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December 2013 Moms
LaurenAliz
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Christmas Baby?
LaurenAliz
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Is anyone else freaked out about having a baby right around Christmas time? I don't mean to be ungrateful, but its my first im thinking we should have paid a little closer attention to the timing. Seems like such a busy hectic time of year. My parents/ support system are out of town. Normally we would go there for Christmas, but should I expect not to be able to travel the 3 hour car ride so close to due date? Missing Christmas with my family makes me seriously sad
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Re: Christmas Baby?
Last time I was due right around Thanksgiving. We made plans for everyone (both sets of grandparents) to come to my parents for Thanksgiving and keep it simple. We got home from the hospital the day before and had a lovely celebration.
This year, who knows? I'm due on Christmas Eve. My brother and SIL will be in town. We usually do Christmas Eve at my inlaws and Christmas at my parents. We'll sort something out. And back up plans.
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. -Philo
Baby N conceived after 1 miscarriage and more than 2 years of TTC. Diagnosis was low sperm count. We found success after 3 months of anastrozole to increase DH's testosterone and one IUI.
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I'm stupid. You're smart. I was wrong. You were right. You're the best. I'm the worst. You're very good-looking. I'm not attractive. - Happy Gilmore
I would talk with your parents about your worries. I'm sure you guys can come to some kind of arrangement so that no matter when baby comes you won't have to miss Christmas, I'm sure they wouldn't want that either.
I initially wasn't too fond of our baby having a December birthday either, for the baby's own sake, having to share w/ Christmas & all. We started trying last August hoping for a summer baby, but w/ how long it took us I've come to be very appreciative of being able to have a baby at all in my life, regardless of what time of year it will be born. Keep this in mind, if you were to have gotten pregnant at any other time, it wouldn't be the baby you will have!
And that baby being in your life will be so much more important than its birthday.
PS. I'm starting to think that the cause for all this ms is all the unnecessary snark on this board. It sure makes me want to vomit.
Maybe half birthdays in June will be celebrated too?!! :
my DH said he wants to do this for our baby too! so they can have a pool party some year
I am feeling the same way. As of right now I am due December 24. Although my husband and I are super excited about the baby, I feel bad that it is so close to Christmas! I am really hoping that I go into labor a little sooner, but I don't want to seem selfish. I have just been praying about it a lot. I know God's timing is never wrong, so I am just going to try to stay calm and keep that mindset about the situation and when he/she gets older, we can figure out something really neat for birthdays that doesn't make them feel like we are forgetting their special day!
Christmas is my FAVORITE time of the year. My fiance's family lives 3 hours away. Where my family lives in town. We will be traveling to both, like we always do, but this year with the baby we will have time to spend at each family members house, and we wont be running. I am embracing the fact that my babe's being born at Christmas.
Dream celeb baby daddy- Prince Harry
This. Cheer up! These things have a way about working themselves out. Congrats!!
BFP # 1 - 12/19/09 EDD 08/27/10 - D&C 1/26/10 @ 9w5d
BFP # 2 - 06/05/10 EDD 02/17/11, DS1 born on 2/14/11
BFP # 3 - 04/10/13 EDD 12/21/13 - D&C 05/15/13 @ 8w4d
BFP # 4 - 07/27/13 EDD 04/08/14 - CP 07/29/13
BFP # 5 - 09/14/13 EDD 05/28/14, DS2 born on 5/22/14
I am so excited to be pregnant again, and there's not way I was going to NOT try a particular month just to miss a December due date. However, it does just add another layer of planning/complication to the mix, especially when we already have a 4 year old. We have to come up with a back up plan for everything. We're going to have to figure out what to do about Santa if we end up in the hospital on Christmas. Maybe we will write him a letter asking him to make a special stop at our house after Christmas? We certainly don't want to miss seeing DD on Christmas morning.
I would say that traveling for Christmas is probably out of the question unless it's close. I am debating whether or not to go an hour and a half away, which isn't too far, especially if I haven't had any signs of labor yet. Although I suppose anything can happen, and I don't think I'd be very happy to be sitting in a car through contractions for that long. We probably will end up just staying home.
Who besides you and your husband are supposed to care so much about your child's birthdays? Can you not make it special?
Maybe they can change their plans for baby's first Christmas?
If you had asked me before, I never would have thought I would want a baby around Christmas time. Now, I am finding so many benefits. I am a teacher, so that's two free weeks of maternity leave! I love the holidays, and I can't think of anything better to add to that joy than a new baby. I think the birthdays will only be overshadowed by Christmas if we let it. My MIL has a Christmas Eve birthday, and I know she is already planning a million ways to make sure LO feels special on whatever day he/she comes, even if it is Christmas.
For me, personally, I have struggled to even get pregnant so I'll take any day of the year as a due date. I feel too blessed so no complaints from me about having a December baby. And no matter how you try to time things to avoid certain months, conception is not always that easy!
In your situation, I would not be traveling that far so close to your due date. Can't your parents/family come to you this year??
This and ....So thankful and honored to have a Christmas Day due date....felt like this is God's way of telling me this pregnancy is going to work out and that this was His gift to us (have had two m/c's in the last 10 months).
Likely I'll probably have a c-section due to a previous surgery to remove a cyst and my right fallopian tube for which they needed to do a c-section cut, so I'm thinking I'll get to actually choose my baby's birthdate but if the OB allows me to deliver the biggest concern I'll have is that the OB that I will be seeing my entire pregnancy will not actually be the delivering doctor as that's obviously a busy family and travel time. This is definitely a question I'm going to ask before choosing my official OB- as of now I'm only seeing my RE until I reach 10-12 weeks.
Does anyone have any further insight/experience, in terms of what doctor's prefer to do when due dates land on holidays? Is there limited stafffing or are those days just like any other day?
I hope you're never put in this position, but it's not unheard of for doctors to encourage inductions and other measures to speed up labor for their own convenience. It's a hot topic that could be a whole 'nother post.