I found out I was pregnant last year right after the holiday season(after I indulged in delicious food)... I was super pregnant in the humid and hot hot summer. Finally I had LO at the end of September only to have the holiday season greet my hunger pains post pregnancy, when I should be losing weight.
I definitely will try to plan the next baby better...a January to September pregnancy will not be on the list.
Did you like the time of year you were pregnant?
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
So far, so good! We got pregnant in the beginning of September and baby is due in May...so I will get to hide my chubbiness in winter clothing and have summer maternity leave : )
grapefruit / 4400 posts
Almost the same as @winniebee for me... got pregnant in October, baby is due in early July. It doesn't get super hot in So Cal until late Julyish, so I should be feeling comfy. The only negative is that I won't be able to drink for the holidays, NYE, our anniversary, my birthday, and hubs' bday...
apricot / 489 posts
I'd like to plan my next pregnancy so I'm super prego in the winter. I too was huge during the hot months (I had the baby at the end of August). I was always hot so I think my body temperature might even itself out. Plus, then I can just throw on a bunch of clothes to hide all the extra "baby weight" around my bod.
persimmon / 1150 posts
@winniebee: @habesbabe: You both planned very well! Even though its through the holiday season and no drinking kinda stinks you will have nice weather to go for walks post-baby and no big holidays to induldge in! Lucky! I'm definitely hoping to go with your schedule for the next baby!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
I got pregnant in mid-june and it was PERFECT! 
I wasn't huge during the hot and humid summer, was preggers mostly during the fall and winter, and got to eat to my heart's content. ;P
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@HabesBabe: The no drinking on our anniversary and over the holidays = BOO. Same for me.
@lovelife: LOL, I WISH we planned it so well. We'd been trying since January, but these things have a funny way of working themselves out : )
grapefruit / 4400 posts
@lovelife: the only thing is that I would have liked for our kid's bday to be during the school year. Kids with summer birthdays never have their friends around for parties and don't get to wear silly paper crowns at school 
LOL.
persimmon / 1150 posts
@HabesBabe: aw this is true for when they are little! I have a July birthday and as I got older I liked getting out of the embarrassing happy birthday song at the school assembly every week.
pear / 1861 posts
I had her Sept 1st. I liked it b/c I got to wear maxi dresses the whole time. I'd hate winter b/c I hate it anyway and to be huge would piss me off more.LOL
hostess / wonderful grape / 20803 posts
@MsMamaBear: I agree winter maternity clothes are just NOT as cute as summer ones. I feel like a frump 50% of the time.
coconut / 8299 posts
I agree too! I loved being pregnant during the summer. Wore maxi dresses and flip flops all day long!
hostess / eggplant / 11068 posts
I was huge in the summer and while it was hot, I got away with wearing regular tanks and dresses. I would think that being huge in the winter months would require the purchasing of lots of maternity clothes.
GOLD / wonderful grape / 20289 posts
I had my lo in the summer in Florida. It was very hot, but I pretty much lived in the pool which was great for exercising. Plus I liked being able to wear flip flops with my swollen feet, and couldn't imagine having to put on tights and boots with a huge belly.
I'm not going to plan the timing for next time. It will happen when it happens.
persimmon / 1329 posts
I'm pregnant now (due in 2 months) and I really didn't need to buy a ton of clothes other than maternity pants and some cardigans. Most of my tops were able to stretch and be worn. So far, I can't complain.
pomegranate / 3388 posts
I'm lucky right now to live in the SF Bay Area. The weather here is so mild year round that there's no "bad" time of the year to be pregnant. I wouldn't really want to be 8 months pregnant in the middle of a hot humid summer, or during the depths of winter when I would be terrified of slipping on the ice. Next time around we'll probably be living somewhere with real seasons, so we'll see how good we are at timing the pregnancy...
pear / 1639 posts
I'm in my 3rd trimester over Christmas, not a good idea because I am trying to keep my weight down, but there is so much good food! But it is nice to be pregnant in the cold
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
I'm hoping to get pregnant in January..would be due end of September! I wouldn't mind the summer so much with the ability to lounge in tanks and maxi dresses, and then having some nice, cooler weather to walk in to get back in shape, but also ability to wear winter clothes to hide any insecurity!
pomegranate / 3706 posts
So far I'm liking being pregnant right now. Got pregnant in almost the end of the Summer and due April 1, so I've been able to wear cozy and comfy sweaters. I don't think being super pregnant in the Summer would be the MOST fun, but if it happened, I'd still take it
kiwi / 686 posts
I vote fall/winter pregnancy, spring baby. It's not so hot to be preggers, and I can work it off during the summer!
blogger / pomelo / 5400 posts
@artbee: I couldn't wear flip flops! The straps cut into my feet! I had to get some clarks slip-on sandals. I lived in those.
honeydew / 7968 posts
i got pregnant in july - due in march/april. i think that's a great time. hopefully, all the snow will have melted and it won't be hot where i'll feel all extra bloated. plus, our kids will be born during the school year. =) i think april/may would have been ideal but i'll take it!
hostess / wonderful honeydew / 32460 posts
@tequiero21: I got preggers mid june! would be crazy if your LOs and my LO were bday triplets! [march 27]
honeydew / 7968 posts
@chopsuey119 - whee! we're really hoping they'll stay in that long!
grapefruit / 4056 posts
I am 20 weeks pregnant now, and I am really happy with the timing, I am finding lots of comfy/cute maternity sweaters and stuff, and I am rocking the tanks and cardi's. I will have my baby in time for summer, so I can take them swimming and stuff, and me and DH can get out and about for lots of walks and stuff when it is nice out. Only thing is that I am a little scared of slipping on ice.
coconut / 8305 posts
I had DS at the end of August... totally not planned.
This time I told DH that we could either try "now" or wait a year b/c I was NOT being pregnant through another Texas summer. ESPECIALLY with this last one being 100+ degrees for over 100 days straight.
SOOOOOO... I'm due beginning of April and I'm REALLY happy with being pregnant through the Fall & Winter, but morning sickness in the summer & being exhausted was definitely moreso b/c of the heat... Still better than being HUGE in the heat though! lol
honeydew / 7917 posts
I enjoyed being pregnant in the fall and winter. It was most definitely my warmest winter, and my LO was born right when the weather started to warm up in April.
bananas / 9118 posts
Can't say that I've minded April-January, didn't get really big until the hottest part of summer was over. Almost there during the holidays, hasn't been too bad.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
I'm really enjoying being pregnant now. I don't mind forgoing booze for the holidays (and our birthdays and anniversary). I'll be so happy if our lo decides to come on time (6/9) or a little early. It will be nice not to have to bundle him/her up for walks when he/she is so little and I'm healing and learning.
pomegranate / 3604 posts
I always wanted a winter baby .... and I'm due in August. Woops.
I know as soon as it turns hot I'm going to be rocking the maxi dresses and tanks. I think I'm going to like having a newborn during the fall though - lots of pretty walks to take!
blogger / eggplant / 11551 posts
I thought the timing of my pregnancy was great (for socal weather). i got pregnant end of april... so i was still relatively comfortable being pregnant during the hot months of july-october. by the time i was in the middle of my 2nd trimester and entering the 3rd trimester it started cooling down. winter in cali is perfect with it's cold, crisp mid-60s weather. my baby came in january... post-holidays! so it worked out well for us.
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