Due June 2005, Thread 3

[Uwila]

Time for new thread. I'll add a link on the old one.

katzguk,yours are really lovely also
dylan was coming a very close 2nd to oscar and you obviously like phoebe too!!
the middle names we've picked are after people who also arent with us anymore.my dh's uncle passed away the day before we found out i was pg and he was"jimmy" or james and dh's mum was ellen but we prefer ella
nice to name the baby after someone special!!

margaret was DH's mum who past away this summer from breast cancer

William was my cousin who was killed this summer age 21

Thomas was DH's step father who died 6 years ago

so all have special meaning, DD's middle name was my grandmothers name lorna

You've all chosen lovely names. My DS is a Thomas, and I picked the middle name George - wish I hadn't now as I would like it for this one if we have another DS. Perhaps we could keep it simple and call the next one George Thomas.

So, are most of you finding out what you're having then? Anyone waiting until delivery? Me and DH have talked about it and this time round he wants to know and I don't, and it was the other way round with DS. Have to admit, it's very tempting though...

Thanks for the advice Teabelly. I think I'll also ask my pilates teacher tomorrow and see if there are any specific exercises I can do to strengthen my pelvis.

Hi Everyone,

This naming thing is so difficult, isn't it? I agree with Berolina - girls names are so much easier. This is going to sound so corny, but my DH and I decided (jokingly) on a girls name about 7 yrs ago and now when we discuss it, he won't budge. That's fine with me, i like it and it will make him happy, so Miriam Rose it is for a girl then...
The rest of you have all picked lovely names. I like names which mean something to you. Rose was my grandma's name. I think its a lovely way to pay respects to those who are no longer with us, but meant so much. God, listen to me, mrs morbid here. Sorry!!!!!

Lua - Wythenshawe has a good reputation, esp as its a teaching hospital. The downside to this is that it could mean that you are asked if you would mind if students are present for examinations, but if you aren't comforatable with that, you can say no. I've opted for Trafford General, as a few of my friends have had their deliveries there, but I have been to Wythenshawe a no of times and they have been lovely there. Hope that's of some use..

We are not going to find out the sex of the baby - my husband told me we had a little girl as our dd (Megan Grace) was born - and it was so special. In fact, my husband telling me the sex of the new baby is the only thing I am going to state in my birth plan!

As for names! We had an absolute nightmare last time - an experience I would never wish to repeat. dh's family are Irish and would only say they liked Irish names, and in retaliation, my family winced at any non-English name. Pathetic. (Therefore, Welsh "Megan"!) - It got ridiculous - at one point we we thinking of Jodi and we were told by mil that we couldn't possibly call a baby that because an old friend of hers who we never knew had a dog called Jodi. Grrrrrrrrr!
This time we are well and truly saying nowt until it is born! (Although we have had suggestions of Seamus and Patrick from 1 set of parents!)

The names we like are
girl : Abigail, Jessica, Darcy (Me more than dh for Darcy)

boy : Dylan, George

I agree, boys names are harder!

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr you girls have been talking too much!!! Will take me ages to catch up

My brother and his wife named their daughter Abigail because they were debating between a few and when they looked up meanings, they found that Abigal means a father's love, and my brother thought that was great. So Abigail it is (generally known as Abbey).

I think it's important for a baby to have a full name that reflects all of it's heritage. Some English names can be considered equally Irish, like Mary or Anne. Not that I'm suggesting what you should name your baby. If you and your DH like it, then that's what matters.

No, you haven't been reading enough!

Actually, last time we really like Anna so that is a strong possibility!

Also, we could name after one of our brothers, James, Richard or Mark - no-one could complain about that - we both like james and Mark especially.

Well, I was in London today, blitzed Oxford St, it was great fun, I only wish I could have concentrated more on myself instead of Christmas prezzies. Oh well, at least it's done now.
I went into Hennes too and saw quite a few great tops, I will definitely get some stuff from there in a few weeks. Didn't want to buy now in a weird, supersticious way...

We haven't given any serious thought to names. We know what we would like for a boy, but have no middle name and absolutely no names for a girl. We prefer less traditional names, original but not unusual or whacky, if that makes sense! Can't wait to finally get stuck into all that name choosing, we had such fun last time. Friends of ours recently had a baby and hadn't named the poor boy after a week!!! Poor blighter, how can you not have reached a decision after all that time?? It's really important to me that when they are born they have their name. I'd hate to think of my baby as just "baby" makes me feel sad. But that's just my pet hate!

I am showing a small bump, can still wear some normal clothes, but definitely not all. Tbh, I can't wait to be in maternity gear

See you all tomorrow!

Uwila, I agree with you about the heritage thing. It's important to me that the name has some connection with the past and future.

well DH vetoed Beatrice says we can't have too DD's with Bee as their nicknames!! so back to the drawing board there!!

I want a name that is slightly unusal so he/she will be the only ones in the class but not so unusual that people can spell it.

Oh yeah we're not finding out the sex before

I was having real trouble finding ANY boys names that I liked but I had a good scout round and came up with these:-

Dylan
Lucas
Elliott (also like this for a girl)
Reece (and this)
Ryan
Aiden
Bailey
Drew
Harry
Taylor (and this)

I've got a mountain of ideas for a girl so we won't be having any problems there. I picked my dd's name when I wa about 13. It was a character in Neighbours!! How sad is that!!!!

Anyway, I feel like I'm carrying a girl so my only problem will be I have too many names I like!!!!

Morning everyone!

