What have you named your babies?

[JennInSeattle]

I just wanted to ask..

We've named the last 3 of our 7 m/c's. The one we lost in May '05 I named Hannah because we were sure she was a girl and everyone kept talking to me about Hannah in the Bible. The baby we lost in August '05 we named Jeremiah because Dan had a dream that the baby should be named Jeremiah (this was while I was still pregnant). The baby we lost a week ago I named Heaven. As I was typing out my goodbye to my friends who were pregnant after multiple m/c's I mentioned that she was safe in Heaven and it was just so obvious that her name needed to be Heaven.

So what have you named your little ones? I'd love to know. :)

And I also feel compelled to share this website, someone pm'd me today and shared it with me: http://www.calebministries.org/calebcares/index.htm

It has personal stories that share God's love, timing and triumph in our lives through miscarraige, stillbirth and early infant death.

If you have a few minutes I encourage you to read it - I can't tell you how uplifted I feel having read first hand accounts of the hope that I can have in Christ even through this many m/c's.. when it's so easy to think that the odds are insurmountable, through this website the Lord has renewed my faith in His plan. :love

[~*~MamaJava~*~]

We never named our miscarried baby. I wonder sometimes if we should, because I can still cry about it - it's been three years. I miscarried in Aug '03, and did get pregnant only two months later.
I, too, believe that God has a plan, and he even uses terrible, awful experiences like miscarriages. I know mine made me so much more aware of how much of a gift my children are to me. It also gave me more of an ability to grieve with my friends. One of my close friends experienced a miscarriage this year after 1.5 years of TTC, and another had a stillborn baby. Yet another miscarried after 1 year of TTC. I was glad, in a strange way, that I at least partially understood how they felt and how consuming that grief is to you.
That site looks really good. Thanks for the link, Jenn.
And :hug.

[om'na mommy]

i m/c my first pregnancy. while i was pregnant i was focusing and being present with my baby and i asked what to call her. she said OmNa. :heartbeat

[staceyshoe]

I had 2 m/c before having ds. I had numerous health problems that contributed to this. The first preg I felt an immediate connection and KNEW it was a girl. I named her Eliana (feminine form of Elijah, meaning is "God has granted my wish") because I had prayed that God would at least allow me to become pregnant even if I couldn't carry to term. The second I never felt a connection to. Ironically it turned out to be blighted ovum that never really developed. I never felt a desire to name that baby.

[Tummy]

Grail is the baby we just lost in August.


We decided (at the time we found out I was preg) that would be his name and there was never a discussion on any other names.

[Fay]

I nicknamed my baby "Pepper," even before I knew for certain that I was pg. I was sure that we were having a daughter this time. I was only 5 weeks pg when I lost her.

[Naughty Dingo]

We never name our babies until the very end, right before they are born, so we hadn't thought about names for this one yet. But today, I was driving home and the thought that this baby's name is "Peace" came strongly into my mind. I am not sure where it came from but I think that must be my babe's name.

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