Perhaps a weird question?

[SamanthaJane]

hey, my baby is due in October and i was wondering for all you young mothers, who werent married when their baby was born (like me), if your child was given your last name or your partner/baby daddy's last name? I assumed the baby would just take my partner's last name but now im not so sure???

[Jem]

there was a thread on this the other day :)

[SweetSerenity]

http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=17852

Here's the link sweetie :)

I gave my son my hubbys last name ( we weren't married when he was born )...it just made more sense to do so, especially cos we were engaged :)

[Jem]

http://www.bubhub.com.au/community/forums/showthread.php?t=17852

Here's the link sweetie :)

I gave my son my hubbys last name ( we weren't married when he was born )...it just made more sense to do so, especially cos we were engaged :)


thanks Nat... im way too lazy :rolleyes:

[SamanthaJane]

thanks girls didnt even see it!!!:smiliedance:

[lukaelmo]

I am not technically a young mum, but DP and I are not married. I gave the dude a hyphenated name, and he can later use that, or choose one or the other.

[SweetSerenity]

thanks Nat... im way too lazy :rolleyes:

LOL no worries....thats what we do, help each other out! lol You're allowed to be lazy on bub hub anyways!:laughing:

[Ange&Seth]

We gave bub his daddy's last name, even though we're not engaged anymore (we split up for 6wks then got back together again:eek: ) we will be married one day.

[Carlz]

Not too sure about where i heard this, but someone told me if you give bub your last name and then eventually you marry the daddy, he actually has to adopt your bubba to be the father????????? and apparently it costs $3000?????
Sounds a bit strange to me?? :confused:

I gave Ash, my partners name as we plan to get married anyway!

[Niki]

my bubs has my name just incase me and df didnt work out, even thou i no we will its justa saftey net, i will change it once we are married

[katkz]

my three kids have there fathers last name and we were not married (i was only 13 at the time) now we not together but i still think it was the right think to do.

[meme]

my first daughter had her fathers name as i hoped it would help him bond to her more. but she now uses my last name as he passed away when she was only a baby.
my other two have my last name because i'm not married to their father and i think it's kinda cool plus if i take them to the doctor their files are next to mine because we have the same last name.

i'm proud we are girls and carrying on our family name, but if i ever married their dad i would consider changing our name.

[Femme-Fetale]

My son has MY last name and has his fathers last name as his Middlename.
I find it alot easier to keep things simple, and every other single mother i have known today has kept their last name as the childs last name and those who hadnt regretted it later when things can get nasty.

I think it depends on wat kind of r/ship you have wit your man. For me, i knew things where not going to work out, and my bubs father is a flight risk so there was no 2 thoughts about it. He didnt have to like it, he just had to accept it.
A friend of mine, when she got preg he ran off to the states. Now he is back and coz she stooopidly gave the child his last name, he is claming all rights to her, but yet not paying child support. She is now applying to change the childs name, and her lawyer offered the advice that if there is ONE tiny bit of doubt about the childs last name, give "it" your own!
If anything else, if u marry down the track, the childs name cna then change to his along with yours. Made sence to me
Good luck

[sugar n spice]

We weren't married when i had my first but we were engaged so i gave him his dads last name, i couldn't imaging not giving him his dads as that is a part of who he is wether we stay together or not, very different if it was a one night stand or he left the relationship during the pregnancy and didn't want the child. jmhop

[sammykat]

My little girl has a hyphernated name (mother-Father) and if we eventually get married we will change our last names to be the same.:thumbsup:

[JaYdEn&CaYLeE'sMuMmY]

both kids have my last name

[Mum&bubs]

My daughter has her fathers last name even though were not married & so will the next one. Just seemed like the right thing to do. Would be different if we werent together when she was born though.

[jordy&steph'smumma]

My kids both have fathers last name although we weren't married when 1st was born we were engaged.
My cousins having the same prob at the moment her and partner broke up but she doesn't know what last name to use.......
YAY YAY YAY my cousin actually just messaged me she had her little girl has night at 1.22 i'm so excited!!!!

[MummyCharmzy]

I was single when my son was born and his father is not involved in our life so there was no conflict there -my son has my surname.

My daughter has a hyphenated surname, mine-his and our new bub will too until we get married and then me, DS, DD1 + dd2 will all change to his surname ... just to be difficult of course lol

[steph_alyssa]

my bub has my last name, i'm not with her father and he barely sees her. plus she lives with me, she's on my medicare card and medibank private card so it's way way easier.

[mum of 2]

~ Both our children were given their dad's surname when they were born and now we are married I am so glad that we did it that way ~ Just remember that it is your own personal choice and you should just go with what your heart is telling you ~