Choosing C-section day Halloween or NO?

We are at 32 weeks and our OB wanted to schedule our C-section. I will be 38 weeks on Oct. 31. So she said we could do it that day or the following Tuesday because they don't do planned c-setions over the weekend or on Mondays. My husband thinks it might be cool to have them on Halloween but I think maybe they should have their own special day since Halloween is for all kids and they will always be trick or treating on their birthday. If we do it the other day they can still have Halloween or fall themed parties which my husband thought would be cool. What do you think?

 

I'd schedule it for that date! Keep in mind that your babies might have different plans!!!

 

Personally, and this is just my own personal opinion, I would not want my babies born on Halloween. It leaves too much room for kids to make fun of them later in life--little kids can be really cruel sometimes. Not saying it would definitely happen, but you never know. Plus, like you said, it will be nice for them to have their own, special day.

My oldest niece was born on Oct. 30th--everyone breathed a huge sigh of relief knowing she wasn't born on Halloween. But like the PP said, you never know what will happen. They may decide they want to be here on Halloween and it may come down to you not having the choice--even with the c-section being "scheduled"! LOL... Everyone wanted me to be born on my grandfather's birthday (Aug. 6th) and I guess I decided I wanted my own birthday, and I got here at 3am on Aug. 7th. You just never know!

It's so exciting that you are that close to having your babies!! Congratulations and good luck!

 

Well I say Halloween, because it has special meaning to me. My Great-Grandmother Emilie (who my Emilie is named after) was born on Halloween and she lived to be 99 1/2. :clapping: I say Halloween!

 

Personally I wouldn't want a birthday on a holiday if I could help it. It's nice for them to have their own "special" day.

 

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Personally I wouldn't want a birthday on a holiday if I could help it. It's nice for them to have their own "special" day.


I agree with PP. Give them their own day, then there will be two celebrations! Ohhh and for future BDay parties, you might find that this is a busy weekend with plans for a lot of kids. Just My Two Cents... But my uncle and aunt were married on Halloween.

 

Can she make it for Oct 30? I really don't think one day earlier would matter at that point. I'm telling you that you will not want to wait another day after 38 weeks once you get there. I'm at 36 weeks and my DH has already mentioned twice to me today that we should ask my doctor to move up my scheduled 38 week c-section by a few days because I can barely move on my own!

 

I've known lots of people who were born on Halloween and all of them just loved it. They all had great birthday parties throughout their lives!

 

I probably would not. I have a friend who's baby was born on Halloween and she was really upset about it. Then when they are adults, they have to do stuff with the kids ONLY on Halloween and never have the opportunity to have a special day of their own.... my .02 .....

If you make it to 38 weeks, you'll be REALLY ready to be done! So that would be the least of your worries.

Best wishes no matter what you decide!

 

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I probably would not. I have a friend who's baby was born on Halloween and she was really upset about it. Then when they are adults, they have to do stuff with the kids ONLY on Halloween and never have the opportunity to have a special day of their own.... my .02 .....

If you make it to 38 weeks, you'll be REALLY ready to be done! So that would be the least of your worries.

Best wishes no matter what you decide!


I wouldn't choose a holiday birthday if I had the choice. My b-day falls on Mother's day every 3 years or so. It bit growing up and still kind of does. I have to share my day with all the other women in my family - mom, mil, sil, g-ma etc... Everyone deserves their own special day and they're already going to have to share it with each other.

Christy

 

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We are at 32 weeks and our OB wanted to schedule our C-section. I will be 38 weeks on Oct. 31. So she said we could do it that day or the following Tuesday because they don't do planned c-setions over the weekend or on Mondays. My husband thinks it might be cool to have them on Halloween but I think maybe they should have their own special day since Halloween is for all kids and they will always be trick or treating on their birthday. If we do it the other day they can still have Halloween or fall themed parties which my husband thought would be cool. What do you think?


I agree with you about having their own special day! I don't want my babies to have to share any holiday with their birthday. I feel that their birthday can be put on the back burner at times when they share it with a holiday. It's their special day and then they also have Halloween.
I'm due on Valentines Day if I go to term. I'm glad there are no major holidays close to that date. The closest one would be January 1st that means I would have to give birth 6 weeks early. I know it's possible, but hopefully that won't happen.
I would hate to chance that one could be born in 2008 and one in 2009, wouldn't that be odd?!

Congratulations and good luck. Don't forget to post pictures.

 

I vote "no" for the Halloween birthday...The babies should have their own special day that they won't have to share with a million costumed children!

Let us know what you end up choosing!

Love*

 

I probably would not do it on Halloween. But it would have probably killed me to be pregnant for an extra 4 days at that point, so I agree with the October 30 suggestion. (FWIW, my OB does scheduled c/s with twins at 37 weeks, and I wound up having mine at 36w5d because my OB was about to go on vacation. So 38 weeks sounds pretty late to me!)

 

I have a friend, Nathalie, who is having her c-section on Halloween day and is VERY excited about it ! She is thinking about all the cool parties and just the fact that its a fun day !
Although my dd was born on Feb 11th but we still had fantastic Valentine parties. We got the heart plate and cups and I used to buy her a Valentines outfit to wear to her party. So you dont have to have the baby on that day exactly .. and still have fun Halloween type birthday parties.

