I will be honest, ours was not the most conventional way of choosing a name and I guess this post is not so much about how not to fight over choosing a name, but to share how we chose ours. It is also absolutely not my intention to trivialize the significance of choosing a name or offend anyone.

I have been reading posts everyday, but this is my first post after losing my DD almost 4 weeks ago. It's strange that this is the first topic I have felt compelled to post in, I just wanted to share my story.
My DH and I hadn't really discussed names seriously, even though I was 25 weeks pregnant, we just hadn't really gotten around to it yet. We hadn't found out what we were having, we wanted a surprise (although I was convinced I was having a girl) so I guess the plan was to narrow it down to a couple of boys names and a couple of girls names and then choose one when we met our little one.
While on our "pre-baby holiday" in QLD, I became worried our bubba might have stopped moving. So we headed to the nearest hospital in Cairns to put our minds at ease. On our way we stopped for takeaway and in our meals my DH and I both got bottles of Coke.
I'm sure you have noticed the different names on Coke bottles and cans lately... well, we looked at our bottles and the names we got were Olivia and Grace. We both looked at each other and said what are the odds of that happening, Olivia Grace is the name of our niece!!

We continued on to Cairns hospital where I was given an ultrasound and we learnt the tragic news that our baby no longer had a heartbeat.

Leaving the hospital in absolute shock, we drove back to our resort to pack so we could fly home to deliver our baby and be with family and friends. On the drive, we stopped again at the same takeaway and ordered the same meals as earlier in the day.
We looked at our bottles of Coke. The names were Nicholas and Lucy.
My husband looked at me and laughing through his tears, he said "well it's decided then.. Lucy if it's a girl and Nicholas if it's a boy!"
I instantly fell in love with the name Lucy, it was perfect.
We were in a really strange head space so at the time it felt completely fitting that these 2 Coke bottles would make such an important decision for us it.

I wouldn't change it for the world. She looked just like a Lucy, she was beautiful. So Lucy Bella was perfect for her.