We had chosen a short list of boy and girl names before we even knew DS was going to be a boy. We had two possible boy names and one girl name. We both loved both names, but I leant to toward one, and DH leant toward the other. When I was in labour hubby started calling the baby by the name that I loved to help me through labour (so I guess I won, lol).

We knew DD1 was a girl before I was even pregnant so we had a while to think of names. It came down to two (that are almost the same) and once again we loved them both but had slightly different preferences. This time I gave birth to her before we made a decision. After she came out and the midwife asked if she had a name, I turned to hubby and told him I loved both names so he could choose. He ended up choosing the one I liked better because the other one didn't match as well with the quick approach she had to labour, lol. I love her name as much as I do my son's.

When we fell pregnant with our special surprise baby I decided that I didn't want to know the gender until the birth, but hubby wanted to know, so he found out at 12 weeks and is a fantastic secret keeper because he never gave it away. We chose both a boy and a girl name and I loved them both and was actually sad that I wasn't going to get to use one of them, lol. The boy and girl middle name both actually matched so they would have been perfect for twins. We ended up having another little girl and her name suits her perfectly.

I would have a really hard task if I was to try to work out which of the kid's names I liked the most. I think I might like DD1's the most, but only very slightly ♥♥♥