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What do you think is the best season to have a baby?
I had Addy at the end of August. So while I like the ease of flip flops and summer dresses at the end, I was pretty miserable. Then I feel like we headed right into flu season, so right when I was getting the hang of the newborn thing was when I had to be careful about getting her out as much. I felt cooped up.
I know I can't plan these things, but I can sure as hell try. I am thinking an early spring baby might be the way to go next time.
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Re: What do you think is the best season to have a baby?
KHC was born at the end of September, and I think it was pretty perfect. You have to suffer through the summer being hugely pregnant, BUT -- you have like nine months afterwards before you have to be seen in shorts and/or a bathing suit again.
Updated September 2012.
Spring. You get to be hugely fattly pregnant when it is cold, so you're not godawful horrible hot, you're just pleasantly warm while everyone else is freezing. Then you don't have to worry about the baby being cold (although you do need to consider air conditioning), and by the time it does get cold, the baby isn't brand new.
Having Kristen in March was so much nicer than having Cami in July.
I only have a Nov and a Jan - so both of mine winter.
BUT, I like the Jan timing. By the time I was recovered and ready to bust out of the house and also go back to work, flu season was over and the weather was getting nice.
I have really no idea. Jack was a December baby. Ideal that I could hide my fat ass pre and post baby behind winter clothes. Also winter is lazy in general which goes well with a new baby. You don't feel like you are missing out on much Not ideal in that I couldn't get out and do stuff with ease.
This baby is going to be a May/June baby and I am really looking forward to it. Yes I will have to be a fatass in summer clothes BUT we can get out and do stuff and like you said it buys me sometime before winter germs hit us. I am feeling a bit wanderlusty that there are things I normally love about summer that will be limited because of a newborn. So that is the downside. Summer makes me want to be on the go.
I had DD in May and son in July. I absoultely loved having a May baby. Perfect time of year. I planned trying for my son around the same time but ended up having him in July. Still not bad. I, too, enjoyed wearing the flip flops and dresses. I actually found summer maternity tops very cute and I wore them all summer since I was still a fat, swollen beast.
With my dd I got my BFP in late September. I would shoot to try in the summer! Good luck!
Our goal was to have a baby sometime between Jan and March, because:
a) those are the best hockey birthdays (H's reasoning)
b) they're among the oldest in their class in school, which I like for a variety of reasons
c) being hugely pregnant is nicer in the winter so I wasn't miserably hot, just pleasantly warm
d) by the time I'm sick of being cooped up in the house with a newborn, the weather is getting really nice so it's great to get out and about
I have a January baby and a March baby.
March is nice, but at the same time, the really nice weather comes as you are still juggling a newborn and jiggly from birth. I feel like I did so little the summer after E was born.
January was nice in terms of not being hot at the end of pregnancy, etc., but it's kind of a bummer for DD1. Her birthday is the first week of January, and everybody is in a post-holiday slump and never seems to remember her birthday.
DD1, 1/5/2008 ~~~ DD2, 3/17/2010
Adele was beginning of August and it wasn't awful, but I was pretty miserable by the end. But, I liked being able to take her out when it cooled down after a few weeks.
Baby2 is due at the beginning of october and I think the nice thing will be that I'm on maternity leave all through the holidays. I also have all of winter to get back into shape and be ready for spring/summer.
I've got late Nov/early Feb babies. I liked both - they were home with me through cold/flu season before starting daycare in the Spring.
I wasn't hugely pregnant in the summer.
Of course, there will never be a pool party for their birthdays, but I think that's okay.
Ugh, I forgot about the getting back in shape part. It takes longer with the second one, doesn't it? I was pretty lucky with Addy, so I forget about how long it could take.
ditto.
I liked being pg all winter and kicking the kid out right as the weather got nice and I wanted to get some sun on my face.
my plan (bc they always work out, right?) is to end up with a spring baby (march/april)
not huge in the super hot summer. that is my only priority living in FL. lol
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I agree! My daughter was born the beginning of October and I thought it was pretty much perfect. I was only really uncomfortable from the heat in August, but that's because I was running around a lot to help my friend with her wedding. September wasn't so bad (other than seriously being done with being pregnant).
Spring so they at least have their first round of shots and be around six months by the time cold/flu season comes around.
I did not really mind being pregnant all summer long, I just stayed in the air conditioning.
Daycare is SO exhausting!
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I'm hoping for a March/April baby for the next one. I don't want to be pregnant in the heat of the summer, I lived in sweats in the fall and spring and was majorly comfy.
T was born in May. It was awesome to be able to take him outside when he was young, and I'd rather try to lose weight when I can go outside. I'm hoping earlier with the next one, because then I can be home with the baby for 6 weeks and then MIL or SIL can watch them while school is out.