@bfpafter4years we are thinking Maddox with the nickname Max too! I love Maxim as well.
My struggle is that we are thinking a middle name of Jon. I like Maddox Jon but Max Jon is too short. Jon is a family name so we want to use it but I just don’t know! Our other boy name is Lucas.
Girl names are still narrowed to Brynn Isabel or Sloane Isabel. DH likes Quinn but I don’t...we loved Evelyn Mae but after seeing a thousand Evelyns lately that one is now off the list.
DD is insisting that we name this baby Milky. She hates all of our name suggestions. She's seriously going to be so mad at us for naming it something else. She said babies like milk, so of course it's a great name.
My son was 3.5 when my daughter was born and he insisted on calling her Baby Hot Dog for the entire pregnancy and was devastated when she was born and we named her Brynne.
I think it's so sweet that a lot of older siblings are wanting a say in the new baby's name. Every time we ask DD what we should name baby sister (or anything else about her really) she screams "no baby sister!" or "no new baby!" or "my mommy! my daddy!"
So we just found out baby is a girl. We had zero girl names! Several boy names at the ready lol. But right now we are liking Stella. I said the name out loud and now DD is running around saying “baby sister Stella!” So cute. For middle name I want a version of Anne, both mine and MHs grandmas have the initials SA, both middle names are Ann. So we’d love to incorporate that, but I don’t think Ann alone flows with our last name. Anna as a mn would make all 3 names 2 syllables which also sounds weird. So maybe Stella Annalise, Stella Annabelle? I haven’t landed yet.
Thought we could bump this back up and start talking names again. I think DH and I have picked our names but we are still open to suggestions so I would love to hear what others are thinking. Also, if someone wants we can start a whole new thread for this since this one is old and huge.
Me: 34 DH: 34 Married 10/28/17 Our TTC Journey
TTC #1 February '18 Team Green turned TeamBlue 10/15/18
TTC #2 January '21 BFP June '21 MMC/Blighted Ovum that led to D&C July '21 Jan '22 - started IF testing BFP Jan '22 MMC/Blighted Ovum that led to D&C Feb '22 BFP May '22
We have had our name picked out forever, but it really was difficult to choose between the last 2 options we were considering, so I'll share what finally tipped us (me) to one name:
2 finalists were Annalise Katherine and Everly Blaine. AK would give her same initials as DS and Katherine was my Grandmother's name. EB would give her my initials and Blaine is my Dad's middle name.
We chose Everly Blaine, because: 1. I have (had) the same initials as my Dad, she will now have same initials as me. 2. DS has FILs middle name, so I feel like using my Dad's middle name fits. 3. I've always hated my first name that starts with an E, so I wanted to use an E name that I love.
THE reason we decided against Annalise Katherine: Pronunciation. I know it will be shorted to Anna, and I really don't like Anna (Just personal opinion!). No part of Annalise should rhyme with banana. I had a friend named Ana (On-a) and I love the name, DH says its "upity" and I just couldn't live with everyone using a version of the name I don't like.
I have No idea what we are naming baby boy I'm at a total loss. So much so, that when I read a book, I test out the male characters names. It's awful y'all. Ds was named after great grandfathers on both sides. This baby is going to have a name from some random fantasy fiction book. I'm just at a loss and want to cry about it (thanks hormones). Naming ds was so easy, like the easiest thing ever. Sigh*
@wildrainbow What you just said is EXACTLY how my cousins sons were named! First one has great-grandpa's names (William Alexander) and the 2nd is from one of my cousins favorite books (Mattimeo)!
Does anyone start to get cold feet once they settle on a name??? As time goes on, I feel pretty confident that we have found the name for our baby girl...Sylvia (nn Sylvie) It’s a name that both the hubs and I liked since we were TTC, and now that we’ve discussed 5000 other names, we always come back to this one. I honestly don’t think we will find another name that both of us like as much as Sylvia, and yet, I still find my self looking at girl names trying to see if I can find something else. I don’t understand why because I love the name we have picked. I’m an indecisive person, and when I make a decision I often immediately start to worry that I made the wrong one. Please don’t tell me I’m the only one out there. I would love to be one of those people who find a name they love and just stop searching.
