I’m 23 weeks and feeling baby move every day now. I still feel excited which is both wonderful and welcome. I suffered a missed miscarriage followed closely by perinatal distress with my daughter. I’m relieved that I’m not feeling that way again. That was so hard.
Thank you to everyone in this thread that has shared their stories of loss and the anxiousness that follows in later pregnancies. It’s reassuring to know that I am not alone.
We’ve decided on a boys name—Clay Ezekiel but it’s been a challenge to agree on a girls name. I was set on Lucinda “Lucie” May to honor my mother and his grandmother but he didn’t like it. So I sent him lists of names and asked him to write down 20 that he liked. I did the same and when we compared we had one name the same—Clara. I tried to send him lists that would speak to his interests like “Cowgirl names for girls.” We both had fun with the exercise and for awhile we settled on using Clara Eve. Now I’m the one that’s unsure about using Clara. I suggested Cate and he is in favor. Our son and daughter both have long biblical middles so this is our chance to make or break a pattern. So far we’ve only looked into keeping the pattern. We both like Cate Eliza and I’m beginning to favor Cate Joanna. With three different girl names in 23 weeks I’m not sure where we’ll land.
Mack Solomon
Ada Magdalene
Clay Ezekiel or Cate Eliza?
I like that both Ezekiel and Eliza are vowel heavy and have zippy “z’s.” I like that Magdalene and Joanna appear in the Bible together. Also the meaning of Joanna is “God gives graciously” and to have a daughter without experiencing perinatal distress a second time would certainly feel like a gracious gift from God.