Timing of pregnancy - what did you do?

[ThePartyArtist]

We are hoping to try to conceive sometime soon-ish and are just thinking about timing. I just wondered what factors influenced other people's decisions about when to try, once you'd decided you were ready? Things like did you try to time the pregnancy to avoid particular seasons; did you aim for a particular time of year for the baby to be born?

Even the best laid plans can fail. First time round we conceived quickly. Baby was due mid Nov. I was due to have a newborn in time for my 30 th birthday and Christmas. It was going to be a wonderful time of year to introduce our new baby to.family. Unfortunately he needed to new delivered at 31 weeks and was born with complex health problems. He didn't come home that Christmas, in fact he came home 13 months later. Second time round token a little longer to conceive, but ended in a mmc, so now I am pregnant again I'm just delighted that this baby has a heart beat regardless of the time of year it will be born. I think it a little niave to try and plan something like this.

I conceived DS1 really quickly and he was an august baby - was hoping September but its ok! DS2 it has taken us a year to conceive and he will be a Jan or Feb baby which I am happier with. In terms of timing I am echoing what others say in that you really can never predict what will happen like with me I had been on the pill for 10 years and I came off and got pregnant within that month and then like I said it took me a year with DS2 so I would say you just have to start trying lol and let fate take its course! Most important is a healthy happy baby soif you are ready - go for it! :)

As pretty much everyone else has said, it's just a case of luck.

We started trying for DS after our wedding, BFP within three months. Second pregnancy was something of a surprise four years later and ended in an MC. Third pregnancy (currently 30 weeks) came three months after our MC.

No factors influenced our timing; we just hoped for a healthy pregnancy.

The thought never crossed our minds actually. I'm amazed people have the foresight to arrange TTC for seasons or age for starting school! The only thing we did plan for was to wait until after we'd gotten married and bought a home, so personal goals but not calendar-based ones.

DC1 was born on 29th of June in the middle of the heat wave. I was miserable when pregnant and then miserable with a newborn, always worried he will overheat.

(The next summer was cold and raining)

So with DC2, I indeed planned for a winter or spring baby. That went like most plans go - DC2 was born on 30th of June, in the middle of an even worse heat wave!

I'm done with kids, as apparently me being pregnant means that the temperatures will be pushing 40..

I'm clearly not very good at timing pregnancy, as mine is due on 1st January! Not what I would have ideally chosen but I'm just so chuffed to be pregnant at all (it was pretty hard-won).

Also, for anyone worried about having kids born late in the school year, I'm a July baby and have never for a second felt that it's held me back being one of the youngest.

^^ as said here, I love Spring babies for these reasons too. Tried for 3 babies with a April - June window & have 2 May babies. I'm lucky that it takes about 2 months to fall so I can plan it.

My baby is due in Feb and we were trying on and off for 18 months. We had a little break from TTC as I didn't want to be hugely pregnant when we got married but as it happened we got lucky as soon as we re started. Before that though it was 13/14 months of nothing, and that can be hard to deal with.

You can't plan it unfortunately but it's been worth every bump in the road for us. Best of luck.

We thought we would rather not have a Christmas or an August baby so started trying both times after the Christmas "window" had passed. DD1 took a while to conceive and is a September babe and DD2 came along quite quickly and is March. We were very lucky.