Can we still use these names....?

[CathyS]

I lost my first baby at 10 (almost 11) weeks (also a missed miscarriage). We had the name Matthew picked out. (no girl's names at that point).

Never thought of it for the 2nd baby. Then for the 3rd baby, we liked Zara or Matthew for ages. But at 8mths I changed my mind and liked Ronan.

Somehow Matthew was just meant to be for my first little angel.

It is totally your call though and how you feel that counts.

[smiles4u]

I second Sneakysparkles comment entirely

I always say don't do what you have doubts about

But IF you are comfortable about it - Go for it !!

[~ Mylitta ~]

My DH and I had decided on a girls name and had a couple of potential boys names chosen when we lost our angel at just over 8 weeks. They are still the names we have chosen for the baby we have on the way, but I think because we never knew the sex of the first baby and never actually started calling it by a "real" name, that we have never felt uncomfortable using those names for this baby. If our angel's pregnancy had been longer and we had known the sex, it might be a different story because the name may have felt more like it "belonged" to our first baby...

[mrsmac]

Its very interesting when you do family history how many people in the past had children who died young and they used the name again for a subsequent child. I couldn't do that but I think your case is different and you need to do what you feel comfortable with.