https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 23:29:05 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288891 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:36:31 +0000 JoJoGirl 2288891@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: Haha! Otherwise I would've said the same - like having a baby on Christmas or something. Womp womp, everyone's always busy! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288889 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:35:35 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2288889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JoJoGirl: yep, brain fart just realized that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288888 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:34:49 +0000 JoJoGirl 2288888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: But it'll be on a different day every year, going by the western calendar :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288887 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:33:44 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2288887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChelseaRose: so personally, if it were me, id choose a different day. If anything, a religious Jew would always be fasting and in services on a YK birthday, and that would suck :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288866 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:15:17 +0000 JoJoGirl 2288866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ChelseaRose: From what I read, orthodox jews will have a bigger issue with a) induction or b) having a baby on shabbat than a baby on YK. So I wouldn't worry at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288863 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:13:45 +0000 ChelseaRose 2288863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs.Someone: I guess I should have specified that I will be exactly 39 weeks on YK and that's the day my OB was going to schedule me for (unless I go into labor sooner than that). It would be on the 23rd during daytime hours. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288847 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:08:01 +0000 JoJoGirl 2288847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>More reading (from a very conservative source): </p> <p><a href="http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1217817/jewish/Laws-of-Childbirth.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/1217817/jewish/Laws-of-Childbirth.htm</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288841 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:03:58 +0000 JoJoGirl 2288841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely not. Baby's birth is a good (and holy) thing no matter what day it happens. And as someone else said, YK isn't a "bad" day - it's just culturally solemn because you are meant to be in contemplation about what you did "wrong" last year and how you can be a better person the upcoming year.</p> <p>In general, religious Jews practice the written laws of "health and life above all else" (ie customs or ritual) - childbirth included. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288834 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:58:51 +0000 Truth Bombs 2288834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This kind of stuff intrigues me so I just did some googlng. Something I found says Jesus was actually born on Yom Kippur, so I figure, must not be too bad of a day!! (Christmas was chosen to align with a pagan holiday, it's known Jesus wasn't actually born on December 25th and was more likely born in the fall when flocks of sheep would actually be out with shepards.)http://bibleprophecy.net/birth.htm </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288830 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:55:23 +0000 pregnantbee 2288830@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think a baby born on any day would be considered a blessing in the Jewish faith. If you have another option, I'd consider picking a different day. But if it doesn't matter to you, then go for it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288816 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:47:38 +0000 Mrs.Someone 2288816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You (usually) can't schedule when a baby is born, so in that sense, it's not bad. But I think if you have a choice, then it's better to choose a different day. On the other hand, if you're not religious, then maybe it doesn't matter to you? </p> <p>Also, just FYI, all religious rules are suspended for health reasons. Orthodox Jews will drive to the ER on Yom Kippur if there is an emergency. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288814 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:46:50 +0000 littlebug 2288814@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yom Kippur is a day of atonement. Observers atone for and are forgiven for the sins they've committed throughout the year. It is also the day God inscribes their fate for the year. I doesn't sound to me like a "bad" day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288803 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:40:19 +0000 wrkbrk 2288803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have never heard of that day as being bad luck for a babys birth!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288795 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:34:37 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2288795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not Jewish, but I do know that the "holiday" doesn't begin until sunset. Will it be on the 22nd or the 23rd? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-bad-luck-to-have-a-baby-on-yom-kippur#post-2288788 Fri, 11 Sep 2015 13:31:48 +0000 ChelseaRose 2288788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm hoping for a vbac, but my OB wants to schedule a RCS when I'm 39 weeks. I'm not Jewish these days (more agnostic than religious), but my side of the family is. I don't want to ask my various relatives about it because I don't want to announce my childbirth plans in advance and my parents are not religious enough to know. If it's a good day or neutral, then I'll leave it as is, but if it's considered to be a bad day, then I'll ask for a day or two later. </p>