150!

We have had lots of snow where we are!

Barbie - yes my DH is equally useless in the names department - apart from mentioning Alejandro for a boy - which would just sound very very odd with our very English surname!!

Lisascat - that is very interesting what you said about drinking! I don't drink wine or beer, no-one has ever seen me drinking wine and yet often when I go to dinner at people's houses they are trying to press wine on me and don't seem to accept no for an answer! And then friends buy me bottles of wine for a gift - knowing I don't drink the stuff It just gets regifted
I do drink but only spirits & liquers, and then very rarely!

We'd just use Tess, not Theresa or Tessa. It's a name in its own right so I'm happy for that.

We have similar issues though - I like Thomas/Tom though I know it's sooo popular, but because it's so popular we have about 6 friends called Tom including SIL's very recent ex. So that's out! Along with Ted because it's short for Edward, another ex of another SIL...

I was nearly called Robyn- I love the name (so much more than my actual name, not helped by the fact that my name reached the height of popularity in the 50's so most people have an aunty with that name).

I know exactly what you mean ttl (if you could change your name to TFL it would be very useful as my iPhone definitely prefers it! ) There's no way I would consider dp's dads name, ( in fact I wouldn't have even known it was a name!) if it wasn't for him. I never actually met him as he died 12 years ago but it means a lot to dp and possible ds wouldn't have to actually use it if didn't like it.

My dp reckons that names just come to you when you see the baby, I'm not sure I agree.

It's weird how you just get feelings about names and how those feelings can change so dramatically. To be honest I really wasn't very keen on any of my dsc's names when I first heard them . This was for no reason what so ever. After I while they all grew on me and now I absolutely love their names and know they're perfect for them. That's why I'm not going to discuss name choices with anyone, apart from dp!

Middle names are easy for me, just going with both dads for a boy (x's dad died a few years ago and mine is my step dad and would mean a lot to him) ot both mums if it's a girl. Not leaving anyone out and then child has 3 names to choose from if it doesn't like it's first name

It snowed!! I want to make a snowman!

we have no snow :(

sorry, can't possibly catch up with everything from this week but great news all those who've seen their babies! :)

we've got a great long list of girls' names that we like but no boys ones. i'm afraid robin to me says little man in tights . . . I want to use Penny for a girl as it was my granny's name and also quite unusual but dh thinks too unusual - any thoughts? be brutal!

I really like Tess.

I wish I had a scan to look forward to! seeing midwife tomorrow for the first time at 9+3 so probably won't get one before christmas :(

I don't think Penny is unusual, it's classic.

You should get one before xmas if you're 9+3 Catherine, they won't want to leave you till after 12 weeks surely.

Hi all, had scan-so amazing to see arms and legs moving around! Had a little cry because so amazed! Got my first bounty pack too-although no freebies in this one, just vouchers etc.

Hope everyone having a good weekend so far. Also having trouble thinking/agreeing on a boys name, but like Emilia Lucy for a girl.

Congratulations on your scan sarah, and to all of those yesterday, great news!

I love all the talk about baby names... Tess and Penny are beautiful names, but both vetoed by my dp. By the way, I think Robin is a great name, but I may be biased, as it's my partner's name (and he's a bit short and plump, but he doesn't wear tights! ).

We are pretty much sorted for a boy's name, either Barnaby (shortened to Barney) or Arlo, but we are not finding it so easy with girl's names. DP doesn't like all of my choices, I don't like his . We both love Ruby, but it is in the top 5 for 2009, and although it's beautiful, I kind of don't want my dd to have such a common name. Do any of you think it being common really matters?

for the good scan news on the thread!

Not got much time so just throwing in some names! Both our dc's begin with a J and have decided that this time we would also like a J so it doesn't feel like they are stuck out at the end (although 4.5yrs after the last one they clearly are!). Luckily we have a few J's we like for both but the complication is the other 2 have fairly unusual names (not hugely but you don't hear them that often) so don't want this one to have a name you hear all the time. So we have come up with -
Juliette
Josephine (although probably too similar to dd who is Josseline)
Jemima
Janie
or
Jude
Jensen

Luckily we have huge amounts of time so not thinking too much about it!

Love Jasmine and Tess, Love love Elijah (dh wouldn't have it, too biblical )

I was also a teacher in a former life so far too many names I can't have due to annoying children!

Anyhoo, have good weekends and enjoy the snow if you have any (we don't, just bloody freezing and icy!)

Congrats Sarah :)

I think if you really love a name then go for it 8RD, Ruby was on my longlist, I think it's lovely :)

Juliette and Jude get my vote Knackered

I HAVE MY SCAN DATE YIPPEE.

although i may have to change it as it's in the morning (dec 10th so i'll be 13 weeks) and i'll be at work and they prefer appointments out of work but if i have it in the afternoon i'll have ds which in 1 way would be nice so he can see it, but if there's something wrong dh would have to take ds out and i'll be left on my own to deal with it. so don't know what to do.

So pleased for you sarah

mummynumber2 not so sure about whether you'll just know some people seem to, because we'd picked the name he just seemed to suit it when he was born.

Yay cep! Work have got to let you off cuz you're entitled to antenatal apps off.

nurse i think i'll just get loads of guilt, and the i really think you should see if you can change it. it might be completely different and be ok. I won't mind for later scans cause hopefully by then i'll have felt it, but for the first until i knoe it's all ok, i think it'd be best for ds not to be there.

hee hee Which reminds me i got all excited last night laying on my tummy cause i thought i felt it move then realised quite rapidly errr nope definately not baby. :o

Just thinking you might miss out if you wait too long and if you try to rearrange the scan you don;t know when they'll have another slot. If yu tell work asap then they have a coupld of weeks to get their heads round the idea that you'll begone for a couple of hours. At the end of the day you have nothing to feel guilty about, it's your baby's scan and you are entitled to go!

i'll speak to them first on tuesday and see what they say.

Definitely you should speak to them, the scan department may not give you another appointment very quickly if they are fully booked.

Daniel is a very common name, but I haven't come across many children called Daniel!

Those of you who got Bounty packs, when did you get them? I haven't been given one but I am wondering if they only give them out for first pregnancies!

They give them out for subsequent pgs as well Kara, I got my info pack at 1st scan and in it is the voucher to pick up the mum-to-be pack from boots/sainsburys. Then I think you get another one at 20week scan or summing.

Hi kara I've just sent you a pm. For anyone else who is considering a home birth here is a website with lots of very useful information.

I'm a teacher in a former life too and my children all have very weird names. Quite tempted to call this one Jane or John for comic effect......

Cep my dp and his ex came up with names for their 3 after they were born. He recons they didn't really talk about names at all before. Obviously I've never been in that situation but I just think I'm a bit less spontaneous and imaginative than him so I'd struggle! He's willing to go along with choosing a name now though but is certain we'll change our mind when we see him/ her!

I've found a good thing about ms! My 14 year old dsd has just told me that she's never going to get pregnant if that's what it does to you!

Congratulations Sarah!

MN2 Your DSD is very sensible

Thanks motherofsnortpigs - will take a look now!