Planning a pregnancy around seasons/holidays

[Hillbeans]

Just curious if anyone out there plans a pregnancy around a holiday or a season? I was thinking this because yesterday was 04/04/04, and I thought that would be a great birthdate.

I remember how nuts people were to have the first baby of Y2K. I'm also thinking about having # 2.

Thanks in advance for any replies.

 

[KimRaye]

Heck no! Not myself anyway and, not my cousin either.

DS was born on 12/31....New Year's Eve. DD was born 12/8. Both December BD's and, a VERRRRYYY hectic time of year.

My cousin has 3 kids, 2 born in December also, their BD's are a week apart. Same story, hectic.

Add to that, a nephew, sil and 3 bil's and, you have a Christmas season filled with BD cards and presents.

I joke that the only way we know it's Christmas in our homes is that we change the wrapping paper.

 

[mommytotwo]

Things will happen when they do for my husband and myself for our next child, but I don't really want a child to be born during the winter season since it would be cold.
I also think of the age difference that will be with our daughter now and the newborn.

 

[Jenn Lynn]

After I had DD I wanted my kids to be 3 years apart. I wanted a Spring baby (DD is an August baby.) Well, that would have come true, except I had a miscarriage. And since then we have not been able to get PG. So now I will just be happy if I am PG. And if I am PG this month we will have a baby due around Christmas.

 

[browneyes]

My mom tried to have me for 3 months before I was conceived. She was upset when she finally got pregnant and realized her due date was Christmas Day. She felt I'd be cheated out of a holiday or a birthday. I don't know which one was more stubborn for me not to have a holiday bday, me or her. I was born 3 hours and 28 minutes after Christmas. My brother's bday is the day after Valentine's. I guess my mom's the one that is stubborn about holiday bdays. My ds was born on the 4th of July. He loves having a holiday bday.

 

[disneychrista]

No matter how hard you plan to have a baby born on a certain date etc, they come when they come.

 

[Alice28]

I have two boys- one's birthday is 11/28 and one is 6/28. The November one was unplanned and the June one was planned. I definitely like planning a kid's birthday party in the spring/summer better; it was also nice to sit out in the yard those first few weeks with the baby and go for walks. The November bday is hard cause it's almost always Thanksgiving weekend (he was born the day after), and then 3 weeks later it's Christmas. But it's so hard to really plan on these things----you don't always get pregnant right when you want to! We are toying with the idea of a third and I would like another spring/early summer baby vs. a late fall/winter baby. Also, for an early fall baby---who wants to be pregnant all summer??????? Not me!

 

[Disneyland_emily]

I also would prefer to not have nov/dec/jan babies as it is hard crunching BDs/Christmas so close- My sons birthday is the first week of jan and he hates it as he doesnt really "want" anything as he just got a ton of stuff the week before... Now that he's older we celebrate his half birthday with big gifts- So he gets big gifts for christmas-little gifts (usually stuff he didnt get or add ons) on his birthday and big gifts 6 months later-

My angels were Tax Day (Apr 15) and Aug 12 (and Aug 12 and Aug 12

-em

 

[CamColt]

In general I would have liked a late spring/early summer baby...I got Dec 18 & Jan 23(almost the Y2K baby, LOL!). One thing I learned in my struggle to get pregnant is there are something even a compulsive planner like myself cant plan.

 

[newholiday]

It took us several yrs to get pregnant w/DS. We tried for several yrs to get pregnant again.
We're lucky that DS was born in May.

 

[Hillbeans]

Originally posted by Alice28
We are toying with the idea of a third and I would like another spring/early summer baby vs. a late fall/winter baby. Also, for an early fall baby---who wants to be pregnant all summer??????? Not me!

Yes, this is my thought exactly. I've been working out like crazy and i've lost about 30 pounds, and I also wanted to not be PG for the summer, however if I wait until after the summer is over, then i'd just be pg next summer. I think i've just decided that i'll be so happy just to have a 2nd baby, whenever it happens would be fine with me.

