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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Julia Banim

'I've picked traditional names for my twins - but my mum was so cruel about my choices'

A mum-to-be who was already a 'bag of nerves' the day before her C-section says she wasn't happy at all when her own mother began criticising her baby name choices, blasting them as 'weird'. The woman in question is expecting twins and says these will be her first children.

She and husband 'kept silent' about their baby name choices throughout the entirety of her pregnancy, having pored over lists for months in search of ones they both loved. They didn't want "matchy names" for their twin daughters and eventually settled upon the names Alice and Jade.

Shortly before the nervous woman was due to undergo her C-section, her mother rang her up to discuss baby names, and she decided to open up to her about their choices. Now she wishes she hadn't bothered and feels her mum has been too "cruel".

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