MSE Pregnancy Club XII

BeenieCat

I was thinking last night, that although it's assumed baby will have OH's surname, we're not married and my son has my surname (not OH's bio).

I'd never really thought about new baby NOT having OH's surname, but last night i randomly thought that the baby should have MY name, and if OH wants us all to take his name he should marry me?

I don't really want my 2 kids having different surnames, and i don't see why my kid should have a different name to me, but if he wants me to take his name then why not make the commitment and we can all take his name together??

tiamai_d

harley1 wrote: »

Lucky you. I wish I could have a coffee, its the only thing that I now don't like. I bought a Tassimo last year as I love a nice latte, but now they taste like an ashtray:eek: You'd think I'd appreciate the irony but sadly I don't:rotfl:

xxxx

I went right off it too, hence none since January. Was one of the first things that hinted I might be pregnant and not just still ill form the flu.

Beenie, I do that too! Hold a grudge for agessss!

Pookie, on the plus side if you have stickle cell trait (you are a carrier), you are almost immune to malaria!

elle_gee

Hi all..

Just spent £50 on mini babygrows, vests, scratchmitts and booties. Honestly, having a wee dinky one isn't very MSE at all - blooming niche market! If we'd wanted it in normal newborn sizes we could have probably got the same amount from Tesco/Asda for under £10! Still, needs must and we'll donate it to the unit when Rhys grows out of it. Have set Grandma on a knitting mission - she's so excited about it, she'll probably stay up all night!

Rhys is prefectly settled in his cot; been no trouble at all whilst we've been out. He's moving into the next room tonight at nurses' shift change time. That's the room that babies go home from!! :eek: :eek: Still quite a while to go now methinks but then I thought he would be in CPAP for weeks but he wasn't..

Have been to the house to check on the progress. Mum and Dad very busy and we should have a finished kitchen (except flooring) by the end of tomorrow! Bathroom being done next weekend and the lounge will be done over the next 7-10 days. Once bathroom is done we can move home - we as in me and OH, still more to do so it's way too dusty for Rhys to be in there so I'm secretly hoping he'll be in for a good few more weeks yet cos I want him to come home to our home, not my parents' iyswim

The nurse we have today is one of the ones who comes out to do home visits after babies who have stayed on the unit go home so we're going to ask her what stage he has to be at to go home, just so that we know. Not to get our hopes up, just want to know what we're aiming for. For now, he's still on the monitors although she did point out they are mobile monitors so we can move his cot about.. Not sure quite what she meant about that but some parents take babies into their flats! Don't quite feel confident for that just yet!

Anyway, lots of rabbiting from me.. sorry I've decided I'm going to stay at my parents' house tonight all night so I get a decent night's sleep. Got to pack my bags now as Mum coming for me once she's finished painting, then we're going back to their house and visiting here again later. Think OH is going to get chance for some skin-to-skin later too

Will be online later tonight.. TTFN xx

skintchick

BeenieCat wrote: »

I was thinking last night, that although it's assumed baby will have OH's surname, we're not married and my son has my surname (not OH's bio).

I'd never really thought about new baby NOT having OH's surname, but last night i randomly thought that the baby should have MY name, and if OH wants us all to take his name he should marry me?

I don't really want my 2 kids having different surnames, and i don't see why my kid should have a different name to me, but if he wants me to take his name then why not make the commitment and we can all take his name together??

I'd feel that way too. Why not suggest it to him?

SugarSpun

BeenieCat wrote: »

I was thinking last night, that although it's assumed baby will have OH's surname, we're not married and my son has my surname (not OH's bio).

We both have both surnames - I wanted us all to have the same name, but I have a publishing record and didn't want it to be separated from my new name so we each took both names and we'll all three be My Name-His Name. He wanted to go first. I said no.

I've finished cleaning for now. The pantry's about half done, we've done really well. OH is also taking a break, he's on the Wii cursing up a storm :rotfl: no doubt he'll get annoyed enough to go back to cleaning soon. Although I think it's dinner time...

BeenieCat

skintchick wrote: »

I'd feel that way too. Why not suggest it to him?

I think i will, not sure how it'll go down though, and i better wait for the washing machine incident to blow over first :rotfl:

Good to know you agree though, wasn't sure what the general consensus would be, DS has my name because bio father left me when i was still pregnant

pinkpig08

I gave DS a double barrelled surname ready for when me and DH got married. I wanted to carry my surname on because there are no boys to do it. So now DS and I have double barrelled, DH just has his name, and the baby will be double barrelled too.

searching_me

ok had to resort to milking myself im creating more then my boy can drink :rotfl: ... seriously can hear MM laughing her heart out x

tiamai_d

Beenie, my friend was in a similar situation. She gave her first DD her dads surname then they split. Her second DD got her dads surname, and then they split and she says the one thing she hates is that nobody has the same surname. If it wouldn't cause a riot (both dads can be violent) she would change the kids names by deed poll to her name.

searching_me

speaking of last names i was forced to have zoe as my last name (over controlling step-father) she was gonna have OH's but what im doing is naming jayden with OHs last name and then adding his name on to zoe's so my kids have the same last name technically x