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Hollywood Baby Boom: What was in the water?
Filed under: Bump Watch, Celeb Kids, Celeb Parents
There comes a time in most children's lives when they will realize that, yes, their parents have sex. Some kids take a big longer to figure that out than others. I remember, as an early teen, figuring out my month of conception: mid-February. I, like many other children born in mid to late November, was made somewhere around Valentine's Day.
So, now that Hollywood has had several babies born in the past week-- Sam to Tiger, Henry to Julia and River to Keri, I must ask: What was in the Hollywood water nine months ago? (That's assuming that these babies all went to term.)
Did someone spike the Evian? Was love in the air in Hollywood? (Actually, I don't think any of these three live in Hollywood-- so maybe love was just in the air?) I'm pretty sure there weren't any hurricanes that month.
Neither of my children were born nine months after a birthday or anniversary, both were spontaneously made, so my kids aren't going to have the embarrassment of realizing they were a birthday gift.
I'll admit; I searched IMDB and Wikipedia to see if there were any anniversaries or birthdays nine months ago. Tiger and Elin celebrated an anniversary in October...but that's it. Neither Keri nor Julia had any "special days" nine months ago. (And, yes, I'm realizing how pathetic this looks. No, really, I do.)
For those of you who have biological children conceived naturally, were your conceptions following a birthday, holiday or anniversary or a random night? Or, perhaps, did someone spike your Evian?
So, now that Hollywood has had several babies born in the past week-- Sam to Tiger, Henry to Julia and River to Keri, I must ask: What was in the Hollywood water nine months ago? (That's assuming that these babies all went to term.)
Did someone spike the Evian? Was love in the air in Hollywood? (Actually, I don't think any of these three live in Hollywood-- so maybe love was just in the air?) I'm pretty sure there weren't any hurricanes that month.
Neither of my children were born nine months after a birthday or anniversary, both were spontaneously made, so my kids aren't going to have the embarrassment of realizing they were a birthday gift.
I'll admit; I searched IMDB and Wikipedia to see if there were any anniversaries or birthdays nine months ago. Tiger and Elin celebrated an anniversary in October...but that's it. Neither Keri nor Julia had any "special days" nine months ago. (And, yes, I'm realizing how pathetic this looks. No, really, I do.)
For those of you who have biological children conceived naturally, were your conceptions following a birthday, holiday or anniversary or a random night? Or, perhaps, did someone spike your Evian?
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
6-19-2007 @ 4:51PM
Ethel said...Does conceiving on April Fools Day count as random or special?
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6-19-2007 @ 5:43PM
Sabrina said...DD was concieved on or around Valentine's day, and DS was conceived on or around Halloween. *shrug* I was concieved around my mother's birthday. Hubby was concieved around his dad's birthday. Weird, I never thought about any of this until today!!
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6-19-2007 @ 6:41PM
Anne said...DD was conceived 2 weeks after our wedding. We were married at the end of November and DD was born in early September. And whenever we told someone we were pregnant, we could always see them doing the math in their heads!!
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6-19-2007 @ 7:01PM
Michelle said...My daughter was conceived on hubby's 30th birthday and my son was conceived the night my FIL died. Incidentally, my daughter was born 7 days before my 28th birthday and my son came home from NICU the day before my 30th.
I'm also sure people were counting the months when we announced we were expecting my daughter. She was conceived 6 weeks after our elopement and 6 mos before the originally planned wedding date.
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6-19-2007 @ 7:48PM
Tricia said...Our child was conceived as a part of the post-thesis celebration for my husband. :)
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6-19-2007 @ 9:05PM
karen said...my son was conceived on the fourth of july, the fireworks really exploded that night!
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6-19-2007 @ 9:33PM
Christina Anderson said...My daughter was conceived after a friend's birthday party...the southern comfort helped make for a hot night!
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6-20-2007 @ 12:25AM
Tacey said...As I arrived at the hospital on the night I went in to labor, I told the admitting staff my baby was determined to arrive promptly on her due date. They promptly brought out their "Wheel of Fortune" / obstetrics due-date calculator and giggled when they determined out that my husband had given me a very "special" Christmas present last year. The admitting clerk was actually humming carols under his breath as I was wheeled up to Labor & Delivery!
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6-20-2007 @ 8:46AM
Mammacheryl said...I hate it when my family tries to do the math on when my son was conceived. It's tough to explain how we ended up getting pregnant the same day my dad left the ICU for his colon cancer surgery. They were all in town that day, and they remember that week vividly. When the subject comes up, I change the subject. :) If pressed, our excuse is that we were "comforting" each other during a difficult time.
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6-20-2007 @ 12:57PM
Messed Up Mama said...None of my children were conceived during any special event. But I was conceived within a month of my parents wedding. Not too unusual, except that my Mom was 15 and my Dad 20 when they married. So you know that the nosy neighbors were counting the days! They were married December 21, I was born October 16, so I was conceived soon after but not before the wedding. LOL
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6-20-2007 @ 2:37PM
Ginny said...I have no clue as to the exact date my two were conceived. All I know is that my second was conceived WAY too soon after the birth of my first. She was born 11 mos later.
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6-24-2007 @ 1:03PM
Anna V. said...Our twin boys are 100% deployment babies. They were concieved the very day my husband got back from the Gulf... but because they were preemies, they were born before the rest of their baby boom group! : )
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