Martians 2014: thread 10. More scans, bigger bumps and eating for two! Nearly halfway there, ladies!

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Thread 9

Shiny new thread. Welcome all those due to pop out a baby in March 14, whether you're an old hand or a newbie, come join the fun!

RockChick! You've ruined me! What about my reputation as a hard-faced twat? Thank you, thank you, lovely lady for cake and cuddles with your gorgeous son. What a sweetheart that boy is Thank you for all your advice and reassurances and for having me today xx

I seriously doubt the sanity of folk who eat black pudding. Why not squeeze your tampons out and fry the clots?

Foxy, how about Phineas? It is a bible name and also the name of one of Julia Roberts' twins (also spelled Phinehas).

Welcome, Eln, you sound lovely Your husband's names for a boy are really awful. Soz.

Pram No.

Charming! You did ask for suggestions, you fucking ingrate!

super I love the name Arwen too, although we couldn't use it as I have a friend called Arwen (and I wouldn't want to name my baby after her!)...

definitely veto-ing denethor then - I remember which one he is now and he's a loser!!! ecthelion is vetoed as it is, quite frankly ridiculous!

my mum has suggested i book in for an early CS and name the baby whilst DH isn't there!

Can't believe you getting squeamish about sausage rolls and black puddings, you great big pansy Pram. How do you feel about testicles?

One of my cats is called Baby

Testicles? To eat?

Yes, to eat.

Not as a baby name. I wouldn't recommend that.

If you like Arwen as a name, why not try 'Anwen' which is a welsh girls name? I think there are quite a few Welsh names ending in 'wen'.

We seem to find girls names much easier as we both like lots and there's plenty of overlap between what we both like whereas for boys we seem to not like as many and mostly like different names. I think the problem with boys names is that there are a small number of names that are very popular and then the rest are more unusual whereas the girls names are more evenly spread and I don't want a really common name but DH thinks the less common boys ones are too unusual. I like Arwen too but I think it would be a bit too "alternative" for DH. We know some people who called their little girl Beatrix which I thought was very clever as it's an uncommon name but one that everyone knows.

I also like Eowyn but wyn denotes a male name in Welsh.

badly i knew a little girl called bronwen which is pretty!

My stepdad keeps suggesting Athelstan for a boy. I practically pissed myself when I first heard it

OH has so far suggested Bane, Gandalf, Sebastian (not comical but too long for me), and Alfonzo (albeit the Portuguese version but I hate it)

Also, I just wanted to say that Saggy and Gawjus I'm thinking of you both (although I'm not on FB so gawj I hope you are ok).

Athelstan is an Anglo Saxon name - I think it's the name Alfred the Great gave to the Danish king he defeated.

DP's only serious suggestion has been Pete.

Kings of England are a good source of unusual names. 'Harthacnut' anyone? How about 'Aethelred' or 'Sweyn'?

No? [tumbleweed]

Anyway, I'm going for something extra-conventional just to annoy my mum. She thinks 'Tomas' is nicer than 'Thomas'

I mean serious as in he was serious!

joll is it bad i like alfonzo haha, i love all those sort of names! don't worry dp has banned them!

hahhahaha omg comms

Screaming laughing at Pete and horrified at the rest of the names on here

Mind you..I'm having Queenie for a girl and Walter for a lad and anyone who doesn't like it can go and fuck themselves (and there are many, believe you me).

BWP - my step dad does attempt to give me a history lesson every time he suggests a name they're all pretty outlandish

Someone must like it Grey