Baby Boom in 9 Months??

[CandleInTheWindy]

I keep hearing so many people saying there will be a huge baby boom in 9 months time due to the lockdown. Me and my husband were trying for baby number 2 but have actually put it on hold now as the future is so uncertain and no one knows if their jobs are safe, or the affect this will really have on pregnant women and babies.

AIBU to think there will not be a baby boom at all as most people are thinking the same as me?

Is this really a world we want to bring a baby into right now. This is not going to go away anytime soon, and until everyone is vaccinated, which will take years, we are all in this for the long haul.

Nothing makes me more certain that I don't want anymore children being alone at home with two under 3s for the foreseeable future they are lovely but my god I'm tired.

Not in our house. We've been trying for 5 years, finally got out appointment letter for fertility treatment to commence only for it to be postponed until further notice. At this point it just feels like it isn't meant to be for us.

I doubt it.

The last 'baby boom' was post-WW2. There were no pills, no mirenas or implants, condoms were difficult to obtain and no legal, safe abortion. Today, we have all of these.
And yes, I strongly suspect that mothers all over the world are thinking No More Children Ever right now.

I don't understand why people are saying there will be a baby boom. This isn't the 1940's where people didn't have access to reliable birth control - being on lockdown or having C-19 does not suddenly make your contraception fail. And lots of couples who don't live together are not going to be able to see each other at the moment, so not sure how they are supposed to be making these predicted babies - and presumably the couples that do live together have sorted out their long term contraceptive needs.

Also I've read on here that many fertility clinics are cancelling treatments, so that will be a lot less babies born just for that fact sadly.

If there is a baby boom it will consist entirely of firstborn children. Being confined in a small space with 2 children right now has definitely put me off more

More like divorce boom!

I wouldn't want to have a baby until this current crisis is well and truly over. Even if it's perfectly safe for mother and baby health wise it's still a scary and uncertain time financially and socially. I think the boom will be 9 months after we get back to 'normal'.

I think it will be the opposite. The thought of not getting regular check ups/seeing your midwife/potentially giving birth with no family/birthing partner and in hospitals likely still full of Corona patients/reduced staff is very very scary and offputting. Almost all who were due IVF have been postponed. Think once this is "over" then people may well crack on/celebrate by TTC'ing again, but not now.

We have a 7mo. We are so stressed.

The pandemic we are living in has turned us both off. 😂😂

Sorry to hear that @BlueChangling. Hopefully it won't be long before this blows over.

I think the people predicting a baby boom are not necessarily counting on planned pregnancies, OP. It's like the most common birthday being 26th September- nine months after Christmas.

I'm exactly the same as you OP, had planned to start trying again this month but just can't help but think it's the wrong time. Both of us have been furloughed so not even sure we will have jobs to go back to. Will have to leave it a few months at least I think.
Also, dont fancy the idea of bring pregnant while all this is going on tbh

"More like divorce boom!"

^ this

Now that China is laxing there quarantine there increasing in divorce applications.
www.google.com/amp/s/www.news18.com/amp/news/world/as-china-eases-coronavirus-lockdown-divorce-rate-domestic-violence-cases-see-sudden-spike-2560459.html

@BlueChangling Really sorry to hear that, it must be tough. Praying this is all over soon and you get your appointment.

I'm glad it's not just me then! I feel really sorry for pregnant women at the moment and all the mums with new borns, such a scary time.
I think the idea of there being a boom 9 months after things go back to normal makes more sense.

We are a young engaged couple and if anything have been doing it less! It's boring and he hasn't showered in 3 days

I don't think there will be.

There may be a few more unplanned pregnancies, I imagine getting the MAP might be tricky at the moment. Then again maybe not.

But tbh I cannot understand why anyone would be deliberately TTC right now in the current circumstances.