When you adopt a baby, like in a infant newborn adoption, do you get to name the baby or does the birth mom name the baby beforehand?
7/18/12-1st RE appointment CD2 blood work taken. Told to move straight to IVF. Starting BC pills and FSH injections plus Lupron. Hopefully doing ET in September
Off BCP March 2011
Started TTC July 2011
7 months TTC with no luck an then....
Diagnosed 2/24/12 with 2 Ovarian Cysts.
3/22/12-Lap to remove cysts, look for endo, and see if tubes are clear.
3/22/12-Diagnosed with Severe Endo(tubes are clear).
4/4/12-Post op OBGYN appointment. Told chances of conceiving naturally are very low, but told conceiving in the next few months is our best chance due to being cleaned out during Lap. Referred to a RE.
RE said IVF is our only chance to get pregnant. Told only a 20% chance even with two put in.
9/5-Lupron
9/20 Stims(Menopur & Follistim)
9/30 Trigger time
10/2 ER
10/3 fert report-out of 7 eggs retrieved only 2 fertilized. Hello "Thing 1 and Thing 2!" Kinda sad there is none to freeze. Because only 2 we will have 2DT to get them back into a natural envionment
10/4 ET. Found out that only 1 divided. We love you "Thing 2." Thing 1 is now snuggled inside me and we are praying it will be our take home baby!
**Did not even make it to my beta, the day before on 10/16/12 I got my F'in period** Such a stab in the heart.
Nov 2012-Moving onto domestic newborn adoption! Can't wait for my take home baby. We will try IVF again after 1-2 years of a clear head. Need a break from infertility treatments/issues for my mental sanity!

Re: Maybe a stupid question
Naming our son was a joint venture between us and his birth parents. The short version is on his orig bc his name is [current middle name] [bdads first name] [birthmoms last name]. His amended bc will have his name as [new first name] [middle name] [our last name]. We chose his first name w their input, and they chose his middle name.
I think you will find a wide variance in how this plays out in domestic adoptions generally. Sometimes the birth parents pick their own name and it get changed completely, sometimes the bparents use the name the adoptive parents choose, and sometimes it's a combo like in our case.
TTC since March 2010, BFP #1 11.09.10, ectopic, m/c 12.14.10 (10w)
Clomid + TI=BFN, IUIs 1-6= BFN
Application for domestic adoption submitted 4/18/12, matched 8/12/12, DD born 10/31/12
Not a stupid question, and you'll learn more about it as you go through the process.
The answer depends somewhat on the relationship the APs and BPs have. Some BPs have names in mind, and if the APs aren't on board, that's a dealbreaker. Some APs and BPs discuss name choices and "negotiate" (for lack of a better word) the name (maybe the BP's choice is the middle name, for example). Some BPs don't have a name in mind and are OK with whatever the APs choose.
And ultimately it sort of doesn't matter, because the child gets and amended birth certificate (with the APs' names on them) after finalization.
In our case, DD's BM had already had her when we were matched. She didn't want just "Baby Girl X" on the BC, so she came up with a name for DD. However, she was open to us naming her whatever we wanted, and it was one of the first things we talked about when we met. She loved the name we chose, and that's what we all call DD.