Did you plan your pregnancy due date for a certain time and if so was it what you expected?

I was so happy when I found out dd was due Dec 1st. I thought WOW...I get the whole holiday season off for maternity leave. DD was born Nov 26th so I never went back after thanksgiving and stayed out until Mid-february. Honestly...this is bad planning. Everyone had off for all the holidays and got paid while I got my minimal state 180 a week (totally sucked) and they all enjoyed the festivities etc... We couldnt go out for like 3 months bc it was cold out etc... It wasnt exactly what I thought it would be. Next time i would prefer June, July and Aug maternity leave if I could somehow choose. Anyone think their EDD was perfect?

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we didn't plan it, but in retrospect, i did not enjoy a February due date. Too cold to go out, which left me feelign more depressed. and I hate that all her b-days will have to be inside.
My next baby I'd like a May/June EDD, or Sept /Oct

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No I didn't even think about it - the time that we chose to TTC was right for us. The next time around will be a different story, I think we'll try for a certain time of year, or season, etc.

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my last pregnancy was unexpected, they were due in dec but were born in oct. I would love to have a spring baby, but what ever time of year is fine for me.

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I didn't plan it per se, but I was thrilled to have a late spring baby. My SIL is trying to get pg right now so she has a May/June baby. Her DD was born in October.

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We did not plan DS due date, but if I can I would like to have our next around the same time. Even a month later. I felt it was the best time because I wasn't at the end of my pregnancy in the summer. And I was already big for the holidays, so I really endulged!! LOL Plus, once DS was born it was getting warmer for walks!

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We didn't plan DD. November was ok. I am a winter baby (my bday is January) and hate it. I always wanted a spring baby. I don't think we'll have one next time either. Now I'm hoping for October so if it's another girl, she can wear Lily's clothes.

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my dd was TOTALLY unexcpeted and due in late Sept - talk about bad timing for a teacher! I stayed out six months, went back subbing at first and then did a leave replacement.....it wasn't the best plan all in all but I wouldn't change it for a bit!!!

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I got pregnant the first month I ttc'd both times. While I wasn't planning a specific month but was just shooting for within the school year. I did gasp when I realized with my first pregnancy was an October due date. We have 3 of DH's family with birthdays that month.

DS came 6 weeks early making it a September birthday.

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The only planning I did per say was that I didn't want to be due to close to my sister's late June 07 wedding. She's my only sibbling and I wanted to be there. If I hadn't conceived my DS when I did, I was going to put ttc'ing on old for a couple months.

ETA: I am very happy that he was born on May 1st because it's my late grandfather's birthday and I've also always loved May Day.

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We planned it like a military operation!!! We could only try for 2 months because of my job and luckily we got pregnant the first month. We were supposed to have an early May baby, but she came 2 weeks early in late April.

In my opinion it's the PERFECT time of year to give birth.

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With my son, I didn't even think about planning the time of year he was going to arrive-- we just wanted to try asap! I am glad to have delivered him in the winter- January 24- because carrying in the summer at the end of pregnancy S*CKS. With my daughter, we originally were going to try to have her arrive in June so that DH would be off with me (he is a teacher), but she came MUCH earlier and was a huge shock.

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We totally planned DD to arrive at the beginning of the summer (as I'm a teacher) & also have a summer bday & always loved having a summer bday. I got pregnant our 2nd month trying & DD was born 7/7/07...it was ideal b/c I had a month off at the end of my pregnancy from school (b/c I had the days) & then I had the rest of the summer w/ DD collecting my paycheck.

Next time we may start a month or so earlier just to give us more time w/ DC b4 school starts again.

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I did not plan my pregnancy for the first 2 but when ds was born in April is was great I took my maternity leave until the end of June then took a leave of absent for July and August therefore I got to spend the summer home with both of my boys. So when I was considering my 3rd I wanted to do the same thing but unfortunately I had a m/c so when I was emotionally ready to have another one I said I wouldn't plan it because I feel I do better with out planning which left me having ds #3 in the month of February.

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Once we were ready to TTC I just focused on trying to get pregnant and never even thought about what would be a good time of year. I sure wish I had though. DD was born the end of August and being 9mths pregnant in the summertime was not fun! In an ideal situation I would love to have an April/May baby.

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I loved having a June baby! We were "planning" for late spring / early summer (before it got too hot).

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We planned for a summertime baby and that is what we got with DS...born June 20th!

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We totally planned it and got really lucky! I wanted the baby to arrive sometime in May or June and she was born May 29th.
i was able to take off the month of May beforehand, and then I had the whole summer with her because I'm a teacher!
It was exactly as perfect as i thought it would be!

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Yes when we started it was planned for a sept. Baby.....unfortunatly it then took us 2 years ad IVF to get there and we wished we were back to the days we thought about planning.

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I didn't think about it before I had Steven, but now I want a late August or early Sept. baby. Not the best time to be preggo, but great time for materenity leave.

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i didnt plan it the way it happened but i was sure glad that I was not pregnant during the summer....and i got to be off when it was warm!!!

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Paulette I feel the same exact way you do!!!

That's why we are going to start TTC now and if I don't conceive by December we will wait until next year. I can't handle another winter baby. I had the blues, I was stuck in the house, everyone was sick and couldn't visit. It was very isolating - I don't think I could do that with 2.

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Both my babies are early May and neither were planned, but I love that time of year. I keep telling DH we're missing our window of opportunity if we want yet another May baby

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I loved mine- It wasn't planned. I thought I would take the year off from the school I am at and have the baby in Sept but I miscarried
But it ended up better since I had my amazing DD in Jan. and took off the rest of year instead. We would have really struggled financially if I had taken the full year as planned. I am hoping to have the second the way I planned the first but save more this time.

ETA: I never really consider the weather since its nice here all year round. The only two months I wouldn't want to have the baby would be July or August since I don't get paid for 6 weeks leave and that is a huge chunk to miss.

Message edited 9/5/2007 12:13:32 AM.