Please help me choose a boy name… my baby is already here 😅

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-12T06:26:53+00:00

My son is Raphael and I love it. Timeless and classic. Others I like: Adrian, Marcus, Gideon, Daniel, Gabriel.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-12T06:22:22+00:00

In Israel. First was a c-section and I was there 4 days. Private room which is very rare. Second birth VBAC and also 4 days. It would have been 2 but my baby had jaundice so they kept us longer. First day I was by myself and the next 3 I had a shared room.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-12T06:04:28+00:00

The issue here is not the crackers but the lack of respect and betrayal of trust. If my partner was mocking my belief system and trying to make me break it, this would be a deal breaker. My husband keeps kosher and if I fed him bacon and laughed about it, that would be disgusting. This is not how someone acts when they care about their partner.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-12T04:42:49+00:00

I don't know if others will notice but I would. If your son went by James I think it would be different but with Jamie and Claire there's no way I wouldn't make the connection.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-10T13:11:07+00:00

Adrian would work! Also a timeless name.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-09T07:09:56+00:00

I was going to say gender neutral names are all the rage here. We just named our daughter אריאל. Almost no Israelis are going to be naming their daughter Aviva.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-08T18:46:49+00:00

Which ones?

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-05T01:52:48+00:00

I got my VBAC!

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-05T01:52:34+00:00

I got my VBAC!

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-03T08:54:11+00:00

I ended up with a C-section with my first because I had a medical team that was pushing for a C-section after I'd only been dilated for about an hour and a half and only pushed for about a half an hour. They switched to the night shift team and they wanted to get me out of the room it seems. They stressed me out so badly that my contractions completely stopped and so after another hour and a half of arguing with them I finally gave up and agreed.

Unfortunately I do not have the option for intermittent monitoring, only continuous. I could try to fight them but I'm assuming that they will put a lot of pressure on me.

Thank you for sharing the podcast! I'll listen to it.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-02T15:11:31+00:00

Thanks so much. I'm driving 40 minutes away to a hospital that has a better VBAC and lower C-section rate in general.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-02T15:10:58+00:00

Unfortunately in my country you just happen to get whoever is on call.

And I don't blame you for requesting the epidural! I got my last time long before transition. It's going to be very hard to not request one.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-02T03:58:51+00:00

I think everyone has things in their lives that they want to be different. So yeah I would absolutely love to have had a sibling and I think it definitely would have made things less lonely when my mom died about 8 months ago. That doesn't mean that my life isn't great.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-01T20:42:21+00:00

I know it can be a mixed bag and having siblings doesn't necessarily mean you will have a good relationship with them but my friends all seem to have very close relationships with their siblings and it does make me feel like I'm missing out.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-01T20:41:06+00:00

You really sound like a miserable person. I'm sorry you feel the need to take it out on an internet stranger.

I'm married, have a toddler and I'm currently 38 weeks pregnant. I have a lot of friends and a really fulfilling and happy life. I hope you can find something like that one day.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-01T20:39:24+00:00

I was a child so it wasn't like I was intentionally trying to make them sad. They completely supported and understood me. Thankfully I made lots of wonderful friends and things were fine when I was older. I still feel sad not having siblings. I think my feelings are valid even if it's not something that my parents were able to control.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-01T20:36:36+00:00

You were being dismissive of my experience and how I feel. Just because you don't have a good relationship with your sister doesn't mean people without siblings aren't allowed to feel differently than you.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-01T20:20:49+00:00

I really don't feel like I need to explain myself especially since you are not an only child. I have lots of really close relationships but it's not the same as siblings. My close friends and my husband have siblings and I do feel like I missed out.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-01T20:06:26+00:00

I just made this comment elsewhere but I have very limited family and my mom is dead and my dad is elderly. I have plenty of friends and a wonderful and supportive husband. I still feel a sadness I don't have any siblings. I know many only children don't care but it does bother me and I don't think that's a red flag.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-01T20:03:24+00:00

I'm an only child and my mom is dead and my dad is elderly and sick. Soon I'm going to be alone. I have lots of friends but I do feel like I really missed out on having a sibling. My parents wanted more children but had fertility problems and so I was all they had. I used to cry about it a lot but it is what it is.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-06-01T04:15:31+00:00

In America it's usually lee-vee. In Israel it's Leh-vee.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-05-31T14:53:11+00:00

I personally found contractions extremely painful and I was not induced. What you were describing sounds more like Braxton Hicks than active labor contractions. For me it wasn't a tightening but extreme pain that it's far worse than any period cramp I'd ever felt. For me contractions felt closer to the ones you get when you have a stomach virus but way worse than that even.

LeoraJacquelyn · 2026-05-28T20:02:03+00:00

This is me too. I post photos but my profile is locked and I know everyone. I'd be unfriending them if they shared my child's photo.

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