What months is best to try and get pregnant and to give birth?

Taking into consideration school holidays, the extreme pregnancy body heat and sweating etc.

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School holidays from a parent or teacher standpoint? As a past teacher- maximizing time home with baby was key so having a late March/April baby means you can take two months of maternity and then have the summer. I think you can also do June and have the summer then take two months at the beginning of the year- although having a long term sub start your school year and taking over the class is more challenging than leaving a school year early.

Weather wise? Being fully pregnant in summer is ROUGH (I did it last year) but SAD/PP can be hard during winter months when it’s really cold and hard to comfortably leave the house while also battling anxiety about being sick season. For that reason, I would say a Spring baby is best because they have some natural immunity build up before winter time and it’s nice weather for getting out of the house. Let’s say you have an April baby you might be starting to show/have a cute bump for the winter holidays too.

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Personally, I wanted to avoid October through March babies. Between my seasonal affective disorder, the majority of my family having birthdays November - December, the holidays, and the fact that it can snow well into March out here, it just didn't feel like a good fit for our family. So we always tried to conceive July - February

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I agree Spring. I was really hoping for an April baby so you aren’t pregnant over summer and evenings are getting lighter. Ended up with a January and August baby and I’d say January is better out of those.

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I have an April and a May baby and feel that's worked well. I'm a March baby myself and always felt that was pretty good for being in the middle of the friendship group for birthdays. I'd hate to be the last one to turn 18, for example!

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I have an October and December babies. I’m February and my husband is March. I was pregnant both times in the summer but I didn’t mind it. I barely went anywhere as I was inside with the A/C 😅

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I wanted summer babies cuz there’s not as many holidays around that time. I didn’t really plan to get pregnant at specific times tho it just conveniently happened then lol

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I had a baby in late march, it was perfect (for me). Got pregnant end of July, so I wasn’t pregnant much throughout the summer then I could lazy around in cozy clothes all throughout winter, have baby in spring, by summer she wasn’t a newborn anymore so could enjoy it more, but still have plenty of sleepy cuddles. Then by winter she was older, so wasn’t too worried about her catching all the viruses going and getting really poorly.
Had a baby end of august, it was the worst! I was big pregnant all throughout the summer, she was a newborn/baby in flu season, caught everything under the Sun, was basically ill on and off until March! The only good thing is she’ll be old enough to enjoy the beach properly this summer.
No idea how this works with school holidays as that wasn’t a consideration for us.
Overall, a spring baby was the best and that’s what I would choose if I were to have another.

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My first was an April baby and it was great, after the first few weeks of getting into a routine it was coming to summer so we could get out for walks and fresh air

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Another vote for April baby!

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First baby was conceived in December and I gave birth early September. Being heavily pregnant over the summer was a struggle, and it was still really hot for a couple of weeks after baby was born.
Second baby was conceived in June and he was born 1st March, I much preferred the timings for this one!

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my first was born in April, conceived in July- the best pregnancy time for me. cute lil bump for Christmas, heavily pregnant in Spring.
my second was born in September, conceived in December- horrible. heavily pregnant in the summer with extreme heat. being huge, sticky and uncomfortable.. nah, not a fan 😂

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