It has taken me about 20 minutes to read everything that has been said in the last 24 hours!! You lot do chat a lot sometimes... strangely when I'm not around..... hmmmmm

Teabelly and Uwila, thank you so much for sharing your experiences with me. Am really struggling to get my head round things at the moment work-wise. I love my job, so I don't want to lose touch, but I don't want my life to be compromised either.

As for names, you've all chosen very nice names. I can honesly say that I like all the names that everyone has picked.

We have Lucy and Emily as favourites for a girl. Middle name to be Valerie after dp's mum who died of cancer last year, although I'm not 100% about this as our niece who was born a couple of weeks after she passed away has this middle name for this reason... but we'll see nearer the time.

For a boy, well, I like Haydn. Dp doesn't really have any suggestions apart from "Hercules" or "Frodo" which he uses to really wind me up!!

I'm going to Blooming Marvellous in Bath on the weekend as I need to sort my wardrobe out and I'm under strict instructions from my mum to go to TopShop on Oxford St in my lunchhour when I'm in London! (She must think I look awful to be positively encouraging me to spend money!!)

My MSN has logged me out and I can't get back in

Doesn't seem to be a problem with my internet though so I'm confussed!!!!

Anyway, hope to be back with you soon scraggy and katz

At home today. DD not well and needs to be with her mum. Was called home from school yesterday and I want to play safe. I must say, looking after ill babies and toddlers is the scariest part of being a mum - I am just rubbish at it! I worry that something serious is wrong, and in the end I always end up with a big headache myself!
I think she may have a urine infection - Dr. thinks so too. Took in sample yesterday morning - but no results till tomorrow at the earliest. - Anyway - a day of cuddles on the sofa, watching Nick Junior and temperature checking!

I also agree with the heritage thing - the trouble is, DH and I have very small families - so there are relatively few people to name a baby after - I am very lucky in that I still have three out of four grandparents still alive, but I could not call a baby Earnie, Vera or Jean, however much I love my grandparents - also if I did use one of the names as a second name, I might upset one of the other grandparents as I am equally close to them all. DH was not close to his grandparents - so not an option. Even namining a boy after one of our brothers (neither of us has a sister), I would worry about offending another one of them. That is my trouble - I don't want to upset people - and I think there are people in mine and DH's families who are easily upset. - I think we will have to just choose a name we like be it Irish, English or from any other country and not say anything until the baby is born cos then I think they will be less likely to voice opinions.

Megi, could you look at surnames? Maybe even some that go far enough back that they may be shared by several so as not to offend.

My mother's parents were really amazing people but their names were Esther and Stanley so I just can't do that. I also have a thing about first and last names rhyming -- can't stand it. And since our last name is Duffy, any name that has a nick name that ends in the "EE" sound is out. So Andrew is out because he could be called Andy, and so on. So this eliminates most of the names in the western world, which narrows down the choice a bit. I also insist that it is not an Irish name because our children are Irish / English / American. And I want all of that to be reflected in the name. With DD, I considered Anne because that is my mum's name. But Annie Duffy would be sure to solicit the response of "Oh, what a good Irish name" and I wasn't having any of that. So, we went with Hannah, which is actually the original Hebrew form of Anne (or rather Anne is the anglicized form of Hannah).

For this one, I really want to use Rathbun as a second middle name. it is a family name but goes back about 10 generations. I am American through and through. But, we can trace our roots back to John Rathbone who was born in England in 1634, then sailed to America. His name was then changed to Rathbun. Since I am American, and my husband English (but of 1/2 Irish heritage), I thought that that would be a very fitting name.

Oh my gosh, I have rambled. Too much information? Sorry!

Morning girls,

Well I'm suffering today with the onset on a full blown cold, boo hoo! Ds has had it since Monday so it was inevitable either dh or I would get it. Megi I know what you mean about them being ill, and sometimes they're so wretched with it and you can't seem to do anything to help them

Scraggy good luck with sorting your work situ out, and enjoy your shopping trip... cheeky mum tho!

Sweetheart, gosh you've got loads of boys names...I was stuck on Matthew or Adam, but we decided we couldn't go with Matthew, as dh is Mark and ds is Luke...I didn't want people thinking I was going for a re-run of the new testament !

hee hee teabelly!!!

At least you are aware of the "situation" and avoiding it.

My SIL and BIL both have names beginning with the same letter (let's say it's A). Thier child's name also start with an A and SIL is pregnant. They are only looking at names that begin with A for their baby which I think is very very sad!!!!!

Oh god yeah...well dh's aunt has four kids and their names all begin with A, and a friend's dad named all his kids with the same initial as he has...that way he says he can open all the post when it's addressed to G. Smith !!

for those reasons we're not looking at names beginning with a k or p because each of those initals exist and if mail comes addressed to k bloggs i want to know its for me!!!

Oh my goodness. It's gone all quiet on here today. Since I finally told my boss that I am pregnant yesterday, I decided I could break out the maternity clothes today. I've been gotting some funny looks. Guess everyone just thought I was fat! Nice to be comfortable. Don't really care what I look like anymore.

It's been quiet here for a few days!!! What's the bet that becuase I'm at college tomorrow you'll all go chatting crazy!!!!!!

Please wait till Friday when I'm back!!!!!

someone finally commented in the other department i work in on the fact i must be pregnant!! Haven't told anyone down there yet!! don't see them enough to warrant telling them!

i won't be postig tomorrow, don't work thursday and DD and i are going dancing!