Having a newborn at Christmas??

[mama_moo06]

I have 5 other little ones and im going to be having this one the first week of Dec (by c-section). Im so worried about how im going to feel or if im going to feel up to wrapping and just doing the whole Christmas thing this year. Plus the kids have their dance programs and school programs.

 

[Odd Socks]

lauren was due 14 december & born on 19 december.
i'd got all the christmas presents for both girls beforehand & we had a very low key christmas (i'd had an awful time postnatally with bella & was worried it'd be the same second time - it wasn't!).
we had no visitors on christmas day, oh cooked us nice steak rather than having a traditional christmas dinner. my parents drove up to see us all the next day but stayed overnight in a hotel & popped over for a couple of hours boxing day & then we met for brunch the next day (seeing as i actually felt pretty good!).
xx

 

[samj732]

I'm due 12/12 and was wondering how to handle this too. Luckily my OH's family does Christmas in September, before his grandparents go to Texas. I'm not sure what we'll do on my side of the family... I guess we'll just have to wait and see how I feel.

 

[BellaDonna818]

I'm due with my triplets Dec. 29, but I'm not allowed to go past Dec. 15. So they will definitely all be born by Christmas. I'm hoping they will all be able to be home by then too. However, even if they are we are definitely not going out anywhere with them. My OH's family has started getting together on Christmas day, but I avoid seeing them as much as possible. They are also an extremely LOUD group of people that ALWAYS fight with each other, and that's definitely the last thing my preemie triplets are going to need. I'm also not planning on having people over at my house because of it being in the middle of cold and flu season, and the babies will be more susceptible to sickness since they'll be preemies. My mother plans on coming to stay with me for a few weeks after the babies are all born, so she'll be here for Christmas, and will most likely cook dinner for us then as well. But other than that, I don't plan on doing much of anything for the Christmas this year.

 

[lovelylisa84]

My daughter was born Dec 15th. We didn't go anywhere for about 4 weeks. We enjoyed Christmas at home but then again 12 years ago we lived with my father in law and naturally we had some family stop by. As first time parents we were so paranoid about taking her out in the "cold" even though San Diego has relatively warm weather year round

My son was born about 2 weeks before Thanksgiving and we were with family... it was nice.

 

[epsilon]

I'm due on 30th December, so it's possible it will arrive around Christmas, although given general family history it's more likely to be 10th January

Makes it really hard to know what to plan - it would be nice to see everyone over Christmas before it all gets really chaotic, but if I plan to have family visiting us, it would be difficult if the baby arrived on, say, 23rd.

It's probably a bit early to plan anything - but it's certainly something I've thought about a bit. It's complicated anyway, since one of my parents is disabled and couldn't stay over, and OH's dad is a vicar, so works Christmas day.

 

[Mum21boy1girl]

we are not near any of our families this yr, so it will be a very quiet one, DH will probly cook us a yummy dinner!!

 

[babysnapdrago]

i am a teen and i am expecting and my dd is x-mas day i know the doctors say that it does tend to change but most say that the first is the closest to the actual date. im not sure
what to expect this is my first and was not planned at all very happy now though thats for sure not sure how everyone will take me having a baby around xmas

 

[sethsmummy]

my l/o was born on the 4th.. so just a few weeks old on his first christmas. We came up to stay at my sisters over christmas. She had us and my parents around and tbh he slept through most of it. It was a brilliant day with lots of cuddles for him and lots of breaks for me. We were also there for the new year (live in scotland so its a big deal). WE had another big family dinner with extra guests and then on the night time my sister threw a massive party. That has to be the only bit that stressed me out because everyone was so noisy and kept trying to touch bubs when they were drunk. I took myself down to her basement where the men were as they were a bit more sedate than the women lol. Safe to say I was glad to go home at 1am!

 

[horseybird]

We are expecting our baby on Xmas eve, so very excited. Im going on mat leave in November so will do present shopping early, and will also cook and freeze quite a lot of food. Both our parents are local so I guess we will split our time between them. We are going to keep our plans flexible as anything could happen. Really excited though!

 

[mamahannah91]

We're due on 12/12, so I think even if LO arrives on time, we're going to keep everything low key. We'll probably spend Xmas day at my Mums, and say to CLOSE family that if they want to see us, they can come to us...that's fair right?

Then as my OH family live about an hour up the road, we'll visit them over boxing day day.

 

[LolaAnn]

Im due on the 26th and my son came one day before his DD so quite likely having a christmas baby! To make things worse we will have just arrived back in New Zealand and be staying with my parents who are probably having xmas at their place this year. Eeek. Could be terrible, could be amazing, I'll let you know after it happens

 

[hapi2bhealthy]

I'm kind of late here, but my bub is due 14-16 December, and we have said we are not going anywhere. We live near the beach in a warm climate, so IF we feel up for it, we may go down for a wander to the beach (and sit in the shade!) for an hr, with only my side of family here and I am NOT cooking or cleaning.

We have decided that routine with sleep is of utmost importance to us with this baby, as I will have to go to work after 6 months off and I have had chronic health issues before pregnancy. So that doesn't tie in very well with travelling around, but for me it's worth a more isolated life for a while in order to try our best to get baby to sleep without much help before 6 months...so we will be at home with few visitors and just us and our perfect bundle of joy!!

 

[mother of two]

i had my son the 18th of Dec in 2012 and still spent Christmas at my mothers house as she lives five minutes from me. Talk about planning a birthday that close to Christmas.

 

[XJessicaX]

Due 19th Dec so I plan on having a quiet Christmas. Not traipsing down to family as they live miles away.

 

[wannabenewmum]

We had our baby who was due the 12/12 on the 17th he is now nine, but that year we went to my mums (she had a dish washer ) then to his mums in the evening they live on the same rd so made sense then we went home before it got too late I did barly anything , it was nice and relaxing

 

[soph77]

My baby was born on the 21st December last year. I only came home after my c-section on Christmas eve. As we have 2 older kids a low key christmas was not an option. We had family all come over for xmas day as usual, but I did nothing but sit on the couch and feed my baby. I was looked after very well, but was still totally exhausted!!

 

[anita665]

I'm due 26th December and actually I'm happy it's during the school holiday so I don't have to worry about the school run.

I'm planning on getting the Christmas shopping in early and presents wrapped in good time so that all that is left is for santa to deliver them.

I'm not sure if we are staying at home or going to my sisters but either way I'm sure it will be fine as it will all be relaxed.

For me personally the worst day to go into labour would be Christmas eve because my boys will be sad if Santa is late. Also I wouldn't then have much energy for Christmas day.

 

[caz & bob]

i am due 23rd so hope she comes on time my oh birthday is the 22nd so would be nice prezzie if she came then x x

 

[flashy09]

I had my baby on the 7th and just went over to my Mom's house. She was 2 weeks old and I was so tired at that stage (had to wake her up every 2 hrs at night to eat) that I couldn't do anything but sit on the floor in my pajamas and open presents and eat chocolates like I was 5 yrs old!