Naming the Twins , How hard can it be ? Dad

Dad :Before any baby is born I am sure that you all go through that stage with your partner of "what shall we call the baby" this can go on for days, weeks, months, and at any time of the day, first thing in a morning and just as you close your eyes at night.(where do you hide)
Well if you thought that was a chore for a singleton try it for TWINS, the permutations are mind boggling (well they are once a female gets involved)
Simple Options
2 girls
2 boys
1 boy & 1 Girl
Complicated Options
1 Girl & 1 boy
Yes I know it looks the same as above but believe me its not quite the same because if the son is born first it will have one name, lets say we call the baby "Jack", but it the daughter is born first then the son is the second born and then he should be called something different (women's logic) so lets say we should call him "Ralph".
Carry on with the permutations
Different Names for different days of the week
Who's parents or grand parents names do you include
Do you include one of the godparents names ?
Royalty
Luckily we are not rich or famous so we don't have to include the ridiculous names that embarrass them for the rest of their life
But if the rich or famous have a baby do you go with that ?
Religious names ?
We don't overly support any football team so we didn't follow that
For myself (MAN) it was a simple process I hear a name, I like it we use it !
I have forgotten the many hundreds of suggestions of names by my partner because this is only the start of things to come. TWINS

In the end we settled for quite "normal" names, as it happens our daughters name is in the top 10 for 2010 and our sons is not. Hopefully the names actually suit our twins and ultimately as they get older they will actually like the names we chose them.

I hope there is little help below

http://www.babycentre.co.uk/pregnancy/naming/

Top Girls' Names 2010	Top Boys' Names 2010
1. Sophie	1. Joshua
2. Isabelle	2. Jack
3. Emily	3. Harry
4. Olivia	4. Oliver
5. Lily	5. Charlie
6. Chloe	6. Thomas
7. Isabella	7. Daniel
8. Amelia	8. Ethan
9. Jessica	9. Noah
10. Sophia	10. James

For the male of the species out there GOOD LUCK and I always found when the name game became too much a little glass of wine made it pass a little quicker

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20 week scan of the Twins Mum

Mum : Its our twenty week scan and I think in my head I am thinking it might not be twins. It is twins and they are so clear now you can see them, four feet, four hands you can see where this going. Anyway they are not identical we had been told this and they are in separate sacks. we are now under a consultant and we are going to be scanned every four weeks. Our first meeting with the consultant was very emotional we were informed of the dangers of having twin births and also the % of risk of twins and all the things they are looking for when I am being scanned. They also asked us to think about what we would do if one or both of the twins were at risk of downs. I left the hospital that day heavy hearted and sad, what would you do? You play it over and over in your mind what would you do. I have a week to wait for the results of the blood test to check for downs and the relief I felt when they said we were low risk I cannot explain I am not even sure I ever had a decision in my head. At the next scan I was told they were very small and hadn't put on any weight so now we are being scanned every two weeks we are 26 weeks at this point. At week 28 they still hadn't put on any weight so now I have to steroid injections to ensure their lungs were developed enough just in case they need to come early. Oh did I say we have also sold our house and should be moving just before Christmas!!! Our four year old daughter is asking why all our stuff is in boxes and where is our christmas tree and will santa know we have moved??? all these questions were answered with a delay on the sale. A couple of days before Christmas due to the stress and delay to the sell of our house I start to bleed.

20 Week Scan of the Twins Dad

Dad :Its time for the 20 week scan, still a little scary and a little excited at the prospect of twins, We can now actually see both of the twins quite clearly. Every looks normal (apart from there is 2 !) Reality is a little closer now, not sure what to expect (can see a visit to the book Twins The Survival guide was a big help, store coming on). The Nurse ask if we want to know the sex of the twins ?.
We have already spoken about this before and we have decided that we do not want to know and would rather wait until the day. we will say what brought us to this decision later in the blog (what did you decide and why)

9 1/2 weeks!!!!!!! Dad

Dad : Busy at work as usual, must dash home and go to the scan (its not our first, we already have a daughter) as I am driving there I'm think do I really need to be here ? as this is really only a scan to tell my wife she has her dates wrong and that she is really 12 to 14 weeks.
I am sat in the hospital scan room trying to look interested in the fuzzy pictures on the screen and the wife nattering on and on, I hear her say to the nurse ,,something along the lines don't say it twins! as I look at the nurse I notice her expression changes, so I squint really hard at the monitor like I know what I am looking for AND then time stands still "yes its TWINS" I look at the wife, the wife looks at me and we look back at the nurse and she confirms yes TWINS, We are speechless, all the way back to the car and all the way home, totally SPEECHLESS

9 1/2 weeks!!!!!!! Mum

Mum: Ok I am pregnant that I understand, but why am I feeling sooooooooooooo ill!! The midwife has decided that I should go for a dating scan. We arrived at the scan with loads of time to spare to drink more and more water. In we go and the cold gel is dispensed onto my skin after about five minutes my worst fears are confirmed my dates which are on my calendar are correct nine and a half weeks.........................however you are having TWINS. My husband and I just look at each other, we are now sitting in the car looking at each other not a word said. I think I might have said they have got that wrong until we look at the scan pictures again and there is two!!!!!