@babyboyh92016 yes, we absolutely get cold feet. We still had them in the hospital when we were filling out paperwork for his birth certificate. We had two names and kept going back and forth. Now I am so in love with his name. With my daughter, it was instant love. We had a second runner up, but it just never was my favorite. I now struggle with finding names I love as much as the two we already have.
@BabyBoyH92016 I think it's perfectly normal to get cold feet when picking a name. You're naming a human for the rest of his or her life! It's kind of a lot of pressure. For what it's worth, I think Sylvia is gorgeous, and I'm kind of jealous that I didn't throw that one out to DH also. I think we've settled on one, but it took awhile to agree on it.
@BabyBoyH92016 I think this is one of my main reasons for bumping this thread! We have names, but keep looking wondering if there is something better out there that we are missing. I am 99% sure we will go with one of the ones we picked, but it's hard to stop looking and say "yup, this is what it's going to be."
Me: 34 DH: 34 Married 10/28/17 Our TTC Journey
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TTC #2 January '21 BFP June '21 MMC/Blighted Ovum that led to D&C July '21 Jan '22 - started IF testing BFP Jan '22 MMC/Blighted Ovum that led to D&C Feb '22 BFP May '22
You guys are making me feel better. I just see people who announce their baby name while pregnant and get items personalized and it makes me truly question if I really love the name we’ve picked bc I could never make a commitment to a name like that. I find girl names particularly hard because I do find a lot of them beautiful, so it’s so hard to pick.
I definitely get cold feet on names, but we’ve settled on Stella Anna. Both our grandmas have the initials SA, and my dear great aunt was Anna. So it’s like we’re honoring 3 women in our families. DD1 is named after our other 2 grandmas, (Rosalie Grace). So it’s nice both girls will have meaningful family names.
DD keeps saying “baby sister, Stella!” So when I get cold feet and hear her say that, it reaffirms the name for me.
@BabyBoyH92016 we have changed our names a million times, and we’re team green. We do keep coming back to the same boy name and two girl names but talk about other options pretty often.
@wildrainbow I feel your pain! We had previously decided on Knox David, but everyone we've told has said they hate Knox, so we're pretty much back to square one. It's so frustrating! With DD, we heard her name on TV and we just *knew.* It fits her SO well, too. I wish we could find a name where we just *know* with this baby, too, but I don't feel like that's going to happen.
@bfpafter4years Sylvia is a fav of mine. It was on the list for DD because I love it and it’s a family name. Win win.
Im giving up with names this time around lol I CANNOT get DH off wanting to name this baby after him. No matter how many times I say you don’t name your 3rd son after you he doesn’t get it. It doesn’t help that his family thinks it’s completely acceptable. So I’ve given up as I don’t dislike his name and he wants the middle name to be his grandfathers which I’m also good with since 2 kids have middle names from my side and 1 has his middle name. So.......we will have be having a little Ricardo in November. Making our sibset Isaiah Christopher Ivy Alba Idris Michael and Ricardo Larkland ..
Here we've narrowed to a few choices, but no agreement on one name had been reached. DH and I do not have the same opinion about names either. He wants our son to be named after one of his favorite characters, which I wouldn't mind was he not obsessed with Japanese animation (we are not from Japan) or high fantasy novels. We have a very French Canadian last name, so with a Japanese first name, it's rather...peculiar.
I've been made fun in my youth a lot with my name, which was rare back then, so I want a more classical one, not too common, yes, but not one people will mispronounce every single time or find weird.
DH and I are team green, so we're picking out one name for a boy and one for a girl. We want something classic, but also wanted to use family names. Picking a girl name was so so easy! We decided on Anna Scott the first day we talked about names. We both love Anna, and Scott is his middle name; we feel like its unique/different without being strange or weird. Boy names have been SO much harder to pick. We've got a list of some we like, but trying to find first name and middle name combos we like is rough. We're pretty sure we want to use Michael for mn (his dad's name), but we also like Mark (grandfather's name). FNs we've liked include John, James, and Wyatt (kind of a wrench in the traditional names lol). We keep throwing mixtures around but nothing sticks like the girl name did..
@BabyBoyH92016 I also am a little aghast at the confidence of people who have baby items monogrammed before birth.
With DD, we had a short list but her name wasn’t even on it. At 38w my mom actually was listing off names she had thought of for her daughters and one of them we were both like “thats It!” And I cant imagine her naked anything else.
