Its June!!!!! 20 week scan next month!!! Whos with me?

[Sarahcake]

Names are a pain arnt they!
We hit it quite lucky really as my OH was set on Logan and I really like it too, however if we ever have another boy, we are stuffed for names as we just couldnt find another we liked as Logan!

For what its worth, I actually really love both Wren and Reimi, yes they are unusual, but they arnt made up name unusual. Wren is actually a pretty old name, my grandmother's sister was called Wren and I just love Reimi. The two seem pretty simple to both spell and pronounce to me so I cant see your girls having a massive issue. It takes like 30 seconds to correct someone who says it wrong anyways so you wouldn't be ruining their lives if they had to correct once in a while

Saying that, I always have to correct people with Sarah as they just assume theres no 'H' on the end lol so its an issue common names face too

 

[Inoue]

Thanks Sarah . I just cant get the scene out of my head for when i finally give birth, i will have my little baby in my arms, with mine and DH family around us, then they say how cute she is and whats her name; then i say "this is Reimi"... and i just get blank stares like WTF is that? And then the shine will be taken off my baby

Dont know if its hormones which is doing this or im scared of people thinking im a wierdo which would reflect badly on my baby. My DH couldnt care less what others think, but i cant seem to reach that mind set.

I LOVE the name Logan ~ it reminds me of wolverine from X-men but thats not a bad thing x

 

[Sarahcake]

Thanks Sarah . I just cant get the scene out of my head for when i finally give birth, i will have my little baby in my arms, with mine and DH family around us, then they say how cute she is and whats her name; then i say "this is Reimi"... and i just get blank stares like WTF is that? And then the shine will be taken off my baby

Dont know if its hormones which is doing this or im scared of people thinking im a wierdo which would reflect badly on my baby. My DH couldnt care less what others think, but i cant seem to reach that mind set.

I LOVE the name Logan ~ it reminds me of wolverine from X-men but thats not a bad thing x

My OH and I are massive geeks, love cartoons, games, films etc - so Wolverine was actually the exact influence behind Logan

Yeah I know what you mean, but tbh, once she is there they are gonna be more focused on the baby itself rather than what you have called her. Could you drop hints now to them that you are thinking about Reimi? Not outright tell them but drop a few names in that your thinking of? That way when she does come out and she is Reimi, they have had some chance to get used to it.

 

[time]

Yeah we still have a while to go so maybe try calling her sophia and see if it sticks! I have a friend called catelyn and always loved her name until that show too haha, now i can only say it in an american accent!!! seems to be a lot more popular these days too!

wren is very cute i do like it but i am pretty traditional normally so it's a big step for me! it's not short for anything it's actually after the bird wren (tiny little brown thing haha)

 

[time]

and i LOVE logan, my fave film used to be logan's run!!!

 

[time]

my husband's family laughed when we first said wren when we told them our list of about 10 names, but it seems to have grown on them so much and now they all call her wren!

 

[kellie_w]

Congratulations on double digits time!

Aww inoue, you have wanted reimi for so long! And your reasons for her name is so special, don't worry what other people will think. At the end of it all your daughter will have a unique beautiful name. Sophia is beautiful too though

I'm having name doubts too, I heard on the radio that Oliver was last years most popular name and now I don't know how I feel about such a common name and didnt realise it was so popular. I keep going back to Zachary, but oh don't like it x

 

[Sarahcake]

Aww Kellie, I actually really like Oliver. If I had another lad, that's probably what I would be very tempted to go with (I know I just said I didn't have a clue, but I do like Oliver!)

I only know of one other person in the last few years that has had a boy and called him Oliver, 90% of the time hes known as Olli anyways! So it may be common in some places, but certainly not everywhere

 

[Inoue]

My OH and I are massive geeks, love cartoons, games, films etc - so Wolverine was actually the exact influence behind Logan

Yeah I know what you mean, but tbh, once she is there they are gonna be more focused on the baby itself rather than what you have called her. Could you drop hints now to them that you are thinking about Reimi? Not outright tell them but drop a few names in that your thinking of? That way when she does come out and she is Reimi, they have had some chance to get used to it.

Me and DH are also avid game/manga geeks. We also found the name Reimi from when we were playing star ocean 4 : https://starocean.wikia.com/wiki/Reimi_Saionji

We havent told anyone in family what gender baby is as we were wanting to keep it a suprise so i cant really drop name hints . Might have to relent and give them time to see if they like the name or not (not like it matters to DH!) .

Just had my 25w midwife appt and she was a right miserable sod! Baby did kick her hard though when she put doppler on so i was laughing on the inside. Good baby

Thanks Kellie . The name is special to us and speaking to you girls always solidifys that i want to use that name. I need you ladies sat on my shoulder whispering in my ear . I also like the name Oliver, my nephew is called it and its grew on me since. If i was looking at the name Zachary then id probably prefer straight out as Zach or Zack (also reminds me of FFVII ~ another game reference! lol) x

 

[Sarahcake]

I still need to play star ocean 4 actually! I would honestly stick to Reimi if it were my choice.

