Girl Names

Alan and I are still arguing over names for a girl. I finally pestered him enough last night that we came up with a list of those that he "might" like. The problem is that one day he’ll decide he doesn’t really like a name, then two days later when i try to bring up names again, he’ll "What happened to…?"  He’s also still dead set against using a family name for a middle name, but I personally hate names that don’t mean anything.

So this is our current list, in no particular order… or rather, Alan’s Maybe List: (I’d love some feedback!)

Gwen

Pippa

Kirsten/Kiersten (haven’t decided on pronunciation or spelling yet)

Mischa

Tricia

Natalie

Olivia

Aimee

Mila (he actually dismissed this one from my list earlier, but seems to have decided that Milla Jovovich and Mila Kunis are both hot, so it’s back in)

Emma

Rachel

And on my list of names I really wish he liked and will still try to argue onto his list:

Anika

Mina

Tessa

Ferris

Devi

I realize that the last two are a bit "out there" for some people. Ferris, although a boy’s name, has a more feminine sound to me, since "fair" is typically associated with beauty and "ess" is a traditionally female ending. Devi is pronounced DEY-vee, not DEH-vee, and means "goddess."

Anyway, the NT scan didn’t go well because Jumping Bean was not jumping and was generally being very uncooperative about turning over into a position where Heidi the ultrasound tech could actually measure the back of the neck. Heartbeat was 169 bpm though, which is good to know. I think Bean got revenge for being poked with an ultrasound wand by kicking me in the intestines later and giving me some serious stomach cramps. I’m not too worried about the scan though. I think it’s unlikely that Bean will have any chromosomal anomalies, since they’re not at all common in my family. There will be blood tests later on anyway, and it doesn’t change whether or not I have this baby.

I did read an awfully nasty comment on one of the baby boards yesterday. A woman was upset because she came back positive for carrying the Cystic Fibrosis gene mutation. The third or fourth comment down was that if her husband has it too the baby will definitely have CF and most babies born with CF don’t live past their first year. How nasty is that? Especially since it’s just plan wrong! Even if her husband does carry the gene, the chances of their child having Cystic Fibrosis is 1 in 4 and most people with CF live full and happy lives. I thought that was just really cruel.

And I have to admit that Lisa was right. Apparently Bill called her yesterday morning and told her that he was praying to God that the baby would be born on March 7th, Alan’s father’s birthday. Crazy superstitious man. Fortunately, I think it’s more likely to be early than late since they’ve pushed my due date from the 8th to the 4th and the baby is looking to be just over 13 weeks now, which would technically make the due date March 1st. I was also about two weeks early. Maybe I should have Alan explain that to him.

Anyway, we’re having dinner at the Faulk’s tonight, so I should probably get around to washing the shirt I wanted to wear… not to mention my hair. It’s been so nice this week that I almost don’t want to jinx it. Stupid unpredictable curls.

~Liz