https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 23 May 2026 09:36:33 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-101678 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 01:42:27 +0000 looch 101678@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My due date was Dec 10. In Europe, that's written 10.12. In the US, it is written 12.10. In order to avoid confusion, which is common when you've got documents in both the US and European format, I wanted a date that couldn't be confused. He was born 16.12, December 16th. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-101575 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:56:02 +0000 cyndistar3 101575@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I could chose, I would chose the beginning or middle of the week of her due date or the week before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-101547 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:17:40 +0000 runsyellowlites 101547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: That's good! I'm already at 39 weeks and really not showing ANY sign of baby making their entrance. Once I hit 41 weeks we'll have periodic nst to see what the next move be... as long as they look good I'll be a sitting duck! lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-101407 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:34:00 +0000 regberadaisy 101407@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@runsyellowlites:<br /> I'm not "that" worried about it honestly to go to that extent.<br /> My OB's policy is not inducing until I reach 41 weeks which is why I would technically get scheduled for 5/6 if I miss my EDD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-101398 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:56:55 +0000 cyneswith 101398@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My grandpa is rooting for me to have a Dec. 16 baby... He doesn't yet know that I'm pregnant and due on Dec. 1st. I'll just tell him that I got it as close as possible, lol. </p> <p>Not sure whether I'd want a Thanksgiving baby or not (not likely THIS year's Thanksgiving, as it's the earliest possible day, but if I'm a week early, it'll coincide often enough.) I'm a November baby, so I'm biased in favor of November and Thanksgiving. Really, though, healthy and in his/her own time is the goal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-101391 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:46:43 +0000 runsyellowlites 101391@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have dates I'd like to avoid but none that I'd really "prefer".<br /> I wanted to avoid DH's bday Mar 28, my dd Apr. 1, &amp; our anniversary Apr. 9th. Otherwise baby will &amp; can come whenever they come.</p> <p>Don't know if you're trying to avoid an induction BUT you can always request a NST to see how baby is doing before okaying an induction just b/c you hit a certain "date"... since an edd really is an estimation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-101387 Sun, 25 Mar 2012 12:24:58 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 101387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Well I am due on Mother's Day, so it would be really cool if I had her on my due date! But, due to my high BP I think I will have her early. I am hoping for May though, because there are already 9 April birthdays in my family! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-100789 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:48:55 +0000 loveisstrange 100789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am due 3/28 and I really, really wanted her to come 3/17 so I could have a St. Patty's baby.</p> <p>I so didn't happen. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-100784 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:07:11 +0000 erinpye 100784@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am 39 weeks tomorrow and I'm so over being pregnant I want her to come this week! Our 2 year wedding anniversary is the 27th and initially I didn't want LO to come that day, but at this point, I'll take it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-98350 Wed, 21 Mar 2012 14:57:25 +0000 mediagirl 98350@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For benefits reasons, I would REALLY like her to come early - like June 1st. Starting June 1st at our company, through the summer, we work summer hours - 4 days a week, 8 hours a day and get paid for 40. So, if I had her then, I would only have to use 4 days of PTO per week instead of 5. :)</p> <p>Other than that, I want her to come on her due date because it's an awesome number - 6-9-12. Yay for three's!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97419 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:51:33 +0000 MamaMoose 97419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If this pregnancy sticks I'm due on 11/27, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving. I'd love to have the baby on Thanksgiving day. THAT would sure be something to be Thankful for. And we spend Thanksgiving with friends so it's not like we would be missing out on a family event or anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97409 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:37:44 +0000 volksgirl64 97409@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD#1 was due 3/27 and I wanted her to come either on time or late! DH's birthday is 3/21 (tomorrow!) so I wanted him to be able to still have his day. She came 3/26, so 5 days apart.</p> <p>DD#2 is due 5/22 and I don't especially mind when she comes, we just wanted to have her at the end of the school year so DH could be home too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97364 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 10:03:55 +0000 Nskillet 97364@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm due 5/13 Mothers Day! And hoping she comes early because all her measurements are big! Of course the way my maternity leave works is bizarre in that they make you take 2 weeks prior to babies arrival and then you get 6 weeks following delivery regardless if vaginal or cessarian. I will be talking to my doctor about my due date tonight! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97352 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:54:33 +0000 yoursilverlining 97352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m due June 6th, and my husband stops teaching for the summer on June 5th, so I hope she stays in until her due date so we can all be together for the summer from the start. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97347 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:52:02 +0000 mynoahbear 97347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't care when our baby was born as long as she was healthy. She came the day after Christmas, which was fine with me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97345 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:49:24 +0000 autumnlove 97345@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I delivered at 41 weeks and 3 days in December 2011 and I wanted to deliver in my 42nd week in 2012. I wanted to save on a year of child care expenses since the kindergarten cut off is 5 years old by Sept! