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Christmas birthday?

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Giles1008 · 19/01/2023 22:00

Looking to start TTC soon, just taking my vitamins and tracking this month as we are waiting for the exchange of our house.

If correct my apps suggest next months EDD would be Christmas Day, so it would almost certainly be a Christmas week baby give or take a few days.

Anyone got a December birthday or their DC and have strong opinions?

OP posts:
Enigma85 · 19/01/2023 22:28

Wouldn't a Christmas baby be conceived end of march beginning of April?

Laul89 · 19/01/2023 22:16

My birthday is 15th December, I was due on the 22nd! I quite like having a December birthday and if I’m honest I’d rather be December than January.. I feel it’s a depressing month 🤣

The cons are people are always quite busy in the run up to Christmas. It’s an expensive time of year. But the pros are everyone is usually quite happy, I love having the Christmas tree up on my birthday too 🤣
I wouldn’t let it put you off starting to try, especially with it only being your first month!

Taswama · 19/01/2023 22:06

My birthday is a week before Christmas and I started TTC in September twice to deliberately avoid a Christmas baby!

pros - quite early in the school year
cons - joint birthday and Christmas presents
birthday in school holidays so people busy
people doing Christmas stuff so no time / money to celebrate your birthday
No more presents for 12 months.

BooksAndHooks · 19/01/2023 22:04

My DS is a Boxing Day baby. We thought we had planned well and actively avoided dates too near Christmas and he was due in January. He had other ideas and made an early appearance on Boxing Day. He actually really likes a Boxing Day birthday.

Smarshian · 19/01/2023 22:04

My DD is 30th Dec birthday. She loves it. Always off school, people around to celebrate, there are pros and cons to any date but I wouldn’t let it put me off. We didn’t plan for this date, it took us a few months of trying but it’s never been an issue (apart from a busy week!)

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