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We are ready to change our baby naming convention to the following and would like feedback: Single births: Last name: whatever appears for the last name of the mother on her photo ID (mother being the person whose body the baby gestated in) First name: "Girl" or "Boy" followed by the mother's first name (or all of it that will fit in the computer field). Example: Mom Stephanie Bates gives birth to one baby girl. Her name will be BATES,GIRLSTEPHANIE until she is discharged and given her real name. Multiple births: Last name: whatever appears for the last name of the mother on her photo ID (mother being the person whose body the baby gestated in) First name: Birth order spelled out followed by "Girl" or "Boy" followed by the mother's first name (or all that will fit in the computer field). Example: Mom Stephanie Bates gives birth to one baby girl and one baby boy. Their names will be BATES,ONEGIRLSTEPHANI & BATES,TWOBOYSTEPHANIE until they are discharged and given their real names. (and yes, I see that we blood bankers would see this girl as O neg IRL... ) Can anyone see a problem with this or have a better way? We want it to work in all computer systems downstream, be visually and auditorily easy to tell from other babies who may share surnames and dates of birth, not alphabetize right by the mother's name and be unique.