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97327 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:28:32 +0000 regberadaisy 97327@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@marriedandlovingit:<br /> We are so close together! On due date AND birthday!</p> <p>Thanks everyone! Glad that there are others that feel the same way I do. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97326 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:28:14 +0000 mamabolt 97326@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm due June 22 but would love to hold out until the following weekend. If I'm still active at work on July 1, I will get two additional weeks of PTO - so I'm hoping to make it through the end of the day on June 29th at work, and then I won't have to start my leave until the following Monday, July 2nd. Of course, I'm sure by the beginning of June I'll have forgotten all about this and just be begging her to get out ASAP. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97323 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:23:48 +0000 LuLu Mom 97323@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm due 10/6 but I'm hoping for 9/30 or before so that way his/her birthday is in September not October. Of course health is most important, but that would be 39 weeks. We have a lot of family birthday's already in October and (this is going to sound so selfish) but I would rather have a sapphire as her birthstone so I can get a pretty ring! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97223 Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:41:11 +0000 SugarplumsMom 97223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm due early July and it'd be cool if she's a July 4th baby. We live abroad so it's not a holiday here and I can envision a lot of fun BBQ's for her bday - with little fireworks! </p> <p>I don't want her arriving on July 2nd, because it's SIL's wedding anniversary. They like to throw parties and it could possibly mean schedule conflicts down the line (even though both would fall on the same weekend). I guess I just want her to have her own special day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97183 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:55:27 +0000 mrs. tictactoe 97183@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband really wanted the baby to be born on St. Patrick's Day, but I knew there was no way that was happening. At this point I don't really care, though I would like him to come sooner rather than later. The only date I'd like to avoid is April 1st, but with my due date being April 2nd, it's very possible we'll have an April fools baby! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97178 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:51:12 +0000 lemondrop 97178@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, he was due 1/13, but I wanted him to come anytime after 1/1 (my 30th birthday, my husband didn't want us to share)- and so I could maximize my maternity leave and not waste any of it waiting on the baby. </p> <p>It worked out though- they let me work an extra week at home, and he made his appearance on 1/7, my husband's last day of work before paternity leave started.</p> <p>We also wanted him to come before my in-laws arrived on 1/11, just so we could have time to figure out nursing and settle into our house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97175 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:47:44 +0000 calsmom 97175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm due on May 1st, and my bday is 5/7. I don't want to share a bday with my son! I want him to have his own day. I hope he is born right on time or a few days before the edd. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97173 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:44:44 +0000 tequiero21 97173@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i just wanted a baby, don't care what week they're born. although i really didn't want a leap year baby. </p> <p>my SIL is pregnant now and her due date is her bday! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97061 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:24:04 +0000 winniebee 97061@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh also, I am due May 27 and really want a May baby...so I can only go 4 days past my due date. That's a lot of pressure! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97058 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:22:14 +0000 mrsjazz 97058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm due April 9. I don't want my baby to come early and be born in March. My husband's birthday is next week and my birthday is in May, I think it would be cool to have a March, April, May birthday chain for the family--we would each have our own months. Plus, if she comes around her due date, she'll be almost at the halfway point between our birthdays--a special b-day present for both of us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-97048 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 20:18:53 +0000 heffalump 97048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't really care. But for my family's sake I wanted her to come around her due date. My brother's nephew (my SIL's brother's son) has a birthday a couple of weeks before LO's. I didn't want it so close together because then they'd have birthday parties at the same time and my brother would have to choose which to go to. Obviously not a huge deal, but I'm glad we won't have to worry about it every year. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-96899 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:11:36 +0000 bpcmarj 96899@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am due 4/23, but I am really hoping that she will at least be born 4/25 or later. Mostly because my Mom is flying up on 4/24 and I really want her to be here for the birth!</p> <p>On another note, I would like for her to be born on May 1st. It was my Grandma's birthday and baby girl is partially names after her so I think that would be really cool. It's also my baby, soon to be 14, year old sister's birthday. DH is convinced that she will get here on May 2nd. I think that my midwife would let me go that late if it happens. </p> <p>I just want her to come when she's ready! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-96888 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:05:31 +0000 winniebee 96888@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: Don't feel bad! You want you and your LO to have your own days!</p> <p>I also want baby winnie to arrive a week or two early. Terrible, but my sister is due a month after me (with #3) and is already on bedrest, and I want to have my baby first! We are technically birthing the first grandson, and I want to keep it that way. Terrible competition, I know, but there's more to the story. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-there-a-specific-week-you-wanted-your-baby-to-arrive#post-96885 Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:04:35 +0000 chopsuey 96885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@regberadaisy: I'm crazy, but I wanted both my babies to have the same birth date :P </p>