When do you name a baby lost to miscarriage

this is a quick example of what i described above, not sure what kind of name he is interested in…

mary haven
haven mary

pace mary
mary pace, means peace, italian, said pah cheh

your husbands name choice could maybe even be a place…so that could be gender neutral

Thank you evh. Your words are very kind. I like the idea of a combined name. I will discuss it with my husband.

I’m so sorry for your loss. Miscarriages are so tough as they leave you with so many unanswered questions. I had a miscarriage before conceiving my daughter. I lost that baby at 9 weeks and in my heart, I knew it was a girl. I gave her the name [name_f]Angelina[/name_f] [name_f]Jane[/name_f]. It definitely helped in my healing process and like a pp, I made a little scrapbook of my ultrasound, belly pics, etc.

I decided to have an open mind today and look at unisex names. Or semi unisex anyway. I want the name to have a good meaning. What do you think about these:

[name_f]Frances[/name_f]
Merit
[name_f]Blythe[/name_f]

I am so sorry for your loss. I lost my baby at 11 weeks about 5 years ago. There’s no “right” or “wrong” when it comes to naming your baby because it is YOUR baby. I actually named my baby while I was still pregnant. I definitely felt she was a girl and her name was [name_f]Samantha[/name_f] so I called her [name_u]Sam[/name_u] or [name_u]Sammy[/name_u]. It was just a coincidence that her nickname was a unisex name. It’s strange b/c my (boyfriend at the time) husband and I hadn’t even talked about names yet and I just called her [name_u]Sammy[/name_u] in my own head because I just really felt that was her name.

[name_f]Do[/name_f] what feels right to you and whatever helps you get through this mourning period. It took a long time for me to get through the grief and I don’t want to say it gets easier. It does, of course, because time heals, but I still think about her. In fact, my three year old just recently started randomly mentioning a sister (she is an only child). I thought she was talking about a baby sister because a lot of her friends at school have baby sisters, but the other day she said how she remembers being a little baby and her big sister was holding her. Made me wonder… :wink:

I love [name_f]Frances[/name_f] [name_f]Blythe[/name_f] together. What a beautiful meaning! And it could easily be a boys name or a girls name, so maybe that will help your husband as well.

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