How/Why did you choose your babies name?

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   Long winded version!! (haha)

I spent sooo long looking for the perfect girls name when I was first pregnant as I was absolutely positively carrying a girl, I could TASTE it. I made lists and lists and LISTS! It was really difficult too as Hubby wasn't interested because it was too early and he veto'd all of the names that I like. I think what made it even worse was that I went to an all girls school so there wasn't much to choose from. Just before my anatomy scan I had a frightening thought that I might be having a boy. I'd had my heart set on having a girl for so long that I was scared that I wouldn't love my baby as much if I had guessed wrong. So I quickly made some boys lists, Hubby was much more responsive to this and we got the name Samuel Alexander. The anatomy scan was mostly inconclusive and the USS person couldn't see much so we had to go back a few weeks later. She said that if she had to guess, she would say we were more likely to have a girl. I was REALLY surprised as we had the boys name and LOL oh well... back to girls names!!

I had terrible anxiety when I was pregnant - over my pregnancy, so I took to reading lots off books. I think I read everything we had in the place and I came across Caitlin in a teen romance novel. A young girl who was trying to make up for all the horrible things that had happened (it was a series but I only had the last book).I suggested it to Hubby only to get VETO'd! But it would make an ok middle name.

hmmmmm

So the hunt was on for the perfect first name, I think I was trying to look along the lines of normal but not popular (LOL even though both names made top 10 in NZ last year). And Olivia was one of the few I liked, Hubby wasn't that keen on Olivia but it grew on him as Olivia Caitlin. And that is what she became at about 27 weeks pregnant. From then on I *knew* I was having a girl, but quietly optimistic rather than painting the room pink IYKWIM. When she was born I didn't get around to calling her by her name till she was about 2 weeks old. I filled in all her birth registration documents and everything, she WAS Olivia but she was not. She was mine, precious, my love, bubbah, darling, honey, everything but and then I just whispered it to her one day that I should start calling her by her name and she has *looked* like Olivia Caitlin from that day on!!