I am am not a fan of anything too popular (like top 25) and DH doesn’t want anything too out of the box and her name works perfectly.
We’re still leaning Alice for this baby, but I’m not 100%. DH says it just feels like “her name” Still considering Ellen/Eleanor, Daisy and Sloane
I think we've finally settled on a name for the little man. We both love the name Sterling, and for middle name, Ross is his great grandfather, grandfather, and fathers middle name. I picked the girls middle name, so i figured it would only be fair to let him have the reins on this middle name. Sterling Ross has a nice ring to it I think and its somewhat different but nothing too outlandish.
We’re leaning toward Clara (pronounced Clah-ra opposed to the typical Claire-a) Elizabeth for our daughter!
Infertility Journey (in spoiler because it's way too long and child/loss mentioned)
Married: 08/09/2013; TTC #2 Me: 31, possible PCOS and Septate Uterus (Septum removed in November 2017) DH: 31, MFI (Low Count and Low Motility) July 2017 - IUI #1 - Letrozole 2.5 mg, no trigger, Prometrium 100 mg 2x a day - BFN August 2017 - IUI #2 - Letrozole 2.5 mg, no trigger, Prometrium 100 mg 2x a day - BFN September 2017 - IUI #3 - Letrozole 2.5 mg, no trigger, Prometrium 100 mg 2x a day - BFN November 2017 - Uterine Septum removed December 2017 - IVF Consultation January 2018 - IVF #1 - Retrieval 1/24 - 2 Day 3 embryos (1 transferred fresh, 1 frozen) and 2 Day 5 embryos frozen February 2018 - Fresh Transfer - Transfer 1/27 (1 day 3 embryo) - BFN March 2018 - FET #1 - Transfer 3/2 (1 day 5 embryo) - BFP! 1st beta (10dp5dt) - 101; 2nd beta (17dp5dt) - 3061! Due 11/18/2018 March 2018 - Remaining embryos lost in malfunction.
October 8, 2018 - Son born at 34 weeks and a day due to preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. Spent 13 days in the NICU.
June 2019 - IVF #2 - Cancelled - Cyst on Ovary July 2019 - IVF #2 Take 2 - Retrieval 8/1 - 5 Day 5 embryos frozen August 2019 - FET #1 - Cancelled - No Trilaminar Lining September 2019 - FET #1 - Transfer 9/25 (1 day 5 embryo) - Chemical Pregnancy - 1st beta (9dp5dt): 110; 2nd beta (14dp5dt): 357; 3rd beta (16dp5dt): 188; 4th beta (23dp5dt): 7 November 2019 - FET #2 - Transfer 11/6 (1 day 5 embryo) - BFN December 2019 - FET #3 - Transfer 12/11 (1 day 5 embryo) - BFP! - 1st beta (8dp5dt): 102; 2nd beta (15dp5dt): 2636! Due 08/28/2020
August 13, 2020 - Son born at 37 weeks an 6 days due to failed BPP (Gestational Diabetes).
Does anyone start to get cold feet once they settle on a name??? As time goes on, I feel pretty confident that we have found the name for our baby girl...Sylvia (nn Sylvie) It’s a name that both the hubs and I liked since we were TTC, and now that we’ve discussed 5000 other names, we always come back to this one. I honestly don’t think we will find another name that both of us like as much as Sylvia, and yet, I still find my self looking at girl names trying to see if I can find something else. I don’t understand why because I love the name we have picked. I’m an indecisive person, and when I make a decision I often immediately start to worry that I made the wrong one. Please don’t tell me I’m the only one out there. I would love to be one of those people who find a name they love and just stop searching.
Yes! Me too! This is why we won't officially pick the baby's name until she's born. With DD, we were like 99% sure her name would be Brooke, but didn't make it official until she was born. For this one, I'm pretty sure she'll be Sydney, but I just can't commit until I see her, for whatever reason, so I keep looking at names just in case.
@middleschoolmommy William Alexander is such a strong lovely name! If I was having a boy I would totally be for that.
@BabyBoyH92016 I've always been pretty certain on names. Of course I have one picked out for a boy and a girl each time and then when we find out the gender it just sticks. But every time I get pregnant again I don't like the previous name we hadn't used! Like at all. I think you will know you when you find it. You have plenty of time, no need to rush!
