Since we're on the topic of names, do you love or hate your name? Did you ever wish you had a different name, and if you could name yourself what would it be?
Met DH - 9/2003
Dating - 9/18/2012
Married - 8/16/2014
NTNP - 7/2014-5/2015
TTC #1 - 5/2015 (CP October @ 4w2d)
*PCOS/Hypothyroid/Ectopic Kidney/High DHEA-S*
HSG - All clear, ectopic kidney didn't affect uterus (yay!)
CT Adrenal Scan - no tumors!
SA - sperm count excellent, 2% Morphology
March/April IUI scheduled - surprise BFP w/ help of Progesterone - 3/18/2016
Beta #1 @ 11dpo - 45.7 #2 @ 14dpo - 163 #3 @ 18dpo - 997 #4 @ 21dpo - 3799
EDD 12/1 based on O, 11/28 per Ob/Gyn (but he's wrong lol).
*TEAM BLUE!*
Re: GTKY: Speaking of names.......Do you Love or Hate your name?
DH..always a suck up lol..has always said he thinks it's the prettiest name, so there's that.
ETA - one boy in my elementary school used to call me A-man-dumb (we're friends today, we laugh about it now). And yes, A-man-duh has also been said.
TTC since 6/13
Diagnosed w/ PCOS 4/9/15 - R/E recommended lifestyle change
BFP 4/10/16 - DS born 12/16/2016
SURPRISE! BFP 3/8/18
Funny thing - when I was little I wanted to have 3 daughters and name them Faith, Hope, and Love (Vera, Nadejda (Nadia), Lyubov) lol of course that's not going to happen. But I still like the name Vera.
HSG - All clear, ectopic kidney didn't affect uterus (yay!)
CT Adrenal Scan - no tumors!
SA - sperm count excellent, 2% Morphology
March/April IUI scheduled - surprise BFP w/ help of Progesterone - 3/18/2016
Beta #1 @ 11dpo - 45.7 #2 @ 14dpo - 163 #3 @ 18dpo - 997 #4 @ 21dpo - 3799
EDD 12/1 based on O, 11/28 per Ob/Gyn (but he's wrong lol).
*TEAM BLUE!*
I've never been in a class or anything with another Jodie/Jody/Jodi, but oddly enough, my husband has 2 cousins named Jodi. One of them got pregnant a couple of years ago and I got a call from DH's step-mom congratulating me! Since we were actively preventing pregnancy at the time, it was pretty hilarious.
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Me: 39 DH: 36
Married: Sept 2018
DS: December 2016
#2 EDD Feb 2020
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Me: 39 DH: 36
Married: Sept 2018
DS: December 2016
#2 EDD Feb 2020
TTC #2 since Mar 2017
DX: MF June 2019, varicocele embolization Jan 2020, good improvement (14 mil, low motility)
IUI#1 Aug 2020 - BFN
IVF #1 Dec 2020 (ICSI) - ER, freeze-all - 15 retrieved, 15 mature, 15 fertilized. 4 embryos frozen, all day 5 blasts!
FET #1 Feb 2021 - BFN
FET #2 Apr 2021 - BFP 5DP5DT!! Beta #1 13DP5DT (17DPO) = HcG 1,238. Beta #2 17DP5DT (21DPO) = HcG 8,269
DD born 7.27.2014
BFP 09.2015 - m/c 10.21.2015
TTC since 6/13
Diagnosed w/ PCOS 4/9/15 - R/E recommended lifestyle change
BFP 4/10/16 - DS born 12/16/2016
SURPRISE! BFP 3/8/18
i am expecting twins so now I have to pick out two names, as if one weren't hard enough, and oddly enough I am attracted to very traditional names, think Henry, Charles, Florence, Alice... So not sure what that says about unique names... Although Some traditional names may be somewhat uncommon now...
BFP#1 & MC:August 2015 BFP: #2 10/01/2015 MC: 10/09/2015 BFP #3: 12/22/2015 @ 5 weeks MC/CP: 12-23-2015
Fertility Appointment: Feb 23/16, Hysteroscopy 03/02/2016,
BFP #4: 03/31/16 EDD 12/01/2016
TTC since November 2015
BFP #1 12/17/15 - MC 1/28/16
BFP #2 4/22/16 - EDD 12/30/16
Me:27 H:30
Till death do us part: 7.2.2011
Trying to conceive since 01.2014
Low AFC and azoospermia
IVF #1 03.2016 - BFP 03.28.2016
Due: 12.05.2016
I've always gone by Kate and liked it, but Agnes took some getting used to. My dad has always called me Aggie.
My grandmothers had great names and I plan on using them in some way. Elinor Ann and Emma Naomi. Could be tough if these twins are both girls!
Plus all the other Courtney's I've ever encountered have been complete bitches.
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My only pet peeves are that it doesn't really lend itself all that well to nicknames and, politics aside, the Hillary Clinton references/jokes I have had to listen to over the years.
My name and my twin's name, which was really popular the year we were born (so glad that she got that one) influenced how I went about choosing our DSs' names...I wanted names that were somewhat uncommon and that were either strong enough to stand alone (DS1) or that would lend itself easily to nicknames (DS2).
DH: 36⎹ Me: 36
I like it! I knew a couple of other Christinas growing up, but it wasn't an overwhelmingly common name. I went through a phase where I went by Tina, but I hate Tina.. There are still a handful of friends who call me that and I just let it be, but I prefer my full name.
My middle name (Ruth) is after my grandmother. I wasn't a fan when I was younger because it seemed like such an old name, but now I love it and will likely incorporate it in the next baby's name (if it's a girl).
1) I could never find a keychain/magnet with my exact spelling. It was always Casey.
2) I didn't have any Casey's in my elementary school, but once junior high hit... the boys were everywhere. I know we had a dozen Jessica/Sarah's, but sharing a name with a boy in class really made me feel uncomfortable. Like, would people associate me with being a boy and not a girl?
3) No, my name is not short for anything!
However, as I have gotten older... I like my name. It's unique and was unique to spell it that way in the 80's. I have met/known 3-4 other girls around my age who spell their name the same as mine, but I still consider it unique in its own way. My mom just didn't want my name to be like most of the popular ones in 1981.
BTW... my mom wanted to name me Kayla (she was a big Days of Our Lives fan then), but my dad didn't like it. So, 3 years later... they named my sister that.
TTC Since: November 2015
BFP: March 31, 2016
DS: November 21, 2016