Chaz Moms and Moms-to-Be Chat (everyone welcome)

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Some pretty great name ideas out here! I am just soooooo bad at choosing middle names. I liked Hunter Eli, but one of my best friends just had a son named Hudson Eli, and I'm not one for copying names. I really like Landon, but can't quite figure out a middle name.

Did any of you guys have morbid dreams about your babies? I keep having dreams about my baby (always a girl) dying horrifically. In the one last night, I left her inside and the door locked and I couldn't get back in. I was screaming and freaking out and couldn't break the windows because you can never hit very hard in dreams... And when I finally got in because my Dad came and broke the door down, my baby had turned blue and was dead and cold. It was awful.


And one other thing... I am going to be working full time and going to school full time... But I still want to try to breastfeed if at all possible. How am I going to do that? Strictly pump? Also, does it hurt? I have really sensitive breasts and I'm so afraid it's going to hurt.
 
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Denis had a client in Vegas who named their kid "Dragon King" and another named "Kiler" which is probably supposed to be "Ky-lher" but looks and read like Killer. My favorite was "Baby Love Dior".
 

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Barbara, I haven't had any morbid dreams about the actual baby, but I was and still am having dreams about miscarrying...graphic ones where (in the dream) I wake up on the bathroom floor and there's blood EVERYWHERE. I don't think it means much, but they're SO disturbing.

As far as breastfeeding while at work/school....you could try strictly pumping, and I'm sure Moms do that, but if you're doing both, FT...pumping is going to be hard. I'd plan on pumping, but don't get your heart 100% set on it and feel disappointed or bad about yourself if you just can't do it in the long run.
 

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Barbara, I haven't had any morbid dreams about the actual baby, but I was and still am having dreams about miscarrying...graphic ones where (in the dream) I wake up on the bathroom floor and there's blood EVERYWHERE. I don't think it means much, but they're SO disturbing.

As far as breastfeeding while at work/school....you could try strictly pumping, and I'm sure Moms do that, but if you're doing both, FT...pumping is going to be hard. I'd plan on pumping, but don't get your heart 100% set on it and feel disappointed or bad about yourself if you just can't do it in the long run.
Ugh, that would drive me nuts. Are you far along enough now to where that isn't a a worry? I'm sorry I can't remember.

And I hope I don't feel bad about myself... But I'm so determined to maybe buy a portable cooler and portable electric pump and set time aside at work and school to pump... Maybe even go out to my car... I don't know.
 

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Now I'm stuck between three first names I can't pick middle names for... Help?

Hunter
Landon
Ryland



This baby naming business is hard.

Oh, annnnd, updated photo:
I like all those names but I particularly love the name Hunter! Of course I may be a tad biased. ;)
 

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I like the name Harlow!! (and Everleigh) :)

Thankfully my mom and I (and my SO and I) have similar tastes in names. :p

I've been pretty dead set on naming my daughter (if I have one) Emma. But now everyone and their brother is naming their daughter Emma.
So now we like the name(s) Naima , Ella or Inga. For Boys we have Aaron (love that name, and not common here), Holden or Leeven
 

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It's funny reading the names. I just saw an article about how the trend for baby names seems to be continuing this year... girls names that end in A and boys names that end in N (I think Aidan was the most popular boys name)

IF we were to have another girl at any point I love the name Cassandra... it's actually Cassie that I like the most :)
 

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I'm glad that the BF and I agree on the girl name. Lillian (I actually like Lillewyn, or a spelling similar to that, but that's a bit too elfish for the BF) and not sure of a middle name. We'll figure it out, I'm sure. The boy names we're not too sure about. Hopefully we have a girl. :lol-sign: We both tend to like old world names. Names you can lengthen or shorten and fantasy names, since we're gamers. Plus, we would need a unique name to jazz up the family. My name is Erinn and BF's is Christopher so we're not too unique here. Other than the spelling of my name.

I don't know the history of most the moms and moms-to-be here, but did any of you have trouble getting pregnant? (Not trying to get pregnant right now but concerned I won't be able to have children.)
 