My DH is driving me nuts with this name! I thought we were pretty set from the beginning. We both like Max as a nickname, we just had to figure out the full name. Eventually, we came to land on Maddox and I really like it more than the other Max names out there. Everytime I brought it up we kind of have a discussion on it, but it is always more like whatever you want. And the middle name I wanted after my father, so it would be Maddox Edward.
Now in the couple of weeks he is like getting wishy-washy on the first name and said we shouldn't name him Edward because it will upset my brother (who is Edward Jr) because he is going to want to use that name. However, I kept reminding him that A. I doubt my brother will care, B. It is a middle name, C. Even he (DH) doesn't want his son named after him so why is he so worried about my brother naming a son after himself.
I am pretty firm on Maddox but when I ask him what the middle name should be if not Edward, he just says I don't know and ends the conversation. If you don't like the name, fine, but at least throw out other options to consider!!
Some days I worry that our name is too "out there" wacky, but I still love it. We had been set on Talulla Jean for a girl since before we got pregnant although I do slightly worry that LO will arrive and I'll be like OMG... no not the right name
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@bfpafter4years DS's name is Maddox and his middle name is Byron Jay.. but "Maddox Jay" rolls off the tongue nicely when he's in trouble lol. It gets under my skin when my stepdad calls him "Mad Max" like if I had wanted him called Max I'd have just named him Max. It will really be up to him to decide if he likes a nickname when he gets old enough to understand, have also have had some family test out the nickname Dox or Doc. Hope you can find a middle name your husband can agree on, but you are further along that we are, still team green and haven't agreed on a name for a boy or girl yet.
Although we haven't discussed it much, Jake Edwin is still the name we are both considering. I don't think that either of us want to finalize/announce his name until he is born.
Thank you all again for your thoughts on both first and middle names.
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I'm another one who is always amazed at the people who monogram and put baby's name on everything before they are born. With DS we knew he was a boy and narrowed names down to two. I was 90% sure what we were going to name him, but I just can't officially give a baby a name until I see them. We're team green this time, but we'll likely have a couple boy and girl names narrowed down and pick when we see baby. With everything we have going on names are kind of on the back burner!
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Me:35 DH:35 Dx: PCOS DS1 born 11/2014 DS2 born 11/2018 3 previous losses Rainbow babydue 12/2021 - Team Green
I can see both sides of the monogramming/having a final name decided on thing because we've been in both places (complete certainty from day 1 that stuck to the end and uncertainty that ended with a new name that I had zero doubts about in the last couple of months).
We've only got one name on the table for baby boy #3. I suppose the middle name could change if I came up with something amazing that hasn't occurred to me yet, but it's unlikely and the first name's definitely staying.
With our twins, we were dead set on one name from the beginning, but the other was up in the air and was going to have a different but similar name (same first initial, middle name still undecided at that point) until maybe a month or two out. I suddenly decided one day that he wasn't going to have the original name (it just didn't feel right even after telling myself that it was going to be his name for months) I'd picked and pulled another one out of thin air that I loved and felt 100% right about.
Now that he's almost 2, I can't imagine him being anything other than what I named him. And it turned out that an acquaintance named her son the name I'd originally picked out two weeks before the twins were born, so I was doubly glad not to have decided on it after all because I would have felt awkward.
We decided on "who was who" once they were born. The first day, we tentatively called Baby A by his final name and Baby B by his and by the second day we were definite on who was getting what name. It wasn't even a question.
I 100% would love to monogram prematurely. However, my friend's doctor's office told her she was having a girl, then SURPRISE, it was a boy. She had so much mermaid and unicorn stuff that was put away in storage. That thought is always in the back of my mind and makes me paranoid. I'm even saving receipts for any girl things I buy just in case.
@lachnessmomster I worry about that! I made the doctor double check that that the ultrasound tech had it right when she said girl. But it is still in the back of my mind that baby could come out a boy.
Re: What's in a name?
@middleschoolmommy wow.... Just wow
My husband has vetoed so many of my names that my son (8) thought Veto was the name he was suggesting Bwahahaha
Thought we could bump this back up and start talking names again. I think DH and I have picked our names but we are still open to suggestions so I would love to hear what others are thinking. Also, if someone wants we can start a whole new thread for this since this one is old and huge.
