How many babies are nameless after birth?

rn2banne · Jan 5, 2003

Hi Teresa,

Just wanted to share my experience with you. My first son's name was chosen prior to birth. My second son was named four days after his birth. I had a name picked out for a boy, but then a relative named her son the same name. I wanted something different. Then, just this past Novemeber I gave birth to my third son. I had a name for a boy that my husband did not like a lot. Well, after the birth my midwife asked what his name would be and my husband said the name I had chosen. I was completely shocked! Well, it still took us about four days to figure out a middle name. Needless to say, we always end up mailing the birth certificate paperwork back to the hospital. That drove the hospital nuts. They called us for both children that we had not named yet looking for the paperwork. Good luck! Anne

SmilingBluEyes · Jan 5, 2003

1 in like thousands. It has happened maybe once in my experience. It did not drive us nuts, they simply finished the paperwork when ready.

researchrabbit · Jan 5, 2003

My BIL was so certain their baby would be a boy that no girls' names were picked out...you can guess what happened. Took them almost a week to figure out a name!

dawngloves, BSN, RN · Jan 6, 2003

I have friends who didn't name thier kids until the day of D/C. THey wanted to see the babies first and think about it. Good thing they were C/S and she had the extra couple of days to think!

OBNURSEHEATHER · Jan 6, 2003

:confused: I have quite a few that are nameless at birth. Well, I'd say it's about 50/50. They HAVE to name them before they leave the hospital, but some peopel take every minute of their 2 to 4 days to decide.

Heather

ShortFuse_LPN, LPN · Jan 6, 2003

My hubby and I didn't have a name for our 1st son til the day after he was born. With our 3rd baby, we had decided to name him Clay. However, the day I went into labor I heard the name Preston and fell in love with it. So hubby was in waiting room telling everyone we had had a boy and named him Clay....hehe little did he know I had changed my mind...his name is Preston Michael.

joyflnoyz, LPN · Jan 6, 2003

None of my four were named before birth...the name has to fit the kid!

I was one of those weird moms..the neighborhood radical if you will. It started when I nursed my kids instead of bottle feeding...I washed diapers ..then I began to homeschool (remember this is early '80's- not as well know/popular an educational choice) and THEN I had 2 born at home instead of the hospital.

babynurselsa, RN · Jan 7, 2003

Had the first ones name picked out early on, the second we named on the way to the hospital, and teh third we had a name by the end of the first day.

sunnygirl272 · Jan 8, 2003

Jay's uncle's "GF" named her son..then after awhile went to court to change it..decided she didn't like that name after all...WTF...she's a freak anyhoo....

delirium · Jan 8, 2003

OK, true story, I wasn't named until I was about a week old.

And my friend Marjorie was actually named Paulette until she was 8 years old. Then her mom went to court and changed it to Marjorie because her husband (Margie's father) never liked the name Paulette.

Weird.

mother/babyRN, RN · Jan 9, 2003

Not too many, though I recall with the birth of my first son, they wanted him named within two days, period....Were not releasing me until I coughed up the name, which fortunately, I had already chosen...