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@Boogs: LJ is Cecilia Josephine Mylastname Hislastname, Jack Jack will depend on birthmother preferences, I suppose!

My maiden name is now my middle name, with my husband's last name as my last name.

I changed everything, except for some frequent flier memberships. It was easy, I just needed a lot of copies of my marriage certificate, which doesn't even specify a name change on it.

@Mrs. Jacks: Nice. So two last names, no hypen? I never realized!

I kept my name after getting married. A few months ago, I added my husband's name (2 last names, no hyphen) legally after hearing a friend's experience trying to prove she was her child's mother.

I'm still Beka Mylastname on everything though... business cards, email address, facebook, etc. Plan to always be. Our kids will be like @mamacate and @mrs. jacks - First Name Middle Name Mylastname Husbandlastname

Yes I have it changed on just about everything. We both had long last names (Hubbys is 11 letters, my maiden name was 7) so I didn't want to deal with hyphenated or any of that but wanted our children to have the same last name as both of us. Every once in awhile something will pop up with my maiden name, but the big stuff is done.

@Boogs: We just use my last name as a middle name so she doesn't have to write it all out. It didn't even all fit on the social security card!

I never changed mine. It's so funny, it seems to bother so many people I barely know and you would think it would just be between my DH and I.

Nope and no plans to do so.

@Beka, just curious, under what circumstances did your friend have to prove she was her child's mother?

I've never heard of changing your name on your birth certificate for marriage to be honest.
I changed it on my ss card, drivers license, all tax and work documents and credit cards.
So, it is legally changed.

@KML636, @J0S1E267, @MRS. YOYO - my friend needed to prove that she was her child's mother when she was at a hospital out-of-country (Canada, and she is American) trying to receive care for her child.

Truthfully, it annoys me that I felt like changing my name legally would allow me to make important decisions for my spouse and future children in emergencies... when my dad, or my husband's sister could theoretically do the same (because they share our respective last names). I know my friend now carries her marriage certificate and her child's birth certificate in her puse, but since those have social security card #s on them, I decided I would rather change my name legally and keep my name professionally/socially than carry those with me. I imagine this is one of those decisions that rests on each of our personal comfort levels.

@j0s1e267: @beka

Too funny. I guess I will change mine too because as you point out it does bother me that husband's sister or sister in law would have that right and I wouldn't!!! Ugh!

People call my husband by my last name all the time, haha.

@tequiero21: They'll take a scanned copy! No worries. Took me took long to figure that out.
*they=paypal

@beka: mine doesn't have our SSNs on it and i do carry it in my wallet. My mom never had any trouble with our schools or doctors even though she kept her name.

Didn't change my name.
@beka: Funny, I did the opposite - kept my own last name and use his name socially. I had planned to add his name as a second last name, hyphenated maybe? But it would involve a lot of paperwork having to do with my professional licensing, on top of all the other legal stuff. And everyone already calls me by his last name anyway (which I like), so I didn't really see the point. Our kids will all have his last name.