Married 10/28/17
Our TTC Journey
Team Green turned Team Blue 10/15/18
TTC #2 January '21
BFP June '21
MMC/Blighted Ovum that led to D&C July '21
Jan '22 - started IF testing
BFP Jan '22
MMC/Blighted Ovum that led to D&C Feb '22
BFP May '22
We decided on Natalia Rose. We will call her Tali for a nickname
2 finalists were Annalise Katherine and Everly Blaine. AK would give her same initials as DS and Katherine was my Grandmother's name. EB would give her my initials and Blaine is my Dad's middle name.
We chose Everly Blaine, because:
1. I have (had) the same initials as my Dad, she will now have same initials as me.
2. DS has FILs middle name, so I feel like using my Dad's middle name fits.
3. I've always hated my first name that starts with an E, so I wanted to use an E name that I love.
THE reason we decided against Annalise Katherine: Pronunciation. I know it will be shorted to Anna, and I really don't like Anna (Just personal opinion!). No part of Annalise should rhyme with banana. I had a friend named Ana (On-a) and I love the name, DH says its "upity" and I just couldn't live with everyone using a version of the name I don't like.
I say stick with Sylvia! It really is lovely!
Married 10/28/17
Our TTC Journey
Team Green turned Team Blue 10/15/18
TTC #2 January '21
BFP June '21
MMC/Blighted Ovum that led to D&C July '21
Jan '22 - started IF testing
BFP Jan '22
MMC/Blighted Ovum that led to D&C Feb '22
BFP May '22
I definitely get cold feet on names, but we’ve settled on Stella Anna. Both our grandmas have the initials SA, and my dear great aunt was Anna. So it’s like we’re honoring 3 women in our families. DD1 is named after our other 2 grandmas, (Rosalie Grace). So it’s nice both girls will have meaningful family names.
DD keeps saying “baby sister, Stella!” So when I get cold feet and hear her say that, it reaffirms the name for me.
@bfpafter4years Sylvia is a fav of mine. It was on the list for DD because I love it and it’s a family name. Win win.
Im giving up with names this time around lol I CANNOT get DH off wanting to name this baby after him. No matter how many times I say you don’t name your 3rd son after you he doesn’t get it. It doesn’t help that his family thinks it’s completely acceptable. So I’ve given up as I don’t dislike his name and he wants the middle name to be his grandfathers which I’m also good with since 2 kids have middle names from my side and 1 has his middle name. So.......we will have be having a little Ricardo in November.
Making our sibset
Isaiah Christopher
Ivy Alba
Idris Michael and
Ricardo Larkland ..
I've been made fun in my youth a lot with my name, which was rare back then, so I want a more classical one, not too common, yes, but not one people will mispronounce every single time or find weird.
Picking a girl name was so so easy! We decided on Anna Scott the first day we talked about names. We both love Anna, and Scott is his middle name; we feel like its unique/different without being strange or weird.
Boy names have been SO much harder to pick. We've got a list of some we like, but trying to find first name and middle name combos we like is rough. We're pretty sure we want to use Michael for mn (his dad's name), but we also like Mark (grandfather's name). FNs we've liked include John, James, and Wyatt (kind of a wrench in the traditional names lol). We keep throwing mixtures around but nothing sticks like the girl name did..
Naming humans is hard work
With DD, we had a short list but her name wasn’t even on it. At 38w my mom actually was listing off names she had thought of for her daughters and one of them we were both like “thats It!” And I cant imagine her naked anything else.
I am am not a fan of anything too popular (like top 25) and DH doesn’t want anything too out of the box and her name works perfectly.
We’re still leaning Alice for this baby, but I’m not 100%. DH says it just feels like “her name” Still considering Ellen/Eleanor, Daisy and Sloane
Me: 31, possible PCOS and Septate Uterus (Septum removed in November 2017)
DH: 31, MFI (Low Count and Low Motility)
July 2017 - IUI #1 - Letrozole 2.5 mg, no trigger, Prometrium 100 mg 2x a day - BFN
August 2017 - IUI #2 - Letrozole 2.5 mg, no trigger, Prometrium 100 mg 2x a day - BFN
September 2017 - IUI #3 - Letrozole 2.5 mg, no trigger, Prometrium 100 mg 2x a day - BFN
November 2017 - Uterine Septum removed
December 2017 - IVF Consultation
January 2018 - IVF #1 - Retrieval 1/24 - 2 Day 3 embryos (1 transferred fresh, 1 frozen) and 2 Day 5 embryos frozen
February 2018 - Fresh Transfer - Transfer 1/27 (1 day 3 embryo) - BFN
March 2018 - FET #1 - Transfer 3/2 (1 day 5 embryo) - BFP! 1st beta (10dp5dt) - 101; 2nd beta (17dp5dt) - 3061! Due 11/18/2018
March 2018 - Remaining embryos lost in malfunction.