 

[pjlla]

Yes.... I did plan my first pregnancy to have a summer baby. Worked out fine... fortunately (?) I can get PG if my husband looks at me cross-eyed, so one try and I got the summer baby I wanted (although she came 4 weeks early and was mid-summer instead of late!). Second baby was a bit more of a surprise (can you say "condom failure!") and is a winter baby (January). But as a boy, that is a good time to have a bday as far as the school year goes. He is not the oldest, but not the youngest in his class, which is just right. (I never had to deal with that.... "do I hold them back a year so they are not the youngest?" problem that several of my friends with late summer/fall babies have).

DD tends to be the youngest in her class, but that is okay since she is a girl, somewhat tall, and very bright.

But like some people said, babies are a blessing....take them whenever you can get them. Especially if you have difficulty getting PG.................... P

 

[Kermit]

We've always just wanted babies too much to wait. Besides, you never know if you'll get pregant right away or stay pregnant.

Jacob was born New Year's Day. DH's b-day is December 24, and mine is December 20. We actually like having them all together. It's nice to have family around for birthdays. This next one is expected in August, so he'll be the odd-ball.

 

[suzannen]

A close friend just had a baby last Friday. She was so hoping for a 4/4/04 baby! And her daughter was born February 4th, 2002 - for her she was hoping for a 2/2/02. But, with babies, they come when they are ready.

Meanwhile, my brother came 3 weeks early and was a January 1st baby. Unfortunately, another baby in the hospital beat him by 3 minutes so my mom didn't win prizes and diapers like the other mother did. She says this explains why he has continued to be late his whole life!

 

[snoopy]

I planned my first child as a spring baby -- I had him on Good Friday on April 14. A lovely time to have a baby as far as getting out and pushing the stroller. I got back into shape after I had him in no time.

The second child was also planned, but with less thought to season and more thought to what I thought would be a good age difference - a little over 3 1/2 years difference. Its worked out well for our family. However, it meant having my second child on New Year's Eve -- given the choice I would have preferred he not be born so close to Christmas - I always feel bad about that and OVERcompensate for it, I think. But I did get to write him off on my taxes that year, even though he only was around for 1 day of the entire year.

 

[CamColt]

Originally posted by Kermit
We've always just wanted babies too much to wait. Besides, you never know if you'll get pregant right away or stay pregnant.

Great point, Kermit!

We waited to try for our second until a certain point because the kids would be just 2 years apart, which is exactly what I wanted. Then in the end it took a lot longer than expected to get pregnant and our kids turned out 3 years and 1 month apart. If I had to do over agin I would have started trying right away.

 

[AllyandJack]

I'm planning my first around the TV season. I'm taking one last trip to Disney in December before we start trying. I figured if I conceived in December after the trip, I would deliver in September. Then I thought of being in labor. I would want something to watch on TV and the good shows don't really get going until October. Sooooo......I'm figuring we'll start trying in January so there will be stuff to watch on TV while I'm in labor.

Other than that, I don't care what season....although, I love the fall and can imagine the crisp air and the leaves changing out of the nursery window. Mainly, I just want something to watch on TV to occupy my mind!

 

[Microcell]

Oh, I did. When planning DD my husband worked at Toys R Us and he told me that we would have to stop trying at the point where the baby might be due between October and February unless I was interested in having the baby by myself and caring for a newborn by myself! I was so mad at him, but I got PG a few months beofre quitting time and had her in April. It is a great month if you don't owe taxes, you get the refund in time to get presents! I had DS in April too. It is such a happy time, with spring popping up everywhere and birthday celebrations. You have to get pregnant in July to have an April baby.

 

[castlegazer]

This is a funny question for me, because everyone's responses seem to hit right to the heart of it for me. MY DS was conceived at exactly the point we wanted him to be so he was a spring baby. Well, it took me a while to become ready to have a second and now that I am its not so easy as the first so it seems to not be working to plan when they will be born as I am now looking at the holiday season which is not something that I want because my DH is Dec, 28th and that just is terrible for him every year. I try and make a big deal about it, but presents are tough. But I am not waiting any longer as I am getting older by the second and who knows how long this one will take. Here's to crossing fingers for a holiday baby!

 

[AirForceRocks]

We planned our first baby around the season in that I had no desire to be hugely pregnant in Alabama in the summertime. We started trying in March and agreed that if I wasn't pregnant by October, we would stop trying until the next March. No problems though - it only took a couple of months, and DD was born in February.

With the second baby, I wasn't as worried about being pregnant in the summer, so we started trying in August, and DS was born the next May.