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When's the best time to get pregnant? Use our interactive ovulation calculator to work out when you're most fertile and most likely to conceive.

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When's the best time?

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Prunella79 · 01/04/2012 12:23

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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Flightty · 01/04/2012 12:48

What frightens me is unutterably bad morning sickness during the dark and cold of autumn, going into winter. I've had that twice now.

So if I do get pg again I want it to be in the spring.

No other considerations apart from me wanting to go back to work, and it may make it far harder if I don't now, but then waiting another few years to have a baby isn't a real option so it has to take priority, unless we don't do it at all.

FriendofDorothy · 01/04/2012 12:45

I personally wouldn't care when it was... you might find it is not as easy as you think to get pregnant and therefore your planning may not work out!