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Naming the babe...and picking his birthday.Submitted by Resolution on Thu, 05/29/2008 - 9:05pm.
...since I am due in August, and I get to pick a day for my scheduled c/s, I have been thinking about what day to have him born. Granted, I know that it might change due to my medical issues, but if not, I can have him the first week in August. We are naming him after DH's best friends, one from high school and one from our last base. Both of them committed suicide; I know it is bleak-sounding, but he wants to bring positive thoughts to the names instead of all the pain that they caused. DH's best friend committed suicide last year on August 6th. Would it be wrong of me to perhaps try that date? Ironically enough, he is due on the anniversary of my grandfather's death in the first place...it seems this baby is destined to be born on some day that is significant??? I like 08-08-08! My son was born on the day my dad died 6 years before. I like celebrating life on the day he died. i have found so often births and deaths coresponding. it is so very interesting to me to see how our lives line up like constellations. i also know how much input people like to give to expecting parents about what to name their babes, and it is not really fair to the parents.... but.... i feel i wouldnt want to be named after two people who committed suicide. while it is an honor and a tribute to two wonderful people's lives, there is a shadow of sadness that your son will live in. that said, i would choose 08.08.08. what a cool birthday. Well, 8-6 is already great - it's my son's b-day! It's also the date of the bombing of Hiroshima. We were trying for the 7th, but he decided to come early. Pick whatever date is great for you - for whatever reason. i mean, how could you not?! i have a cousin with 8-8-88 as his birthday, a niece with 6-7-89, and another niece with 9-9-99. none were scheduled c-sections, just luck of the draw. |
...and sometimes, I wonder HOW I'm going to explain it to him as far as the origins of his name...BUT I did name him with the same initials as my oldest, sort of a beginning and end...so maybe that'll take the sting out?
On a lighter note, I didn't even THINK of 08/08/08! That would be better I think...all even numbers. I have this thing with even numbers...I'm not a big fan of odd ones for some reason. The first week in August also makes my son a Leo, like my mother
Right now, if things go as planned, I have one birth for each season. The twins were 06/01/02 (technically spring still), H was 02/14/04, E was 10/08/05 and this one will hopefully be 08/08/08...DH has agreed, now it's just up to the docs. My father was one of 4 kids for each season, as was I, so it just seems like I'm following an unintentional tradition.