My son was two weeks early and was born on a Tuesday morning exactly at the sunrise time. One of the nurses kept calling him "sunrise baby". I opted for Gabriel instead

I did have to pick a date with my second. This was in February and had a chance for Valentine's Day. At first, I hesitated and wanted to keep that day special for hubby and me, but the doc and hubby convinced me it would be a great birthday. I actually went into labor late at night on the 13th and my sweetheart came on the 14th anyways. Everyone loves to hear that she has a birthday on Valentine's Day. If it wasn't so close to a holiday, I think I would have let the doctor just choose.

I actually may have that chance coming up, and have already decided to push for 8/8/08. I'm not usually one who believes in good luck, but I figure why chance it. Plus I think it'd be kinda cool.

That will be fun Ericka. Good Luck!

Sofi - that is so funny - my son was due February 22nd, but when I went for my 39 week check up (on Valentine's Day), we learned that he was breech. I hadn't had anything to eat yet that day and my doctor wanted to go across the street to the hospital and do the c-section right then and there. I kind of freaked out about the suddenness of everything and then told him I didn't want my baby to have a Valentine's Day birthday, so I convinced him to let me wait 24 hours! My husband and I went for nice, romantic lunch, we ate all my favorite foods for dinner (pizza, ice cream, etc.) and at 10 AM on the 15th I met my doctor at the hospital!

I was induced last month and the doctor picked the date. Not an issue for me. I was happy whenever she came so long as she was healthy. I don't think June 18 is a bad DOB.

i guess let me doc decide, isnt that one of the excitements of being preggers?? not knowing when he or she will come..........

well, I would have to work around my schedule and my kids schedule, but picking a certain date if possible...like to honor a relative, would be nice. I also avoided certain dates with the c section birth of my son way back when. My ex father in law's bday was Aug. 9 and that was the first day my doc suggested. I said no way! That man hated me and my kids. I picked August 8 instead. And, I think I would avoid a "Wednesday" if possible...don't want a child full of woe!! LOL.

Well I guess it depends on the season I would be due in. Like I would avoid: April 1, Feb 29 (if leap year), etc.
If it was around a relative's birthday I might have the baby born on their birthday. Especially if the baby was due near my granny's birthday.
But I wouldn't want s/he born on my aunt's or cousin's bdays... bad situations there.

lol faerymagick, I was born on a Wednesday

i had a planned c-section...i had two dates to choose from by my doctor...three days apart...i went with the 20th as i was born on the 20th and so has by nephew....i was also looking at the astrological signs as the first date would make the baby a gemini and the second would make it a cancer...however!! both dates are on the cusp so either way the baby would have qualities from both!
my baby was born on a friday! )

I would choose the date by numerology.

None of the above. I chose which one sounded good. I thought Friday, Feb 1st gave me more time after Christmas than going with the Monday of that same week. I was given a choice of any day within the week. Plus my sons were both born on a Friday and I liked that I would be able to make it three. It had nothing to do with the star sign, meaning of the day, etc. I never even considered any of that since none of it means much to me personally.

I love being able to choose their birthday, though. Not that I ended up being able to with my first two. *lol* The first was an emergency c-section and the second came two and a half weeks before his scheduled c-section. Only the third went full term and on her scheduled date.

My daughter was due on a Friday, but wasn't budging, so my doctor had me go in on Monday evening to be induced. She wasn't born until Tuesday afternoon by C-section. With my son, I was automatically having another C-section, so he too was born on a Tuesday, since that is the day that my OB does his surgeries! But not for nothing, my son is not too graceful - he knocked out his first tooth at 7 months!

My OB with my second did surgery on Tuesdays as well, assuming they were planned. He did mine on Friday because I was in labor. *lol*

I was bummed that I couldn't schedule for Jan 26th or Feb 6th because all of us have a 6 in our birthday. It's not a special number or anything, it's just become one because of the birthdays. But the 26th was a Saturday and the 6th was too late. So instead they made sure to pull her out at 7:56 am. That was pretty awesome.

I dont care so much about days of the week but I would definitley try to pick a good number. I would choose my lucky number or a day that the numbers would add up to it.