Time of year to get pregnant

[Ami1991]

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to ask "the ether" has anyone heard or expereinced the right time of year to get pregnant.

I am very lucky and have children already but i was trying to another and had a miscarriage. I've noticed something that when I try to conceive in the summer months it doesn't really "stick". But when I conceive in Autumn/ winter I tend to carry through. I'm convinced that I can only conceive during this period of the year.

Does anyone have knowledge of this theory? Is everyone woman different? Or even if there is a theory?

Thanks,

If you look at the stats on when children are born in the UK the most common month is September (which means a winter conception) (I am currently pregnant and my due date is the most common birthday in the UK 🤷‍♀️) BUT a) it's also true that people get romantic over Christmas and new year and that is the time you end up with September babies and b) the differences between different months are actually super small so in reality people are obviously getting pregnant all year round (as you would logically expect!). I can't speak to whether it could be a factor in individual pregnancies but it doesn't look like it's true on a population level.

Sorry for your loss, but your situation is total coincidence. The most common month for births is September due to Christmas conception. But there's pros and cons to all months. People get pregnant in war zones - the seasons won't affect it!

never heard of this theory personally but if you're finding that's the case then it's a personal thing.

Conceived three times - once in May (twins one stuck, one didn't at 10 weeks)
Once in October - didn't stick lost at 4 weeks
Once in Nov (currently 35 weeks with this one).

I can't see any reason why seasons would affect you unless you do something different over the summer than winter. maybe just bad luck!

Obv the most popular dates for birthdays are more to do with dates people most likely to get lovey dovey (IE sept and Nov coinciding with christmas and valentines conceptions).

Best of luck to you!

There is potentially something in this - there was a study in the US that found that miscarriage rates were 44% higher in the summer than winter months (particularly August). This was in relation to early pregnancy loss (pre 8 weeks). I’m not sure if the findings could be replicated elsewhere, especially in the UK where the climate is more temperate and we don’t tend to see extreme protracted periods of heat in the summer.

I have two kids.

One was conceived very early January and had a due date the most common birthday in the UK.... Whoops. Was born early September in the end though.

The other was conceived early July and was due late March. Arrived a couple weeks early for a mid March birthday.

So they're almost exactly 6 months apart. My only other pregnancy (ended in miscarriage) was conceived mid February (yes I know...) and I was due mid November. My Mum had 5 and we have March, April, June, July, and September birthdays. So I think it really doesn't matter.

Though my sister has bucked the trend with two November children. So what do I know.

Baby due in November, miscarried in June.
Baby due in October born in November.
Baby due in March miscarried in October.
Baby due in January miscarried in August.
Baby due in September born in September.
Baby due in May miscarried on Christmas Day.
Baby due in April born in May.

not sure I have a pattern.

It's horrible when you've had multiple miscarriages as you start looking for signs and patterns everywhere.

I did so much reading and I'm sure this is not a thing. It's coincidence but we can easily read so much into coincidence when in that situation. I get all superstitious and start doing tarot readings etc even though normally I'm a total sceptic

The best thing to do is just keep TTC as much as you can if you want to get pregnant. Don't waste months thinking they will automatically lead to bad outcomes. If you have had two miscarriages in a row, then you can get testing done on the NHS after the third one. So I found that quite comforting in a way, knowing that a third pregnancy no matter the outcome would lead to something, whether that was a baby or Investigations.

A variety of answers!

Thank you for answering everyone really useful answers. I think the consensus is probably its just coincidence then.

It just made me think for a second.

If you have a September baby your kid will be the older in the year, so more advanced than those born say June the year later….

This could influence the statistics but lots of reasons!

I’ve been pregnant 3 times.
2 of those have the exact same due date
the other would have been due August but I miscarried at Xmas
I tried for almost a year this pregnancy

so seems like I get pregnant February and it sticks ha ha