Good luck with your decision ! (but I say go for it !)

 

I would think it would be neat to have a Halloween birthday. Your friends and family would remember it easily. Also, as a kid, you usually have your birthday party on the Saturday closest to your birthday and not on the actual day. You can always send cup-cakes to school with them on their actual birthday and the other kids will be in a festive mood.

Just my opinion, but I think it's pretty cool.

 

I would do Halloween. I know plenty of people who have a birthday close to Halloween and instead of knowing their actual birthday, every one just says that it is near Halloween.

 

My son was born Christmas Eve and My Girls are due Christmas Day. Though its different having a birthday on holidays, its what you make it. If you choose to put the childs birthday on the "back burner" Or take away from it, then it will. If you make the most of it, choose different options ( Celebrating on a different day, and a smaller celebration the day of), you can really have alot of fun and still make the child feel blessed and important. My son is very proud of his birthday, and is learning the importance of it. Good luck, what ever you choose, I wouldn't sweat it! HUGS!

Ps: My Bday is the day before St Patricks. My SIL is Valentines Day. Two of my cousins have a Halloween Bday. My son is Christmas. My Uncle is Day before Thanksgiving and my brother is the day after Thanksgiving. ... Having these types of Bdays aren't so bad!

 

I think it's a GREAT day for a birthday! Imagine the parties! I know only one person (that I can think of) whose birthday is Halloween and I've always been totally jealous.

 

I'm wondering if we have the same due date...I'm going to be exactly 38 weeks on Halloween day too, so this topic has been brought up in our house multiple times. If I have a choice, I'm absolutely against it. DH is all for it. He thinks it would be great.

I wouldn't want their birthday to be on any holiday if I could help it. It needs to be their own special day.

 

I would do it!

It's funny because last year that was one of my goals on bed rest. I would have been 31.5 weeks. We ended up going much longer though, thankfully. I think it would be fun.

 

Just wanted to add to that Trevor's b-day is Valentine's Day and we will always make sure he has a great b-day, even though it's on a holiday. It just makes it all that more special!

 

I think halloween would be cool, but I could see where you wouldn't want them to have to share it with anything else that is going on. But how could would it be to dress up, get lots of candy, and get birthday cake and presents all on one day!!

 

just a quick thought that no one else has mentioned--aside from the fact of whether it's halloween or not, I wouldn't recommend having a csection on a Friday in any case. Being a nurse i know that weekends are hospitals "short staffed" times, Drs are not as readily available, there is no administrative staff close at hand, and often times weekends are staffed w/ part time or "as needed" staff members who are less familiar with the hospital, or w/ newer nurses who don't have the seniority to get holidays and weekends off. In general it's better to plan any sort of medical procedure during the week--just in case

 

I would try to avoid Halloween… my fathers birthday is the fourth of July… and he always complained about having his birthday on a holiday. Often friends and family had holiday plans that kept them from celebrating with him, and any celebrating that took place often felt more like 4th of July celebrating than birthday celebrating… it bothered him as an adult… I’m sure it bothered him more as a child.

 

I personally dont like mixing holidays and birthdays or anniversaries. I would give them their own day.

 

I would vote for doing it before or after Halloween rather than on the actual day.

 

I wouldn't go with Halloween either. That makes it more difficult for them to schedule birthday parties as they get older because everyone is already going to Halloween parties. I'd try for October 30th if possible but go for the next Tuesday is the OB is against 37 weeks 6 days.

 

I would do it the following Tuesday. My girls will be 2 on 10/24 (37w0d) I was glad they didn't end up with Halloween for their birthday. They are both special and fun events for kids, events they really look forward to, I think they should be seperate if possible.

 

I think it depends on what you consider Halloween to be, and what that means to you. I'm Pagan, so to me, Samhain (Halloween) is a day for honoring loved ones that have passed, and is celebrated as a religious Holiday in our house. I personally would not opt for Halloween for that reason-same as I'm *really* hoping the babies wait and come AFTER Christmas/Yule. I just wouldn't want to be in the hospital on what I consider a major holiday. It's all about your opinions though. If Halloween is about just trick or treating, wearing a cute costume, and roasting weenies in the backyard, why not? It'd make for one helluva Birthday Party every year! (And everyone is *always* looking for safe, supervised things for their kids to do on Halloween-so you know there'd always be a good turnout!)

 

I'd go for Halloween, I think that would be a fun day to have as your birthday! I have a couple coworkers whose birthdays are on Halloween, and they love it.

 

I say Halloween!!! My ds #3's birthday is Oct 29 - I was hoping for the 31st!!!

 

What a hot topic! You definitely have to let us know how it all turns out.

 

I wouldn't schedule for a holiday if I could avoid it.

Having kids for 13 yrs, I know that we have fun on Halloween and I wouldn't want them to have to have their party on another day every single year.

 

My kids b-days are October 24th and November 1st! It's a neat time of year to have a birthday. I went into labor with my son on Halloween (and lived in San Fran at the time where Halloween is THE holiday of the year).. I remember my first nurse when I was admitted was in drag.. But I digress....
I probably wouldn't have chosen Oct 31st if I'd been given the choice..

 

I think having a birthday on Halloween would be really cool!