Due Date Timing

elsa1688 · December 2014

spin off kat's thread - If you could pick any month to have a baby, which would you pick? Why?

elsa1688 · December 2014

I loved my June baby. It never got crazy hot when I was pregnant. It was super easy to get out with a newborn. It was always light out, which I think helped him not get days and nights mixed up.

Buutttt, September is also appealing. It got really hot with a newborn and I freaked out a couple nights. Plus, with a two year old, it would be nice to spend summer outside running around. And then you can drink at the holidays.

fferreiralynn · December 2014

elsa1688 said:
I loved my June baby. It never got crazy hot when I was pregnant. It was super easy to get out with a newborn. It was always light out, which I think helped him not get days and nights mixed up.

Buutttt, September is also appealing. It got really hot with a newborn and I freaked out a couple nights. Plus, with a two year old, it would be nice to spend summer outside running around. And then you can drink at the holidays.

Exactly.

clwheel · December 2014

I like the idea of September because I missed all of boating season but then they miss kindergarten cutoff (Sept 1st here)

nunzchucks · December 2014

March is the best. It's warm enough that you can be outside and still look normal by summer for lighter/shorter clothes. Plus you're at your largest in winter which is so nice for big comfy sweaters and leggings.

Savvy122 · December 2014

I loved having a June baby (although mine came at the end of May). DS1 was born in November and I found that it was much easier this time around and being pregnant in the winter, as I apparently like to hibernate anyway, than it was to be pregnant in the summer, when there are so many fun, outdoor (ahem, drinking) things to do. And it was nice to be able to take DS2 out on walks and outings without worrying that he'd freeze to death. Plus, as a teacher, the timing was perfect... my entire maternity leave was "paid" because I wasn't technically on leave, just off for the summer.

KatCameBack · December 2014

October.

This way I would be on mat leave for the entire holiday season and work on zero of those holidays. I can't remember the last time I had both Christmas and Thanksgiving off in the same year.

Wait! Actually, I can remember. It was 2007.

whoberry · December 2014

End of March. Cuz I could cover my very swollen pregnant body in winter clothes for most of the end of pregnancy. But I would recover from labor in time to enjoy the nice weather in April.

babygabe614 · December 2014

I was too scared to bring LO anywhere when she was super little, so I felt like I missed out on a lot of the summer anyway. I think next time we'll shoot for Oct/Nov so we can be off during the holidays (but not forced to go anywhere because - newborn, duh) and by the time summer rolls around, he/she will be old enough to actually enjoy it, and I can put sunscreen on them and not be forced to sit under an umbrella with a world's worth of A&A blankets blotting out the sun.

ashanne88 · December 2014

Ideally, October so I could have all the holidays off. However this is practically impossible with my job, so realistically I think March would be good.

katekat8721 · December 2014

CAMag said:

Miss Renee said:
I thought I would like June, but I had a rough recovery and missed out on the whole summer. I'm thinking March/April would be good like nunzchucks said.
Agreed. I felt like I spent the entire summer in the house. Maybe it's a twins thing?

I don't want another summer baby because it's too hot in CA and I was homebound too much!

Plus I love summer! I missed cycling and boating lol.

tjenkins528 · December 2014

I loved having DS early June so I didn't have to be pregnant and miserable, but I think the next one will be a fall baby. I felt like I couldn't do much outside between recovering, having a LO and moving into a house. Summer went by way too fast. Fall is my favorite season anyway so it will be nice to have off then.

lecholls · December 2014

I would like to have another June baby- preferably closer to the beginning of the month or maybe even end of May. I liked having the summer off and being able to take baby out for walks.
I was really nervous walking and driving in the ice/snow when pregnant though, but being in western pa, it's kind of hard to avoid as it seems like almost half the year is snowy.

rainbowdashh · December 2014

February-April. I was still pregnant at the end of June and it was really hot. I was miserable with my first born in August too. So late winter, early spring for me!

jacksoha · December 2014

I would say spring, maybe March or April. I felt like I was stuck in the house all summer and I really missed being able to go swimming and lay by the pool.

Cherylwang · December 2014

My first baby was born in March. I thought that was perfect!

diagonalley · December 2014

I'd prefer early March so I could have the rest of the school year vs. end of April when Max was born which gave me the end of the school year and the beginning of the next off. It caused a pretty stressful summer for me and it was really stressful coming back 6 weeks into school. I'd rather be the one coming back to start the year.

chaysefaith · December 2014

December. With this LO due in March, I have one in June and one in September. I think I could handle a birthday once a quarter.

flerlgirl · December 2014

I like May/June. My sister was pregnant during the biggest heat wave evah and she was miserable. But I am not having anymore kids so this is all a cow's opinion.

nicolemcm · December 2014

If we have another, I'd like March/April. I found it was so hot this summer and it was a struggle to keep LO warm in a/c and then not too hot when we went outside. And we missed a lot of summer activities being cooped up inside. Pretty much what everyone else said...

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