so i know it's purely academic as they take their own sweet time BUT once you've decided you're ready (in theory) if you could decide when is the best time to give birth when would that be?
there are so many considerations - work, commitments, holidays, school years.
for me
a) i have to avoid being sick as a dog/heavily pregnant/have a new born at christmas as it's about the only time of year we can make any money from our buisness,
b) we have a big long haul holiday planned for feb,
c) i've heard it's better for them not to be the youngest in their school year - but then we don't know where we might be living in the future so there may be different school years to consider.
so when would be best for you and why?
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Prunella79 · 01/04/2012 12:23
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Flightty ·
01/04/2012 13:06
I think Smarties' idea is pretty good. You would be pregnant from about Christmas time, for an October baby. (I think....need me calculator 
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ArielThePiraticalMermaid ·
01/04/2012 13:20
I absolutely cannot be heavily pregnant or have a newborn between May and September. This limits me a lot. So my ideal would be to get pregnant now this month. Ideally I am three weeks pregnant already.
Massively academic 
, and after two years TTC beggars can't be choosers, sadly.
Flightty ·
01/04/2012 14:09
Ariel I know what you mean though I stopped myself from actually saying, I ought to be 2 and a half weeks, right now, for my plan to work, because that might, yunno, jinx it?
Prunella,
sometimes things we plan don't work out quite like we thought....like you could conceive in a certain month and find that you feel alright in the first bit, and then get SPD or something later, iyswim....it is hard to plan with precision I think.
how about if you ttc in September, and then you'll be well past the first trimester by Christmas, and can enjoy your hols next Feb. and he or she will be born around May. So not the youngest - loads of kids with May birthdays in my children's classes. Would that work maybe?
Prunella79 ·
01/04/2012 14:21
OK so in the interests of openness - i'm not looking to find my ideal conception time - i'm dealing with the fact that i just got a BFP on friday which means i'm due early December - absolutley out in terms of when would be 'best' but i wasn't prepared to stop ttc to fit in with what might be 'convenient' and now i have to reassess the things in life i had thought were important and now suddenly seem less so.
and as it was on my mind i thought i'd ask - out of interest
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Flightty ·
01/04/2012 14:23
Oh gosh
Well first of all congratulations! what are you going to do about the business, and the holiday?
Prunella79 ·
01/04/2012 14:39
fx all around.
i know i'm lucky, i wish you all luck too.
business and holidays can wait, we've planned to cut back our business plans for xmas and DH will have to cover it all, which'll mean we'll be skint for the rest of the year and it's going to be difficult for DH to be around 
for the birth/the first weeks.
the holiday will have to be postponed - but how long for i don't know - i need to do some more research into travelling with a LO.
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ScarlettInSpace ·
01/04/2012 20:10
Based on my CD1 this month, if when I get a BFP in 2 weeks, my due date will be 25th December! Which pretty much is the worst due date all year lol so I must be guaranteed ironic BFP
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