JFF: The Best Month to Have a Baby

May or June so you can have the summer off and baby can be at least 6 months old before cold and flu season starts.

I always hoped that I could have kids at the end of a school year. Knowing I wouldn't be able to take a year off, it would give me two months of no work.

When it came time to think "kids", I was 38 and have PCOS, so I didn't care when as long as there was a pregnancy. Ended up with twins and although they were due in mid July with school starting back the first week of August, they came early! Yay! June 3rd. School had been out less than a week (although I was on home rest for the two weeks prior.

It was awesome! and still is!

June. You aren't pregnant in the heat of the summer. You don't have to bundle new baby up in a snow suit. You can have birthday parties at outdoor venues. Gifts are distributed evenly throughout the year, winter stuff for Xmas, summer stuff for birthdays. Child is the same age for the entire school year. Birthday parties can be held before school lets out for summer vacation and everyone disappears on holidays.

March. You're never pregnant during the heat of the summer, at Christmas you're big enough to be obviously pregnant and (hopefully) not sick, baby is born past the worst of cold and flu season, and by summer you've got yourself in a rhythm with the new arrival so you can enjoy outdoor activities together.

I think springtime, March thru May, would be the best month for a child to be born. No issues with school admittance of being too old or young; they always get to celebrate their birthday at school; not too close to Christmas.

I wouldn't worry about my being pregnant during certain uncomfortable months. That only lasts for 9 months, but your child is stuck with their birthday forever!

My last baby was a January baby. Eight months pregnant during the Christmas season is something I hope to avoid again. Two toddlers running around, presents to buy and wrap, cookies to make, Christmas stuff to do, and all I wanted to do was lie on the couch for a month and watch Lord of the Rings :)

I have 4 children and I live in FL. They were born, Feb., August, July, and April. In that order. I can tell you that going through the nausea stage in the hot summer is not fun, nor is going through the last trimester in the summer fun either. You know, pregnancy has its ups and downs, no matter what month the baby is conceived/born.

Our daughter was born in May and I think that's the perfect time of year, personally. For one, I didn't have to be pregnant, hot and uncomfortable during the summer months. Two, as I was recuperating from delivery, etc. we spent a lot of time outdoors in the shade with all the flowers blooming and birds singing, which really helped me because I had a tough delivery, was weak and struggled w/ PPD and being outside seemed to help. And now that she's in school and having birthday parties, the weather is awesome for outdoor birthday events. JMO!

If I could pick (wouldn't that be great?!) I would have a late Spring baby - April or May. That way you're still carrying them around in the "bucket" during the summer, but by the following summer they're walking. My second daughter is a November baby, and I distinctly remember trying to take my older to the playground the following summer (she was almost 3) and having my 7 month old crawling all over the playground eating mulch. It was gross. Plus she scraped up her knees and was just a mess. AND we went to the pool a million time (my girls have been swimmers from the beginning) so my little one's knees took a beating on the concrete. Of course I tried to hold her and keep her off of these surfaces. But you know how it goes with a strong willed baby (just think, LOTS of screaming until I put her down - she wanted to go, go, GO!). So yeah, a May baby would be good.

Spring, like april or may

I had my babies in April and May and was on maternity leave during the summer ~ it was perfect :)
My SD was born on Christmas and she hates it.

The best month to have a baby is whatever month you happen to be lucky enough to be blessed having gotten through the hurdle of successfully conceiving as well as carrying to full term. I have a dec. baby and a summer baby. Dec. babies are at a cut off so they are usually the oldest or youngest in their classrooms (usually oldest). This is not clearly an advantage or disadvantage. Aside from attempting to work babies into parents' career schedules (spring to extend maternity leave onto regular summer breaks, or medical students to take advantage of summer breaks, etc.), I think its really silly to try and control this. 1 in 3 confirmed pregnancies are lost to miscarriage and it takes most fertile coupes about 4 months to conceive. LOL, you sound like first time parents thinking that you have this level of control.

So long as I'm not hugely pregnant during the 105 + degree days of summer...I'm good. I had my son in the spring, which was perfect for me. Around the end of May and beginning of June, it starts to really heat up here.

I think March, April, and May but I guess it depends in what part of the country you live, or which part of the world. When it's time for school, kids born during the late winter/early spring tend to be at a good age to start kindergarten.

June...selfishly because of not being huge in the heat of the summer or during the snowy, icy winter. And it seems like a great time to have a birthday party..summer weather for a pool party, picnic, etc! Not to mention the cool gifts that are summer related..bikes, etc :)

Baby 1 was January - INCREDIBLY cold, but he was in the NICU his 1st 13 days, and I had a c-section, so I wasn't up for going anywhere right away anyways. I hated having to cover his face every time we went out.

Baby 2 was June - WONDERFUL month to be born, but he's going to be one of the youngest in his Kindergarten class, and I am not sure if he will be mature enough for it.

Baby 3 was April 1st - the best, so far. By the time I was ready to be out and about it was warm enough to bring him out for walks.

