How would you feel to have a baby on YOUR birthday?

jeneb* · December 2010

My birthday is December 17th and my doctor wants to schedule my induction for that day. My baby is measuring big (9lb 5 oz at today's sonogram!!) so of course I want what is best for him. But I'm having trouble deciding how I feel about sharing birthdays. How would you feel?

babyonthebrain2010 · December 2010

lol my birthday is the 14th and that's when I'm going to to see if LO is still breech and if he is we will schedule either a section or to try to get him to flip and induce. I'm not gonna lie I don't want to share my birthday.. I don't care how bad that sounds.. but whatever is best for baby is what's most important.

Kristi221 · December 2010

I'd love it! I love my birthday and would feel like it was the best present ever! Besides, as we get older, birthdays don't matter so much so you can have fun planning LO's birthday parties instead. It'll be something special just the two of you share. My dad and I are 1 week apart exactly and we tend to share b-day celebrations and it's so fun!

kat81 · December 2010

I think it could be kind of cool. Definitely better than having the kid share a birthday with Jesus (which will probably happen to me.)

mandiroo · December 2010

It's a definite possibility for me too! My birthday is Monday, the 13th and yesterday at my appt. I was another cm dialted, for a total of 3 and 80% effaced. I've progressed every week and today I've been feeling crampy. If I don't end up having her soon or on my b--day, which wouldn't really bother me one bit, I'll have her on the 16th anyway which is pretty close!

CanadianGurl · December 2010

My birthday is no big deal to me and hasn't been since I was a teenager. So if DD decides to come on my Bday, it would only suck for her a little bit as far as sharing her day, but I would try to put my bday on the back burner as much as possible every year for her sake.

DD's due date is on my grandmother's Bday, which grandma loves, but I'm praying to god she's not coming that day. Every year on Dec 30, my whole extended family goes over to their place and orders Chinese food, hangs out and celebrate's Gran's Bday. So if DD is the same day, it would mean she either wouldn't get the day to her self as she get older and knows the difference, or pissing of my grandma (she would be upset) and celebrating at home with our LO, and putting my Dad and mom in a position of having to choose, either way, uncomfortable!

For her sake, I hope she's born after New Years, so it will be easier to throw bday parties with her friends, and actually have them attend. From a selfish point of view, I want her here the sooner the better, preferably before Xmas, regardless of how an around-Xmas bday sucks.

mama_cito95 · December 2010

I personally wouldn't mind. My due date is actually my birthday (Dec 20). I don't know how LO would feel about it, though.

DaisyCakes18 · December 2010

DH's b-day is the 17th and he'd be excited to share his day. I don't think I would care at this point.

My nieces share a birthday (2 years apart) and totally coincidental (SIL didn't have an induction or c/s or anything). I think sharing with a sibling would be harder than sharing with a parent.

canthardlywait426 · December 2010

I had mine the day after my birthday and I thought it was pretty cool.

cc605 · December 2010

Well I would uber excited if my b-day was 12-11 and I was having my baby :0)

Mommytott · December 2010

I would think it was the best birthday present ever

MrsJohnnaJohnson · December 2010

My C-section is scheduled for the 21 of dec, which also happens to be my husbands birthday. he's not crazy about the idea of the baby having the same birthday as him, but I think it's neat

kalihamel · December 2010

I'm being induced dec 15th, and my birthday is dec 16th, so theres a possibility that my little girl will be my birthday present. Funny thing is, is that i was supposed to be born dec 7th and so was my little girl.

phdgal · December 2010

Hi! I was born on my Mom's birthday and its been great my whole life

Sharing has been fun, people love to say I was the best present ever, and no one forgets!

lulu8109 · December 2010

I think I'd be fine sharing my b-day with LO. My birthday is not a big deal to me any more, so I wouldn't mind... I don't know if LO would mind.

That being said, if I was scheduling a C-section like you, I would probably not schedule it for the same day as my b-day. If it happens, it happens... but I wouldn't purposely make it happen.

lulu3061 · December 2010

I wouldn't mind it at all Birthdays aren't a big deal to me anymore and haven't been since I was in highschool and even then...meh.

As long as it's celebrated for them I don't think a kid is going to mind, they're oblivious to anyone else when they're little anyway.

Rink08 · December 2010

DS1 shares DH's birthday (not planned) so I think that it'd be pretty neat if one of our future kids shared mine as well.

Rink08 · December 2010

DS1 shares DH's birthday (not planned) so I think that it'd be pretty neat if one of our future kids shared mine as well.

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