My last IVF baby after 8 years on the journey to get my 3 boys (all donor concieved).
I really have been connected to the name Tane (tah-ne) for cultural reasons (maori backgorund) but also because I have carried the name through my whole IVF journey and wanted to call my first son this name.
Fast forward to my 3rd son and I would like to call my 3rd child this name as it will be my last child I will be carrying.
My partner wants to call him Ari and started a massive fight in hopsital 2 days PP saying I will never be able to call the child that name.
I now have an un named 2 week old son and its starting to really get me down. I feel like I can't bring up the topic or speak about it without a massive fight and i feel so fragile atm im afraid I will just give in.
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Why don't you name him Tane Ari as a first middle name. š¤·š»āāļø Partner can call him by his middle name and you can call him by his first. When he gets old enough he can figure out which name he wants to go by.

Could you merge the names somehow?

8 years is a long time was your partner like this with all your kids names. If this name means so much to you shouldn't your partner want that. Also middle names are not nothing I use family names for middle names with my kids. It means a lot to me to incorporate mine and my husband's families. Our first has a name from both sides. Our second is going to have my dads middle name and our third will have a middle name from my husband's side (if we have 3)

Firstly, I love Tane. It's a really gorgeous name. I was wondering, though, has your partner ever agreed to it, or is this an out of the blue change on his part?
My last IVF baby after 8 years on the journey to get my 3 boys (all donor concieved).
I really have been connected to the name Tane (tah-ne) for cultural reasons (maori backgorund) but also because I have carried the name through my whole IVF journey and wanted to call my first son this name.
Fast forward to my 3rd son and I would like to call my 3rd child this name as it will be my last child I will be carrying.
My partner wants to call him Ari and started a massive fight in hopsital 2 days PP saying I will never be able to call the child that name.
I now have an un named 2 week old son and its starting to really get me down. I feel like I can't bring up the topic or speak about it without a massive fight and i feel so fragile atm im afraid I will just give in.
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Whatās the earliest someone has had a positive pregnancy test? I am 9 DPO today but am due on my period on Thursday. (Tue today)
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Does anyone see anything at all????
Ive been having strangest feeling like im pregnant, for days ive taken test after test and to eyes first glance their negative but then I think I see a line but cannot tell
Im supposed to start my period on the 26th this month but itās starting to feel like these have been negative all this time and my eyes and body have been deceiving me all this time ā¹ļø
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So long story but basically my best friend ās parents claim my daughter as their grand daughter since their kids donāt want kids, and Iāve been around their family since we were in kindergarten. Theyāre like a second family, and I was so happy they wanted to embrace my child when I became a single mother.
Then when my daughter hit school age, things started getting weird when they began pushing religion on me. I didnāt have any issues with my daughter going to church with them here and there, but they went behind my back to arrange her baptism with them as godparents, and I only found out because the priest called me for consent. I told him I didnāt know what he was talking about, but Iād get more information and make a decision (I didnāt plan to baptize her).
Anyways, I thought this was all fine and I kind of just ignored the religious situation. I took my daughter over there to visit one day in June, everything seemed fine, and then about an hour I left my mom calls me and tells me my friends mom called her to express āgreat concernā about me, and my mom said she told her she had concerns about me harming my child. My mom thought the conversation was very out of pocket and she called me because it worried her and asked why she would think that, and I genuinely had no clue and felt very very uncomfortable and just appalled hearing this. Some of the things she told my mom were honestly just so horrible and I couldnāt believe sheād accuse me of them??
I confided in a friend who is mutuals and has been around their family a lot and she ended up telling me friends mom did something very similar and basically accused her of driving my daughter without a car seat. My friend said she didnāt tell me because it was dumb and she always has a car seat (she literally bought her own because she helps me with after school care). But she was offended friends mom claimed she was doing this, and wanted us to confront our friend about her mom but I said to let it go because I didnāt want to blame friend for what her mom was doing.
Then my mom calls me and tells me that friends mom approached her in the store and made a comment about how she hasnāt seen my daughter in a while. My mom said she played it off, and friends mom went into her about my daughter not being baptized, and then made a comment about seeing my daughter when school starts. My mom asked her friend and found out that my friends mom, who retired this summer, got a job at my daughters school as an aid and specifically requested to work in my daughter class.
This is a major boundary crossing, and I donāt know what to do. She basically forced her way into my daughter life after being removed from it intentionally because she was painting me out to be an abusive mother because she was mad I didnāt embrace her religious beliefs. I genuinely donāt know how to even address this, or know what Iām supposed to do in this situation. Iāve never known her mom to be like that. She was always a little strict growing up, but she didnāt overstep like this. I feel super uncomfortable even talking to my best friend anymore, and I donāt know what she knows⦠I just want my daughter to be safe and Iām not sure I believe this behavior is safe⦠itās kind of crazy.
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Taken first thing this morning on a bit of a whim as I have been feeling off & my boobs never hurt before my period. Super anxious this is positive š„ŗ What are your thoughts?

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Hey! Iām currently 5m PP, and long story short I forgot to track my ovulation properly and me and my partner did the deed whilst I was ovulating (multiple times) My period is due in 6 days but yesterday I took a clear blue early detection test and it was negative. I have one of the same tests left, when do you guys recommend I take it? xx
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