October 8, 2018 - Son born at 34 weeks and a day due to preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome. Spent 13 days in the NICU.
June 2019 - IVF #2 - Cancelled - Cyst on Ovary
July 2019 - IVF #2 Take 2 - Retrieval 8/1 - 5 Day 5 embryos frozen
August 2019 - FET #1 - Cancelled - No Trilaminar Lining
September 2019 - FET #1 - Transfer 9/25 (1 day 5 embryo) - Chemical Pregnancy - 1st beta (9dp5dt): 110; 2nd beta (14dp5dt): 357; 3rd beta (16dp5dt): 188; 4th beta (23dp5dt): 7
November 2019 - FET #2 - Transfer 11/6 (1 day 5 embryo) - BFN
December 2019 - FET #3 - Transfer 12/11 (1 day 5 embryo) - BFP! - 1st beta (8dp5dt): 102; 2nd beta (15dp5dt): 2636! Due 08/28/2020
August 13, 2020 - Son born at 37 weeks an 6 days due to failed BPP (Gestational Diabetes).
DD1: 8/2014
TTC #2: 6/2017
BFP 8/3/2017 | CP 8/4
BFP 10/16/2017 | CP 10/21
BFP 12/18/2017 | CP 12/28
BFP 2/15/2018 | EDD: November 2nd | It's a girl!
DD2: 10/2018
@BabyBoyH92016 I've always been pretty certain on names. Of course I have one picked out for a boy and a girl each time and then when we find out the gender it just sticks. But every time I get pregnant again I don't like the previous name we hadn't used! Like at all. I think you will know you when you find it. You have plenty of time, no need to rush!
Now in the couple of weeks he is like getting wishy-washy on the first name and said we shouldn't name him Edward because it will upset my brother (who is Edward Jr) because he is going to want to use that name. However, I kept reminding him that A. I doubt my brother will care, B. It is a middle name, C. Even he (DH) doesn't want his son named after him so why is he so worried about my brother naming a son after himself.
I am pretty firm on Maddox but when I ask him what the middle name should be if not Edward, he just says I don't know and ends the conversation. If you don't like the name, fine, but at least throw out other options to consider!!
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LO arrived 11/9/2018! We have a baby!
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Me: 33 | DH: 41
Married: March 2016
TTC #1/IUD out January 2017
PCOS dx January 2018
Medicated cycle 2.5mg Letrozole CD3-7 February 2018
BFP 3/10/2018!
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Thank you all again for your thoughts on both first and middle names.
Dx: PCOS
DS1 born 11/2014
DS2 born 11/2018
3 previous losses
Rainbow baby due 12/2021 - Team Green
We've only got one name on the table for baby boy #3. I suppose the middle name could change if I came up with something amazing that hasn't occurred to me yet, but it's unlikely and the first name's definitely staying.
With our twins, we were dead set on one name from the beginning, but the other was up in the air and was going to have a different but similar name (same first initial, middle name still undecided at that point) until maybe a month or two out. I suddenly decided one day that he wasn't going to have the original name (it just didn't feel right even after telling myself that it was going to be his name for months) I'd picked and pulled another one out of thin air that I loved and felt 100% right about.
Now that he's almost 2, I can't imagine him being anything other than what I named him. And it turned out that an acquaintance named her son the name I'd originally picked out two weeks before the twins were born, so I was doubly glad not to have decided on it after all because I would have felt awkward.
We decided on "who was who" once they were born. The first day, we tentatively called Baby A by his final name and Baby B by his and by the second day we were definite on who was getting what name. It wasn't even a question.
● IUI #2: BFP - early M/C
● IUI #3: BFN
● IUI #4: BFN
● IVF/FET #1 (2 transferred): BFP! TWINS!
● FET #2 (1 transferred): BFP! BOY #3!
● Natural #1: BFP - M/C @ 8 weeks
● Natural #2: BFP - M/C @ 5w5d