Did you call your unborn baby by a name you had picked b4 the birth?

**Ashi** · 27-08-2008 10:28

Hey girls.. not sure if i worded that right lol but im just wondering if anyone has called their unborn baby a name they have picked while it is still in their tummy?
we have come up with a name we both really like and in my head ive been calling her that name when i think about her or sort of talk to her in my head ( no im not crazy i swear lol!)

anyone else done that? do u think its weird ? lol

**jess_live_die** · 27-08-2008 10:31

both my girls had names from as soon as i knew they were girls and got there names and this baby boy is the same

**TKK** · 27-08-2008 10:37

Yeah, DH and I had our heart set on a particular name (which was non-gender specific) and it really helped us "connect" (I guess is the word) with the unborn child. It was nice to be able to talk about (and to) Cody. We could then call the nursery "Cody's room" and talked about shopping for "Cody's clothes" etc.

It being our first child, I think it really helped to make the whole process less daunting to assign a little bit of a personality as such to the child.

We found out the gender at 18 weeks so we knew if we had a girl Cody or a boy Cody and when she popped out low and behold she indeed looked like a Cody. Not sure what we would have done if she didn't. There was no back up plan!

**becca022** · 27-08-2008 10:37

Yep. Did with DS & do with this little girl.

**neekynoo** · 27-08-2008 10:39

DD had her name as soon as I found out at the 20wk scan. I'd found the name a couple of weeks earlier and it was like "yep, thats it". I didn't really say it openly though more just in my head. If anyone asked I told them.

And yes I used to call her that in my head and talk to her using that name all the time. I don't think it's weird, its beautiful

**Mummaholic** · 27-08-2008 10:39

yes i did this with both boys as soon as we knew the sex - i did not like the same names for both - got a 'feeling' about the 'right' name for each.

**Queen** · 27-08-2008 10:42

Not by a name as such, we called her "germ" because she made me sick.

**Sammilee** · 27-08-2008 10:50

Well, we were actually the opposite as in we referred to our DS with a nickname and it's sorta stuck, even now and he's 8 months old! From the very first scan at 7 weeks we called our DS 'Peanut' 'coz that's what he looked like on that scan. So throughout the pg we spoke about Peanut, called him Peanut when we were talking to him in utero (even after the 20 week scan when we knew he was a he and had decided on his name). And as I said, now he's 'out' we still call him Peanut, so I think that nickname is gonna stick for life

**Kayangel** · 27-08-2008 10:56

I started calling my little boy by his name as soon as i found out he was a boy at 20 weeks pregnant. I think its normal

and helped me really bond with him.

**~Emmylou~** · 27-08-2008 10:58

Yep DD was named before we even knew for sure she was a girl because I just felt she was.

DS was named from about 27 weeks I think....we found out he was a boy and then spent two months arguing over what to call him otherwise he would've been named earlier.

Not weird at all I think it's pretty common now that so many people find out the sex halfway through.