Why Would My Daughter Do This?

[Texian@WDW]

I guess it's just the association in that it's not just her birthday, but this other thing too. What if she wants to have a Strawberry Shortcake party and everyone comes as vampires and witches because they are going trick or treating afterwards (just hypothetically - not literally)? Or they can't come to her party because they are going trick or treating? (Just thinking out loud.) I just would want (if I had the choice) for her birthday to be all about her. My daughter was born close to Christmas, but I always waited to put up Christmas decorations until after her birthday because I wanted her day to be just about her.

I'm not a prude and this isn't a crisis situation and I know that the baby will not be born with horns and such I'm just not sure, being given a choice, that I would want my baby born on Halloween.

 

[noodleknitter]

It is just a day. If it was the day my doc wanted...you bet I'd take it!

 

[jgmklmhem]

We are actually running into this "problem" as well. My wife is due on Halloween but her appointment is on Monday. She has had a pretty rough pregnancy so the feeling is they will induce pretty darn close to the due date. IF given the choice we would rather her be induced after Halloween (My wife is actually the one to bring this up not me). The only reason is we have two other girls and IF possible we want them to be able to have a "normal" Halloween. They both have parties at school and then I was going to take them trick or treating that night. If nature calls then well we have no choice but given a choice she wants to wait until Nov1st. As for the date being an issue we could care less.

 

[Savsmommy]

The hospital near me dresses all the babies born on Halloween in Pumpkin outfits. It's really cute to go to the nursery and see all the babies as little pumpkins.

 

[Aidensmom]

I guess it's just the association in that it's not just her birthday, but this other thing too. What if she wants to have a Strawberry Shortcake party and everyone comes as vampires and witches because they are going trick or treating afterwards (just hypothetically - not literally)? Or they can't come to her party because they are going trick or treating? (Just thinking out loud.) I just would want (if I had the choice) for her birthday to be all about her. My daughter was born close to Christmas, but I always waited to put up Christmas decorations until after her birthday because I wanted her day to be just about her.

I'm not a prude and this isn't a crisis situation and I know that the baby will not be born with horns and such I'm just not sure, being given a choice, that I would want my baby born on Halloween.

I don't know a lot of children that always have their parties on thier actual birthdate anyways, I wouldn't worry too much about it.

 

[kimmikayb]

She might not have had much choice or just took the first available date.

Only problem I see with it, in our family....we always go out to eat on the kid's bday. Combining that with Trick or Treat would be hard. You'd probably always end up celebrating the bday on a different day.

Good luck to your daughter! Babies are such a blessing!

 

[Pigeon]

I wouldn't let them schedule an induction, period. It just puts you on the fast track to a C-section. My feeling is that when the baby is ready to be born, it will be born.

Good luck with your birth!

 

[plutolover]

I can see the OP point. My due date was actually on 10/31. I really didn't want her to be born on that date. (She didn't and we induced 11/18. ) I was anxious to have her at that point but, I still felt that I didn't want a Halloween baby.


Also to the above poster -- I had to have both of my children induced. I did have C-sections, but there were complications with both during the delivery. Some women may not have a choice due to medical reasons.

 

[tiggersmom2]

I wouldn't let them schedule an induction, period. It just puts you on the fast track to a C-section. My feeling is that when the baby is ready to be born, it will be born.

Good luck with your birth!

It is dangerous for the baby to stay in utero past the due date. I think she should trust her Ob/Gyn who is experienced in these situations.......

ETA: I have also had both of my previous pregnancies induced with no complications. This one will be induced too.

 

[INDISMOM]

I had to be induced also. My doctor asked me what day over a 4th of July weekend I wanted to be induced. She was on call on Friday, July 4th so that's the day I picked.

My mom asked me the same thing -- she said why would I want her birthday on the 4th? First and foremost was that the MY doctor would be the one on call, I was a first time mom and felt more comfortable with her. The other reason was any day around that time would have been associated with the 4th anyway, so why not make it the actual day?

My daughter actually LOVES having her birthday on a holiday. For awhile when she was little my husband had her convinced the fireworks were for her!

Now on the other hand my younger DD's birthday is Oct. 13 and this year she insisted on a Halloween party.

 

[va32h]

My youngest was born on Nov. 1 and lots of people told me "oh thank goodness she wasn't born on Halloween!"

I never understood why that would matter.

As for birthday parties - my daughter turns 3 this year, and it's the first year we'll have any other kids there. We are having the party on a Saturday anyway, because most people aren't free in the middle of the day on a Wednesday.

 

[drgnfly30]

I agree she probably only had a few dates to choose from... but I don't see it as a big deal. I love Halloween... had it not been on a weekday I was going to choose it for my wedding date!!

 

[kimmikayb]

I wouldn't let them schedule an induction, period. It just puts you on the fast track to a C-section. My feeling is that when the baby is ready to be born, it will be born.

Good luck with your birth!

Sorry to go off topic here....but didn't want anyone to be mis-informed. I've had four induced labors and all four have gone fine with no C sections. Being induced doesn't always mean a fast track to a C section.

 

[DisneyAddict_M]

I was induced. My daughter was born in less than 3 hours start-to-finish with no complications at all. It would have done more harm to keep her in there considering she was overdue and her heart rate dropped whenever she moved.

Sorry to go OT.

 

[chris1gill]

My daughter's birthday is TODAY actually, so very close to Halloween... We've had THE COOLEST birthday parties & she loves Halloween as a result! In hindsight, I'm very glad she was born so close to Halloween, it's been really fun.... although today is her 9th birthday, I'm SO depressed, she's my baby

 

[KerriSue]

My DD due date was on Halloween and thank goodness she came out on HALLOWEEN. I wasnt going another day pregnant.

She is now going on 9 and not one of her birthday parties has been hindered because of the date. She thinks it is the best day ever, she gets presents and complete strangers give her candy. What could be better. She seems to think that everyone celebrates Halloween because its her birthday.

I think it is a fun day to have your birthday on.

Maybe your making a big deal out of nothing. Afterall are you not getting a grandbaby out of this. Seems kind of trivial. Whatever.

 

[FormrCastMbr]

I wouldn't let them schedule an induction, period. It just puts you on the fast track to a C-section. My feeling is that when the baby is ready to be born, it will be born.

Sometimes they need to schedule this if the baby is too overdue...there may be complications...

I had a friend that should have been induced and her and her baby both passed away...horrible.

 

[Poohnatic]

My second was a planned C section, my doctor's scheduler gave me two days to choose from-I went for the first one. Perhaps it's the same with your daughter?

Suzanne

 

[Melissa M]

I'm a "Halloween" baby, too (10/28). I always had fun parties growing up. We were still in the hospital on Halloween. My dad carried a roll of dimes in his pocket to give trick-or-treaters. I never understood why kids went trick-or-treating at the hospital. Anyway, don't sweat it and enjoy that baby. Congratulations!

 

[Aristocath]

As the mom of a boy who will turn 7 this Halloween, my advice is to not worry about it. My due date was November 3 and my whole pregnancy I said things like "as long as the baby doesn't come on Halloween." Sure enough, I went into labor at 10 p.m. on October 30th.

Some years we have chosen to play up the Halloween angle and do parties with a birthday Halloween theme. This year we are taking some of his best friends to the TCU football game this Saturday for his party.

It didn't take me too long to realize that the birthday/Halloween conflict really only existed because I made it a problem.

Cathy