We didn't. We shared we were having a girl and announced her birth with her name.
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NOPE. We shared with our parents because we wanted to make sure they at least could tolerate it. haha Otherwise, no one knew because we wanted to avoid any comments/criticism/peantugallery.
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Nope. I will do it again that way next time.
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Of course!
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We did with #1 but not #2.
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We didn't and people were PISSED. And honestly the fact that they got so upset made me want to share even less!
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I'm sharing our boy's name because we decided on it. Since I'm telling people upfront that is *the* name I have only received positive comments.
One person's comments were a positive yet a bit awkward assuring me that the name was black-person friendly, but whatever.
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Not with family/IRL friends, no. D's *really* against the idea (and he wants E to announce it to our parents). It's a family name, and I know everyone will be *so* thrilled with it, D just wants to keep it a secret until she's here.
ETA: We didn't share Evan's name because we were TG, and went in with like 4 names for a girl and 3 middle names for Evan. This one is set in stone (first name, anyway, I'm still waffling a little about a middle name, but I think I'm just about settled).
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If people asked, we told.
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We didn't make a final decision until DS was born but we didn't even reveal the contenders to anyone.
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Yes!
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We did but not until the shower. We got some comments but almost everyone liked our choices.
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No (except my mom) ;). My SIL won't stop guessing just like last time. It's super annoying but I try to just not pay attention!
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We did not- partly because we were team green anyway, partly because we didn't want any comments, and mostly because we still felt like we had to meet baby to 100% decide.
This time I have mentioned it to my play group because there is already a little girl with that name and I felt like I had to tell her mom. But we are even less sure it's her name anyway.
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We shared at our baby showers and when people asked towards the end of the pregnancy.
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We didn't with our son, but I'm undecided this time around! We gave our son a pretty unique name so people have been asking what we will name baby boy #2 pretty much since I announced I was pregnant.
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I'm really glad we did because at first my parents were really like-warm about J's name but within weeks started to really love it. I'm glad they had that reaction beforehand rather than when I announced his birth. But I also know my family wouldn't be really nasty about any name we chose, I know some families might not be as accepting
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With very very few people. I just don't like telling the name before hand. I don't want comments or people's opinions.
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Both - we didn't with LO1 but we have been with LO2 (not on social media or anything, but occasionally if people ask). Poor LO2, everything just seems lower stakes this time around and I care less about preserving the mystery. We were also Team Green the first time but not the second.
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@Mrs. Lemon-Lime: LOL what?!
Yes, we did as soon as we had decided. Plus, he's had monogrammed bedding in the nursery for months.
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nope. 1) because we weren't for sure, so we wanted the space to change our minds. 2) because we didn't want to hear comments either way and it's much easier to say, here's the baby, this is her name!
glad we did it this way each time because my MIL can't keep comments to herself and my mom even said she had to "get used to" DD2's name.
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I didn't think I would be a person who shared the name ahead of time. And I didn't share the middle name, because we hadn't decided 100 %. But we decided the first name so early on, and it was definitely going to be her name, so we shared. With people we didn't know well who asked, I just said, "Well its most likely going to be...".
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No. I saw no reason to share either girl's names before they were born.
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No sharing of names - only with my best friend who is my sounding board, to make sure I wasn't making a huge mistake. Hopefully babe's name will be a lovely surprise for our family.
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Same as OP, announced she was a girl but not the name.
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Yes, if people asked we shared.
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We did last time, and I think that was a mistake. We'll be keeping it secret next time.
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No because we were TG. Our parents and sisters knew some of the names we were considering though.
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For the first. For the second we didn't because we didn't even know yet lol.
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Nope. No one seemed to mind.
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Nope. And won't with this one either.
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We told people a few names that we were considering for LO1, and it was a huge mistake. So many comments that I would rather not have known. Kept LO2's name a secret, but it wasn't hard since we didn't figure it out until the day before he was born.
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Yes to both. For our son we were 100% on the name from before the anatomy scan. For our 2nd, we weren't so sure but shared our short list and, now that we've decided, we've told people who have asked. Everyone else in our families who've had children never shared their names though, so I guess we're the odd ones out.
ETA: we did/are getting a LOT of comments & questions on our choices (mostly positive), but we just don't care if people like the names or not.
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Yup. If someone asked, we told them.
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We shared both times. It was wonderful except for my brothers strange comments about N's name.
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No, we didn't both times. 1, I didn't want opinions, and 2, I was a little superstitious about it. Didn't want the name said until they were here in my arms.
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Yes we did. We didn't make any formal announcement, but if people asked, we shared.
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We hadn't decided. We told people we had a short list of names. A few people asked for the frontrunners and we told them, but most people didn't press at all. If we go for a second, it'll probably happen the same way again.
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@tofuwad: right?
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Nope because we didn't know with #1 and we will be TG with #2.
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