The whole family in the same month!

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I'm new to mumsnet, just found out I'm pregnant, and super excited about it! (both mumsnet and being pregnant :P). We'd been TTC for a few months without any luck, and last month decided to not really try - partly just to have a break and not stress about it, and party if it did happen then we would have an October baby. But of course we did do the deed and clearly relaxing made a difference because it's happened!! But... here is why I wasn't keen on having an October baby.

If all goes to plan,
Baby DD 17 October
My birthday 13 October
DH's birthday 28 October.
and add to the mix - my brother's birthday 7 October.

So baby will be right in the middle. I know I shouldn't be bothered with having baby's birthday so close to ours, but it feels like all 3 of us in the same month is a bit much!!

Does anyone have experience of parents sharing birth months with their children. Does it make any difference really? I know it's all different once we're adults and kiddies will come first... but still.

Finally... and changing the subject ... what's it like having a Autumn baby? How much harder are the night shifts when the days are short and the nights stretch into oblivion??

October is a great due date as your little one will be one of the older ones at school :-)

Dds due date was october but she still managed to come mid september to join DS and I

My dads birthday is the 2nd, I’m the 10th and My mums birthday was the 17th all in the same month. It happens 🙂

My LO arrived on my birthday last month, my dad and brother share their birthday in Dec, so I guess we are used to sharing the celebrations!
Januarys will be tough with the early Xmas pay... it's always a long month anyway! but I think it gives us something special that we share
I think it would be a great excuse for a month of celebrations as a family!

My dad and I share our birthday, no problems as yet and I'm 37 this year! My DD is due on 12th of the same month, my brothers birthday is 2nd and my auntie's is 4th. Just the way it happens!

Just on the 'what's it like having an October baby' question OP: my DS is 4 Months now (and therefore an October 17 baby) and tbh the dark nights and cold days haven't bothered me at all. It was soooo lovely having a cuddly little baby over Christmas and lots of family to coo over him and also it meant that luckily people bought him clothes etc when he was born and then at Xmas even more lovely baby gifts and clothes so we've hardly had to buy a thing! I found that in the first month or so I didn't want to go out much anyway so didn't feel like I was missing out on hot sunny days like I may have done in the warmer months. And hopefully by the summer he'll be crawling and we can spend the time in the park and he can crawl free in the nice weather. And like a PP said he'll be the oldest in his year (I'm an August baby and always hated being the baby!). And just think in years to come you can have a big joint party altogether.

Congrats

Hi @GimbleInTheWabe, that's so good to hear! I've been thinking about it more and more and you're right, the pressure will be off from needing to go out and enjoy the good weather because there probably wont't be any!, and it will be lovely having a little one at Christmas and then have him/her be big enough in the summer to really enjoy it. Now i'm just hoping that all goes well for the next few months. It's only been a week since I found out and it already feels like forever! I'm sure it will fly by soon though.