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I was told I would have "extreme difficulty conceiving a healthy pregnancy on my own". I had two very early miscarriages prior to this. I had unprotected sex for over 4 years, with multiple partners (I did use the "rhythm method").

Then I got pregnant, on BC, only having had sex once that cycle, long after I was sure I had already ovulated (I'm still convinced I released two eggs that month).
 
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Thanks for all the name support!!!

One of the names dh and I had agreed on, and then discarded, was Ryleigh and this is one of the names my mon suggested today. lol But I work at a vet clinic and it's too much of a dog's name I think...
 

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Thanks for all the name support!!!

One of the names dh and I had agreed on, and then discarded, was Ryleigh and this is one of the names my mon suggested today. lol But I work at a vet clinic and it's too much of a dog's name I think...
Tell your Mom you'll think about naming the next one Ryleigh because it sounds nice with Harlow :p
 

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I don't know the history of most the moms and moms-to-be here, but did any of you have trouble getting pregnant? (Not trying to get pregnant right now but concerned I won't be able to have children.)
I know I'm not a doctor (haha) but with PCOS I wouldn't be too worried. Seems a lot of people with PCOS have been able to conceive. If you aren't on BC and have PCOS, you should consider it a strong possibility that you can get pregnant.

They also say losing like 10% of your weight (if you are overweight?) can help too, with PCOS.
 

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I was told I would have "extreme difficulty conceiving a healthy pregnancy on my own". I had two very early miscarriages prior to this. I had unprotected sex for over 4 years, with multiple partners (I did use the "rhythm method").

Then I got pregnant, on BC, only having had sex once that cycle, long after I was sure I had already ovulated (I'm still convinced I released two eggs that month).
I'm planning on going in for testing in a couple of months, so hopefully I'll figure out what's going on. I really hate going to the doctor. ( My friend has similar issues so I'm going to tag along to some of her appointments so I can get some info.)

I was on BC and then stopped and haven't had a period since... so that concerns me. I was so freaked out. I took about 8 pregnancy tests. I might even have miscarried, I'm really not sure. (If I did, it would have to be reallly early on.)

I wonder if we have similar issues. I'm trying to get my hopes up, since I'm still 'young' but my doctor wasn't very helpful. When I was diagnosed with PCOS she just said "Here's some BC." and we haven't ever discussed it. Her attitude towards me and my problems makes me hesitant to go get tests done. I don't know much about medical stuff, but I'm not an idiot. I get frustrated when doctors don't listen to me or disregard my concerns. Or judge you. Female doctors are pretty bad about that. "You're having sex? I didn't know you were married." Thanks for being passive aggressive, doc.

I was 16, so I obviously didn't want children. I don't necessarily want children now, but I would like to in the future and don't want to damage myself anymore than I already have. The BC I was taking had some pretty bad reviews on getting pregnant after taking it.


Am I the only one that immediately 'no's a name if I know someone who has it or didn't like someone with that name? It drives my BF nuts. :lol-sign:

And I tend to give my animals 'human' names... I kind of feel bad that we 'wasted' Gwen on our dog. But it helps with names like Pandora (which will be our ferret's name when we get her. I'm not budging on that!) or other 'weird' names.
 

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I want to add, I have endometriosis/hormone imbalances and not PCOS. I know a lotttt of woman who have had babies with PCOS. Some of them have had a sort of hard time, and get frustrated, because it's hard to track ovulation and it's not as frequent as other women.

Another thing: I don't think it's as all as easy to get pregnant as the media and unwanted pregnancy campaigns and "teen mom" and all that make everyone think. I don't think it's uncommon, at all, even for healthy women, to take more than a year of trying.
 

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Jessie , is Rae a family name? It was my grannies middle name and is now Victoria's also , I have never heard of it outside my family.



Airn,
The only name i vetoed when we where picking names for the girls was Nevaeh ,
I know way to many people who should not have kids names there kids that
because it is heaven spelled backwards. I can name 6 different addicts
with little girls named that.
 

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I was on birth control for 10 years with only a few breaks and had no trouble conceiving. I kind of assumed I would so was pretty shocked when it happened so fast. Like first try fast!
 

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