Baby 4 will be in mid September, and I am really dreading the hot summer. I am like a human furnace when pregnant. I am envisioning that I'll be dripping with sweat from June til delivery.

NOT July/Aug.

- Hugely pregnant over summer = AWFUL. Pure misery.

- Birthday parties don't happen. Either people are on family vacation, or 1-2 months after school lets out, people forget. So its like herding cats at BEST. We have Christmas babies, Dec25, and their bdays are eeeeeeasy compared to summer bdays. My son's cousin was griping about having to have their party 2 weeks away from their birthday, and my son (july baby) thought that was the coolest ever: only having to wait 2 weeks, or be 2 weeks early. Instead of 2 months before or after.

- Not during the high holidays of your religion. Be that Hugh Holidays, Ramadan/Eid, Christmas... Craziness.

July. Its still early enough in the year that starting school wouldn't be an issue. Late enough in the year that the weather will be nice, not too hot or too cold. Except for the 4th, no real holidays to compete with. Bdays won't really wreck your school school shopping budget.

Not that you asked this part, but I think the worst months are September, December and January. DD was born in September and between her bday and getting ready for school, it really taxes my budget. Who wants to be born in December, unless you don't celebrate xmas. January is too cold!

September! I love Virgos... lol.....
I tried for a Virgo, I got a Libra (October)....
Why: Every Virgo I know has always been extremely motivated and successful. :)

Well we never planned what season/month to have our kids born.
But, our kids were born in Fall.
And me and my Husband are too.
And I like it that way.
And my parents/siblings are born in like the earlier part of the year or summer. I never really liked that, I don't know why.

Well My birthday is December 8th which as a kid went hand and hand with my Christmas gifts, My son birthday is April 7th which is usually around Easter and everyone is busy, my daughter birthday is May 23rd which is right before Memorial day weekend, and I am currently due August 16th which is just in time for back to school shopping! So, with that being said if I could change anything it would be being pregnant during the miserable heat summer days will bring:)

Two of my sons have July birthdays and one has a March birthday. They are all great. We always take a family vacation around the July birthdays and a weekend get-away for the March birthday. I would not prefer a birthday in December. I think it would totally get lost with Christmas.

June/July birthdays really space out gifts, too!

honestly for M. if I could calculate it perfectly there would be two options to weigh once I'm married to my fiancee

option 1- have a baby 12 weeks before his "off" season/winter so that we could save on childcare and prevent a 12 week old from going into childcare...so that would mean having a baby in September so I would be home for 12 weeks and then he would and then we could afford daycare in his busy season

option 2-have it whatever period we had the most cash flow to account for new baby costs

i dont think i would care about a season

my daughter was born 9/3 and i was very pregnant through the summer and it didnt affect M. at all so i cant see another season bothering M.

I prefer the summertime...so I can spend it floating my big belly in our swimming pool. Then when baby comes, I think it also wards off the blues when you can get outside in the beautiful weather. Other ladies are out and about in the nice weather so you have instant conversation. We have a long summer season here so lots of sunshine for months on end ;)

I had a December baby first time around. It was ok..but I felt cooped up due to cold,gloomy weather. Also stayed indoors because it seemed like everyone and their grandma had flu,cold,RSV etc.
Good luck and best wishes at the baby planning!!

My son was born in October and my daughter in December. It was nice not being in the my final months of pregnancy in the heat of the summer (especially w/ my daughter). Having my son in October was nice in that it wasn't too hot or too cold when he first came home so we didn't have to be completely cooped up. The thing I liked best about my daughter's birthdate was that I was still on maternity leave for the holidays (and most of wrestling season...my son was on the high school team).

My point is, every month has their pros and cons.

If I could pick...late July or August so school clothes could be worked into the birthday gifts so "back to school" would be less expensive. In my case they had outgrown their school clothes by the end of the summer and needed new ones (and then within two month, my daughter has outgrown them again). Then birthdays come (son=Oct, hubby=Nov, daughter=Dec) and then the holidays. My nephew is an Aug baby and he's always gotten some outfits from his parents and other family members which really helped offset back to school costs for my sister.

April! My oldest was born in April. It's perfect for school because she's right in the middle of the age range (not the youngest or oldest in class). Besides, it was right when the weather was getting nice, we could take her out for walks. We didn't have to worry as much about colds/flu in the warmer months.

Spring. No hot weather.

any month?

9 months after you conceive?

For mom, June.

For baby - right after your school district's kindergarten enrollment cut-off date, so that he/she can be an older child in the class (though this can back-fire under certain circumstances).

Too bad I didn't think of that before I had my two late spring babies. :P

What ever month they're born is the best month for them.

I suppose if I really could pick a month, I wouldn't know but June would be nice because it's warm but not hot and you've spent the winter being pregnant and warm.

I have one in late Feb, 2 in late Aug and one in early Sept. not fun in the heat. Three Virgos and one Pisces they're opposite signs.