How long did it take u too....

[Shanti]

We knew that we were having a girl and started calling her by her name at about 25wks pg as we loved it. And when she was born, that it was

[{sarah}]

Mine were both names at around 10-12 weeks, before we even knew their sex!

[~Kim~]

Darcy was namrd about 30sec old. I was hoping when they asked what her name was, DH would say my fave, but nope he didn't and Darcy it was.
Nate we nsmed at 34weeks preg. My godfather was dying and I wanred him and only him to know the sex and name of our babe....his funeral was the day I went into labour with Nate.

[fionas]

Two weeks AFTER she was born.

We both thought (so much for instinct) that we were having a boy so had a boy's name picked out but nothing for a girl really.

And after we'd finally chosen a first name, we were completely stumped for a middle name so chose the middle name we'd picked for a boy - Mackenzie.

I have now picked another boy's name if we have another baby (Rafferty) but what's the betting I have another girl and it will be back to square one!

All our friends and family were completely frustrated with us by the way, but what's two weeks in the whole scheme of things?

[*Beema*]

One week after she was born.

We had some names, the one we agreed on didn't suit her, and as we weren't really in the midset, too worried about her, rather than thinking about what to name her, it took us quite a bit of time, to find the "right" name.

We did name her differently and I even changed it on our BLOG at midnight on a Sunday night, and DH went home 1 hour later he wrote back another suggestion which I loved more - a variation on the original and I agreed, so quickly changed the Blog

[Astrid]

Both times we had a number of names picked out and had decided to make the final choice once bubs was with us. DD1 was named in the theatre, I was pretty sure I was having a girl and was set on the name. DD2 was named in recovery. I "pulled rank" on DH and chose my favourite name, it was one that he was happy with but not his favourite.

[Nettie]

We actually did a survey at my baby shower on the names we were considering. We didn't know the gender, so we picked 3 of each and gave everyone two stickers to place on their favourite names (one for each gender). At the time, we were really leaning toward Angus, but for some reason in the two weeks before he was born, it started feeling right to call him William (and call him Liam) if it was a boy. However, we decided to wait until *it* was born to decide and when I met him, I just knew he was William...

[Fleur]

With DD, I had a name that I favoured but when she was born...nope. So it was 2 or 3 days I think before she was named.
DS1 was named immediately after birth...I still regret that, I don't know that I was in any condition to be naming a child!
DS2 was named within a couple of hours, I can't remember exactly how long. With the boys we had a short list & chose names off that.

With this bub there is only one name that has really stuck with us...it's a bit of a worry as I would prefer to wait until she is born before we really decide, but at this rate it's a one-horse race in terms of a name - unless something else pops up at the last minute...