Did your babies come out in the same order as they were in?

WhiteysWifey · September 2011

we want to start thinking about names (since we have a lot of them to come up with and sift through), but DH doesn't see the point in naming the boys now, because they "might not come out in the same order". I would think they do, because they're going to grab which ever baby is lowest (A, which is one of the boys), then the next, etc. The last baby, C, is a boy too. I think there is enough of a distance between them that we could safely determine names. Even if not, we still need 2 names for 2 boys.

Please humor me with this question. I know it honestly doesn't make a wit of difference in what order they come out. There are still two boys and girl.

Eriksgal · September 2011

We are planning on looking at the girls after they are born and deciding which name fits which baby.

UsedToBeGoldie · September 2011

we named our babies before they were born and really wanted them to have the same names - so we asked our doc to let us know if he changed the order for any reason at delivery (c/s)...he told me it would be rare for that to happen- but he'd tell me.

He let me know that A came out first, etc.

Just talk to your doc.

srh08.05.06 · September 2011

We named our girls before they came out. I had a c-section and asked the doctor if Baby A would come out first and she said most likely she would... and she did. It was easy for us to tell because Baby A always measured a lot smaller than B in u/s and she came out first at over a lb and a half smaller at birth.

macchiatto · September 2011

UsedToBeGoldie:
we named our babies before they were born and really wanted them to have the same names - so we asked our doc to let us know if he changed the order for any reason at delivery (c/s)...he told me it would be rare for that to happen- but he'd tell me.

He let me know that A came out first, etc.

Just talk to your doc.

That's what I would have done if I'd had a c/s too.

Mrs. Alice · September 2011

At my first 10 week u/s my OB would not assign them positions yet for some reason. It wasn't until my a/s that they really designated them "A & B" and were delivered in that order. Baby A was our little trouble maker and he was way far down sitting on my cervix (he liked to hit and kick me there!) so I don't think there was anyway for them to change spots.

ETA: We also assigned them names before they were born

Rangergal9 · September 2011

We decided that baby A was going to be Lily and Baby B Hannah. Hannah was on my right side the whole time and I just mentioned to the doctor that that baby was going to be Hannah. He said he wasn't sure which one he would take first because he had to wait until they cut me open to see who was closer and then whoever came out first would be twin A.. It ended up being Lily (who was always twin A) that came out first.

MrsClark8109 · September 2011

We have a boy and girl so the order coming out doesnt matter for names, but I thought itd be cute to get a specially made onsie that said "big brother" or "big sister" and then a normal "lil bro" or "Lil sister" onesie. So I asked my OB how likely it'd be for baby a to be delivered 2nd, and she said itd be extremely unlikely so I should be safe getting the "Big Sis" onesie specially made and buying a normal "lil bro" onsie.

1G2Bmommy · September 2011

While I was pregnant, they were refered to as "T1" and "T2" (thing 1 and thing 2, lovingly by my cousins..and the nicknames have stuck even 2 yrs later). That being said, we had 2 names picked out, but would not name them until my DD held them. She decided who was getting which name. So even in the delivery room during the c-section, and for a good hr-2 afterwards, they were just "baby A" and "baby B".

Temp6313048411121614 · September 2011

We didn't decide on names until right after they were born. We were pretty sure what we were going to name them (and which would be which) but weren't 100% until birth.

PianoPlayingSarah · September 2011

We had completed the birth certificate information (with Baby A, B and C on the sheets) before they were born. We had names picked out for each and I didn't want Baby B to have Baby C's name. I did kindly remind/ask my doctor to pull them out as A, B, C. He said he would try his best and this is how they came out. Sometimes they don't though.

ardilla · September 2011

I had a c/s and my Baby A (DS) sat super low the last tri. My OB said she didn't really see a scenario where he would not be the first out in the c/s, and she was right. Not that it really mattered for names since they were B/G. We decided on names for them when I was 22w. I was hospitalized with PTL and then pneumonia and the doctors were telling us to prepare ourselves to lose them. I wanted them to already have names should that happen.

pea-kay · September 2011

nope, but i didn't find that out until later. i named them after they were born, but i used their "in utero" personality to name them. so i got it wrong. but no biggie, they fit now!

rjl07 · September 2011

Eriksgal:
We are planning on looking at the girls after they are born and deciding which name fits which baby.

This is what we did. We didn't even finalize the combo of first and middle names until we were in the hospital. I had a feeling all along about which one was going to have each name and I was right.

afwifestrecker7706 · September 2011

We have names picked out and I called each girl by there name but they keep moving so who knows who is who now lol. But my Dr did tell me they will take them out in order A, B then C. We decided to pick which girl was which name after they are here only cause I want to see what they look like. But that could change and A could be the name I call her now or it could change. I am not much help since mine are not here yet but our names will likely change based on what they look like.

katezta · September 2011

We did not have firm names for the boys only tentative. One was breech and we were fairly sure of his name. I was worried about this too. I asked the OB to make sure I knew who my inside baby B was, so we could name him appropriately. Turns out they came out in the inside order.

gpicayo · September 2011

UsedToBeGoldie:
we named our babies before they were born and really wanted them to have the same names - so we asked our doc to let us know if he changed the order for any reason at delivery (c/s)...he told me it would be rare for that to happen- but he'd tell me.
He let me know that A came out first, etc.
Just talk to your doc.

Think talking to your dr. is the way to go just in case. Our babies had names from the beginning but they switched the order as they took them out Our original baby B was the biggest so they took him out last and he became baby C but our doctor knew we wanted to give them specific names so he told us who was coming out A, C, B.

LilCarciofo · September 2011

our dr said most likely it would be A,B,C and it was....he called it as they came out, we also wanted specific names for the boys(B&C) so it did matter to us

Haven1 · September 2011

1G2Bmommy:
That being said, we had 2 names picked out, but would not name them until my DD held them. She decided who was getting which name.

Aww, that's a sweet idea. What a great way to make her feel involved.

We had names assigned beforehand too. It's tradition for the oldest son to have his dad's name as his middle name in our families, so it was important that DS1 was A. DS1 has DH's name as his middle, and DS2 has my dad's name.

Ruby_Tuesday · September 2011

Yes. The doc took out baby A, then B, then C.

We picked three names and waited to see them to decide who fit which name.

babya2010 · September 2011

Mine were b/g so it was a non-issue here, but when I first read this post I read it as, "Did they come out the same order as they went in?" and I was mildly confused because I don't know who went in first. LMAO.