christmas baby - feeling a little disappointed

[janeinbarcelona]

I am pregnant with number 2, due on Christmas Day and am feeling disappointed with the due date:

1. I like Christmas Day and don't particularly want to give birth on that day.
2. I feel the baby will get lost in the Christmas rush.
3. We live in Spain which means that he/she will start school in September 2009 (before his/her third birthday!)

We would not have normally planned a baby for this time of year but we have been trying for 19 months so it had got to the point where we weren't thinking about when the baby would arrive - just thinking about if we would have another baby full stop! I am very happy I am pregnant and at the end of the day it really doesn't matter when the baby is born but would love to hear from others who have experiences with a christmas baby.

My birthday is new Year's Eve, mum's is xmas eve and my grandad's when he was alive was xmas day itself. It's a brill time to have a bday - everyone is off work, feeling festive and generally around, nobody forgets your bday cos you have a memorable date, if it snows it feels soooo special... The only pain has been hiring venues for parties - places get booked up way in advance and prices go up so you're better off doing stuff at home.

Think of it this way, the chances of you not conceiving at all were far higher than the actual chance of you giving birth on Christmas Day.

Please consider others that are unable to have children and be happy with the wonderful news .

There's not much you can do about it, though, is there?

Congratulations on your pregnancy!

I agree with TenaLady though - just be happy that you are pregnant at all. There are millions of women all over the world who would literally donate their internal organs to be in your position. It has taken me and dh five years and £30k to get pregnant with no. 1, with many, many invasive and humiliating procedures, vile injections and drugs and heartaches along the way. I don't have a December due date, but if I did I would be just as ecstatic as I am now.

Kate

It wasn't my intention to be inconsiderate to others. The conception of this baby has not come about easily and as I said in my original mail: "I am very happy I am pregnant and at the end of the day it really doesn't matter when the baby is born but would love to hear from others who have experiences with a christmas baby."

Thanks to all those who suggested double birthdays and special celebrations so that a christmas birthday does not get lost in the christmas rush.

My daughter was due on the 21st of dec and arrived on the 29th. Its great having an xmas time birthday the celebrations go on for weeks and as everyone is on holiday then you can have really good parties.

congrat on your pregnancy!
my daughter was due on christmas day as well, but arrived on the 29th. Its ok, she's ok. it will all work out

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dd (my third baby) was due 21st dec and didnt arrive til jan 5th. by xmas day i was desperate to have her!

anyway, it will be a smashing pressie if he/she does arrive on time.
good luck and congratulations!

congrats janeinbarcelona - come over and see us on the December ante-natal thread! Mine's due on 29th December and I think I may have to re-think my Christmas festivities if he/she arrives pre-Xmas. I normally have all the Christmas stuff out on 1st December but if the sprog arrives before Xmas I may have to change my ways...

my ds was born on xmas eve. he is 8 now and loves having his birthday at xmas.

One of DD's school friends has a Christmas Day birthday. Although she will get cards, etc on her birthday thy actually celebrate her birthday properly, with party, on June 25th (mid year) instead.

I was due xmas day last year - ds arrived on the 22nd. Was our loveliest xmas ever, though all we did was sit at home and cuddle ds.

Tbh the main downside afaic was that I couldn't get hold of anyone when I needed bf support/medical advice in the first week. I'm in france and between xmas and ny no-one is around. Ended up having to go to a&e where I got really bad advice. I would recommend lining up your support in advance.

My neice was born a month early on Christmas Day. I can remember lying in bed, knowing my sister was in labour that morning thinking that the new baby would never have a birthday party on her birthday. But she does. We have a Christmas morning as normal, and a Birthday afternoon for her. Then, we picked her Christening Day - in May - as an honoury birthday, when she can have her friends over and we buy a few little presents for her, just so it doesn't all get swallowed up in the Christmas rush. She loves it, to be honest. It's a very special day.

Many congratulations! My DS's birthday is a week before Christmas and he doesn't mind at all, it means he gets loads of presents within a very short space of time. Also, because you can't really have much of a birthday party in December,due to weather and people being busy, we celebrate by having a nice day out somewhere on his half-birthday in June as well. And as others have pointed out, it's very unlikely your baby will actually arrive on Christmas day itself anyway. Good luck and best wishes!

DD2's birthday is 23rd Dec. I was disappointed at first tbh. It's actually worked out really well, everyone is off work and school, so we have a party on her birthday and its really festive and lovely - family and friends are able to come from all over as they're already on holiday - it's like a christmas party, but for dd and really nice.