OMG! This is another point I wanted to mention. I'm just very easily calling this baby by his name. I'm starting to feel that this is a boy,though I'm not totally sure. But here's what happened, the baby sent me his name in a flash. It was like crystal clear what the name was and, like you, I was like "do I even LIKE this name?!" lol. Then the baby sent up another name for if it's a girl, but it was so much weaker and so much secondary, which is why I'm really feeling like this is a boy. The thing is, the boy and the girl name are very similar sounding but while the boy name COULD also easily work for a girl, the baby was very specific about IF she is a girl, then we must go with the other name. Up until recently, I was getting a lot of confusion from the baby about whether or not s/he would be born a girl, but recently both my husband and I have been having dreams of a baby boy being born and when I checked in I was given a very clear "I'm a boy" answer. So we'll see. If so, it will be my 3rd boy.
For me, my children's names have come to me very strongly, like in a vision. For my daughter we had a name picked out for her (Lia) but then in the 8th month I turned to my husband and said "no, it's ALMOST that name, but not quite. We haven't got it yet." Her name turned out to be very close to that, but with a slight change.
For my second child, his first name was kind of a name I made up while combining words in my second language. Once I saw it and saw my husband's reaction, I knew it was the right name. My hubby pushed for another name which I knew was all wrong. Then, I had a very clear vision of his middle name in huge bold, gold letters shining before me. It took my breath away. My husband thought it was nuts. But pretty soon, this word (which has a specific meaning in Hebrew) started to manifest in a ton of other ways in our lives and my husband finally turned to me after the 3rd time that he saw it with his own eyes and said "okay, you are right."
For my third, the name came to my husband. I had a name I made up and liked (and had liked for years!) but my husband burst into the room one day and said "what about (son's name)?!" and it was so off the wall I was like "how did you ever think of that?" Turns out while he was praying, it came to him in a flash. Now I read that son's middle name in a book and said "this is the middle name." I was CERTAIN about that. But my husband totally had the first name revealed to him. I thought it was a really bad name, actually but I couldn't bring myself to say "no." I was still pushing for the other name but when I looked into my son's face, I could ONLY call him by this name my husband had brought to me and nothing else, no matter how much I tried. And for all of the children the name fits them perfectly.
My only issue now is with how to spell this name in English...for this baby. All of my children have Hebrew names and the spelling there is set in stone...but there are so many ways to spell somethign in English and so many connotations to every sort of spelling. lol.
But, yeah, names...wow.
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dakotablue 
Not in your DDC
DS2 told me his name during one of our talks. I never ever thought about using his name (wasn't even a consideration) but I was talking to him one night and said "I have no idea who you are" and his name came to mind. We don't find out the sex before birth. Every time I brought the name up to Dh he said no, and he thought it'd be a girl. Ds was born and he was well...him. His name is exactly who he is. (Dh did agree and now loves his name)
Its funny because even now sometimes I think, I wouldn't have thought of naming any of my kids that...
I loved the connection while pregnant.
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