Registering a baby- not married

[Sophia1009]

Hi need advice. I'm not married to babies father and was going to give my baby the fathers surname. Want to know the implications of this e.g taking baby away etc. Is it better to put fathers surname as middle name and y name as surname then change when we marry?

Totally up to you. If you travel I was advised at airport to take my dd’s birth certificate with passport as it will have my name as mother and that was if we travel without her dad which I doubt we will ever or much so not really a problem for us

the father needs to go with you to register, you do not need to give them fathers surname at all it is entirely up to you i would suggest both surnames either double barrelled or one as middle name

only use fathers name if you are sure you are going to stay together any doubt at all then just your name will make life easier

@Sophia1009 we have double barralled my LO's surname so both our surnames are in there. Then when we marry, we will change it to my partners name as that will my surname.

I couldn't bare to not have the same surname as my child, so double barralling was the only fair way to do it.

Think catefully about it. If for some reason you don't get married, you won't be able to change baby's name without his consent, so you may never have the same surname as your child.

Your partner will have to go with you to register birth for him to go on the birth certificate.

My daughter has OH surname & we aren't married. We've travelled on holiday twice and never had an issues. (Even though OH was there I always went through with DD) I think in this day & age a lot of children don't have the same surname as their children so society reflects that & are a bit more open. It doesn't change any of your rights to your child, at all.

I travelled with my baby through stanstead alone a few weeks ago, we have different surnames on our passports and at the uk border i was asked for further documents due to different surnames. I had her birth certificate with me and that was fine but no ides what they would have done if i hadnt. Its probably worth having one or two official copies of the babies birth certificate to take away with you if you do have different surnames as you never know when they will ask.