Back from my scan...nice 30 minutes over run getting into it...get in there to walk into a room full of consultants. Was looking around like wtf? As 4 consultants and a trainee all introduced themselves.

Turns out my scan wasn't for growth, but was for a Uterine Artery Doppler scan. So she listened in to both arteries providing blood to placenta and baby, said they were perfect. Took a look at Logan who seemed to behave for the scan and wasnt bouncing around like a lunatic like the last time

The scan itself was lovely, however i pretty much shit myself when the lead consultant said "We give away free pictures at these clinic appointments - 90% of the ladies leave with bad news so its a nice keepsake for you" - said that as I was getting onto the table.

But yeh, long story short, Logan is absolutely fine, my placenta is spot on and the blood flow is perfect Hurrah!

 

[Sarahcake]

Not the best picture but he is looking right at us and his hand is just besides his face
eDIT: Mobile upload failed, 2 secs an ill put another pic

Yay there we go, with handy tags

https://i.imgur.com/Q2CqT.jpg

 

[Inoue]

Arr Sarah... how cute!!

Glad the scan went well, although they could of mentioned the 90% bad news stats AFTER the scan! . Did they say what weight Logan is now? Im guessing we must be getting near to 2lbs. Have you got anymore scans coming up or is that it now till the big day?

x

 

[time]

oooh thanks kellie i didn't even notice i was double digits today!! how exciting!

sooo happy everything went well today sarah that's great news and baby Logan is looking gorgeous! such a cute photo!

 

[Sarahcake]

Arr Sarah... how cute!!

Glad the scan went well, although they could of mentioned the 90% bad news stats AFTER the scan! . Did they say what weight Logan is now? Im guessing we must be getting near to 2lbs. Have you got anymore scans coming up or is that it now till the big day?

x

Thank you He looks so cute and squished in that pic bless him!

Yeh they defo could have said that after :S I think the consultant was that intent on explaining every little thing that she just let it slip out. She was really lovely and informative so I dont hold it against her. Did make me think eeek what?! when she said it though!

I have another scan, presumably my actual growth scan on the 10th of September, so ill be 29 weeks then! Nope no weight at all measured today, she specifically said to the other lady there that they don't measure at the UAR scans as that requires a focused scan of its own kinda thing. So still none the wiser lol x

Thank you Time! And congrats to you on your <100 days! Ive literally only just realised your due the day before me lol

 

[pops23]

Hi ladies! Sorry I've been MIA, been hectic with work and stuff!

Sarah - so glad all went well at scan, Logan looks beautiful! I love that we have the same boy name We really can't find anything that we love as much either, and have really looked! I also like Corey actually but hubs isn't as sure. It is hard to choose a name, you so want it to be perfect. I also love x-men, my fave set of films ever, love Wolverine! I just figure you will deffo be a cool kid if you're called Logan!

Inoue - I love Reimi, it's different and so pretty, in my head it's pronounced Ray-me, is that right? stick with your gut instinct, and stay with it, it's lovely

Time, I love Wren too, so different yet not weird at all, Sophia also lovely but I teach kids and there are a load of them, yet I have never ever met a Wren, really love it

I think I may have mentioned it before but our girls name is Arya, I just love it so much, that's the only reason I would want a boy over a girl, he he!

I've got my 25w MW appt on Friday, I'm 5'4" too, but am all bump and seem to be pretty big for how far along I am compared to everyone else I meet who is around 25 weeks. I wonder how I will be measuring? Hopefully on track but who knows!

So major news from me, bean is kicking like crazy, normally all round but yesterday I went swimming which apparently gives bean more space to move as your weightless and for the rest of the day I was only feeling kicks v v low. Then this morning lying in bed bean is back up and kicking near my ribs, not really sure where he/she is at any point, moving around a lot I'm guessing! xxx

 

[Inoue]

Thats exactly how you pronounce it pops, thankyou . Im so concerned people would think its "rye-me". Youve made my day now .

Glad you got higher kicks after the swimming, I didnt even think of that! I was looking at going swimming when I go to the sea side but im concerned as there may be too many kids messing around as its summer hols x

 

[pops23]

I don't think it was necessarily a bad thing, apparently when you lie on your front in the water and your bump hangs down the baby loves it as there is so much room to move around and it allows it to change places!

Reimi for definite, do it! xx

 

[Inoue]

The pool that im looking at going to has a wave machine built in that goes off every 25mins, do you think it would be ok with that? Maybe just hold onto the side and bob up and down with the waves x

 

[time]

thanks pops! i do love the name and my husband won't seem to budge and it would seem pretty strange to call her anything else so it's probably going to be that!

I loveee arya that's so beautiful! it must be so hard being a teacher as you associate a name with children and if there's a lot of them or they're badly behaved it would majorly put me off haha! my friend is a primary teacher and had the same problem!!

i thought i was big too for 25 weeks and everyone i see says i am massive but obviously not suppose we can be deceiving! you'll have to let me know how your measurement is on friday!

inoue i would have definitely had said ray-me!! it's lovely! very pretty

 

[Inoue]

Thankyou time , im still keep calling bump Reimi so must be fate! Lol.

Forgot to say pops, Arye is a gorgeous name

Xx