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Pregnant after 35
Baby naming woes
So DH and I have embarked upon the Herculean task of naming our new little boy. For some reason I always seem to start out thinking how much fun this is going to be. Well, it wasn't with DD and it's not looking any better with this kid either. DH and I each make a list of names we like, then we look to see if we have any in common. We then run each other's list by each other and scratch off ones we absolutely hate, and circle ones we really like.
I want him to have a cool guy name - i.e., Luke, Asher, Chase, Beckett. Those are cool names to me. At the very least, I don't want him to get teased for his name.
Meanwhile, here's DH putting out names like: Ermin. Amos. Puck. I asked him, "Do you want him to have a 'kick me' sign permanently attached to his back?" I'm surprised he hasn't suggested Erkyl as a possibility yet!
We had one name in common on our lists - Asher. I have a feeling this will go exactly the way it did with DD, where we default to one name we can both agree on. Now I do love my daughter's name, so it worked out OK, but the process was horrific!
Anyone else going though this? It can't be just us. 
Melissa
Me - 38
DH - 38
DD - 2
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Re: Baby naming woes
Well, Asher is a perfectly nice name. :-)
While we were TTC but before we even got the BFP, my DH one day said out of the blue, "You know what would be a nice name for a boy? Daniel." And I said, "Sounds good, I like it." We have no major associations with the name, but it fits all of our criteria. And it's still our top choice.
My DOGS, on the other hand...now THAT was a torturous process. I think we had 40 possible names for Dog #1.
Over-40 parents...what we lack in vigor, we make up for with cunning.
DH and I have one top candidate for a name that we keep going back to and I think for him it's pretty much a done deal but I still want to keep thinking about it in case something else all the sudden hits me in the heart.. I've found the worst thing I can do is tell other people what we're considering because everyone's tastes are so different.
My best friend keeps calling me with names, but in my opinion they're all HORRIBLE, and then she'll tell me the name we picked out is just fine, but I know she doesn't really feel that way. lol. My new tactic is I'm just telling people we're not deciding until the babies born. Its way more difficult than I ever thought it would be!!!
Me 41 DH 46 Not actively ttc, surprise BFP on 1/6/11! 4/1/11 m/c our sunshine at 16wks after complications from CVS test. TTC #2 **5th cycle 12/6/11 BFP! Missed m/c at 9 weeks 1/21/12, trisomy 14. Two Chemical PG 3/12&7/12
** BFP 8/16/12 beta #1 148! beta#2 407 beta #3 4000 u/s 9.10 1 lovely hb 126, Baby Boy is due 04/28/13!!
This! I think it's a good idea to keep the name to yourself if you can. With DD we kept her name (Brynn) a secret from almost everyone, including our families, until after she was born. I knew my parents wouldn't like it, for one thing. People will say anything before the baby is here, but once they're here, they tend to keep their opinions to themselves! LOL. I think we will probably do the same with this next one.
I have a feeling that's going to be use as well!
Before I put in my 2 cents... can I ask.... what does DH, DS and DD mean? In my mind they mean "darling husband", "darling son" and "darling daughter" ha ha!
As far as names.... I'm a big fan of illiterations if it's a boy. For example... my little boy's name is Gavn Gibb. Since boys have their surname for their whole lives... I think it's cute to have their first name start with the same letter
That's just me 
Also.... I guess I'm weird... because I used to work with children and saw a lot of names used over and over that were so-so.... but every once in a while a really interesting name would come my way like "Promise" or "Harbor". Call me crazy... but I really like names like that. Also... names that are teaming with meaning or are after a beloved family member are very important to me.
This child is going to be either Cady or Cody. My husband's name is Cody... so the boy version is obvious and the girl version is just Cody with an "a"
Also Cody's mom's(who's no longer with us) mame was Katie 
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You got it right on the DD, DH, and DS. Sometimes DD is for dirty delete but we don't have many of those here.