Christmas Day due date!

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AF came today meaning if I try and get pregnant this month the baby's due date will be 25th Dec.

I have a spring birthday so have no idea how it feels to have a birthday that time of year.

People with Christmas birthdays do you wish your parents had waited a month?

How do kids feel about it?

My friends birthday is 17th and she hates it. But as someone ttc I couldn't take a month off if I didn't have to...

Hmmm yep most people I know don't enjoy having birthdays close to Christmas, it's a tricky one.

I am having IUI which is expensive so I obviously want any attempt to work! But it means I am knowingly giving my child a Christmas birthday.

I’m a Christmas baby (24th) and I love it. I would not want a Christmas Day birthday though! Only a day later but it means you only have one Dayton celebrate all year!

*day to q

Mine is 15th, its never bothered me. Life is too short to worry about stuff like this. Who knows how easy it will be to concieve anyway

I have a December birthday and it's great! Everyones up for a party, wanting to get festive. I would love a December baby! (Would feel more sorry for a January birthday when everyone is dieting, going on 'dry january' and skint!)

My sister was born on Christmas Day and it’s never bothered her. As someone who has been ttc for a long time, I couldn’t care less about having a Christmas baby, any due date at all would do quite nicely lol

No, I wouldn't want a Christmas birthday. Mine is early Dec and that's bad enough. I'd be worried too about lack of staff around Christmas time. Better to go for late Jan (although I also hate Jan for birthdays - everyone is doing dry fucking Jan and is skint - it's the most boring month of the year).

Actually good point - my Mum's birthday is the end of January and she hates it.

At least people are jolly in Dec!

My RS has a Christmas birthday (21st December). It wasn't planned at all but as he was 7 weeks premature we had no choice! He's just going to have to get on with it!

My birthday is in January and it’s absolutely fine (obviously I’ve never known any different though). I’m really hoping that I’m pregnant this cycle regardless of the due date.

DS1 is 23rd. I don't think he minds it. We always do a separate celebration and he's only been at school once on his birthday - he's now 10!

Mine is 19th Dec, honestly it is a bit rubbish as you get a glut of presents at one time of year - I can never think of that much I need so I get lots of random things then by summer there is stuff I’m desperate for but that’s true of anything between about October and Feb. My parents were very good at not doing anything Christmassy like putting up the tree before my birthday when I was young and having parties before school broke up for Christmas. I’d prefer not to have a Christmas Day Baby but my parents had waited 8 years? Wouldn’t expect them to skip a month!

Thanks for the replies. Is celebrating a 'half birthday' on 25th June something anyone has done?

I was in the maternity ward at Christmas. The ward was decorated beautifully with fairy lights, the staff were in good spirits, groups of carol singers came round and it was really magical. Then I took newborn home and to enjoy the tree lights and decorations in our house. A really lovely time of year all round.

My bestfriends birthday is Christmas day and she hates it.

We have a BBQ in the summer for her bday every year and everyone really goes out of their way to make it feel special for her!

My DS is a Christmas baby. He loves it. It is an excuse for chocolate cake on Christmas Day then a selection of small parties with various groups in the surrounding month or so.

Honestly, I wouldn't worry about it. For all of those who dislike it, the alternative is not existing so I thinks minor inconvenience is he better option! Plus babies can come late, early, who knows!

My SIL’s birthday is New Years Day & she hates it as everyone is always hungover & never wants to do anything to celebrate with her. I wouldn’t stop ttc for a month, who knows what might happen if you carry on trying, and a Christmas birthday can be a lovely thing.
Re half birthdays, we recognise dc’s every year - it’s merely an excuse to eat cake (no candles or presents obvs) and it’s lovely to hear the dc’s saying they are eg 3 1/2 rather than just 3. They love it, and we will carry on doing it even though most people think we are mad 😂

I'm nyd & don't like my birthday date at all but it hardly ruins my life & I've never blamed my parents for it, haha... Who on earth would?! It's not the end of the world is all I'm saying.

Are you my SIL tinyradish?!?

My LMP predicted due date for 25th but actual scan was 22nd. I actually wanted to be overdue as i wanted to focus on my 3yo on xmas day. He came 8 days late.

No way was i going to take a month off during ttc as i was scared if that month was the one and it was!!!!!

I don't think it would be a problem as a small child, but once they are school age through until adulthood I can imagine it would be a pain. My Mum's Birthday is 23rd December and she hates it. Of course we always do a celebration with immediate family with cake and presents, but it always feels like an afterthought since everyone is getting geared up for Christmas.

I'm in the same situation as you. I'd like to avoid a birthday 2 weeks before or after Christmas for the reasons above. So will have to skip April as my due date would be (if AF comes when scheduled) 2nd Jan. So desperate to try anyway but trying to hold off!

My birthday is the 31st (nye) and I love it but maybe that's just because I love that time of year.

P.S. We have only been TTC for 3 months. If I'm in the same position next year I probably won't skip a month.