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We've told everyone (and I'm 38w) her name, though we haven't put it on social media. We did this for a few reasons: First, it is a combination of family names, so we knew we wouldn't get any negative feedback specifically because of that. Second, my husband is TERRIBLE at secrets and spilled the beans multiple times about the pregnancy before the time we agreed to tell people so I had no confidence in his ability to keep a name secret (and I wanted to get to tell people too!). And third, because the pregnancy was much more a of a surprise thing than a long term plan, I really needed a way to make the baby "real" to me as I had never really dreamed of being a mom or anything like that. I'm the kind of person who names everything (my car, my computer, etc...yeah I'm a wierdo) so having her name out there really helped me mentally adjust to the idea of being a mom and get excited about it.

We kept it a secret both times!

@LuLu Mom: we didn't tell people unless they specifically asked. So, no name announcement on social media or at a family gathering or anything.

We are! The only person it's pissing off is my mom I think it's more fun this way especially as we found out the gender. He does have a nickname so everyone just refers to him by that for now.

I really don't want everyone's opinion on it before he is born. Plus what if we change our mind once we meet him?

With our daughter, we were TG so we didn't have a name until she was born- but we didn't share any names before hand.

This time, we decided at my last u/s to find out what we are having because I'm high risk and might still lose the baby, we wanted to know in case that happened. We have a name nearly 100% decided on, but are unsure if we will tell people. It feels so weird to even know what the baby is, let alone a name at 16 weeks!