r/todayilearned • u/T-Rex-Hunter • 1d ago
TIL, that the least common birthday is the 25th of December and that in fact of the top ten least common birthdays are all days that holidays land on.
https://www.zippia.com/advice/most-least-common-birthdays/824
u/Necessary_Drive9765 1d ago
Scheduled C-section births have been a big thing for at least 40 years or more! I'm sure very few of them are scheduled on holidays, which makes sense! I'm sure doctors like to have holidays off like us regular folk!
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u/othybear 1d ago
Scheduled inductions too.
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u/ActorMonkey 1d ago
I’ve got a tee time at 3- let’s induce… um… for the health of the fetus..
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u/Silaquix 21h ago
With my youngest I had an old doctor who absolutely couldn't be bothered to do the bare minimum. But he was the only OB in our rural area at the time.
I had hyperemesis and even when I was hospitalized he would rant about how I just needed water and vitamins instead of exaggerating. I couldn't smell food without vomiting until I passed out and had lost 20lbs in my first trimester but ok.
When I got near the end of my pregnancy he informed us he would be scheduling an inducement at 38 weeks because he didn't like surprises and didn't want to be there on the weekend. I was livid but he threatened to drop me as a patient if I didn't agree.
They started pitocin at 9am and refused to let me have anything more than water, despite this being after the ACOG ruled that food deprivation was bad for laboring mothers and recommended giving women meals during labor to prevent unnecessary complications. My labor lasted for 28 hours. I was exhausted and starving by the time I needed to push.
This asshole doctor comes in and actually cussed at me for taking too long. He then decided he didn't want to wait for me to keep pushing so he yanked my son out of me with forceps after only a few pushes. My husband was freaked out and focused on me when this jerk told him to cut the cord and my husband said no so the doctor called him a pussy.
The nurse practically launched the doctor out of the room and later helped me fill out the paperwork to report him. It's been 15 years and I'm still pissed about the whole experience. Some doctors have no business in medicine but find their way into positions where they're the only option so they think they can do whatever they want
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u/csonnich 13h ago
The nurse practically launched the doctor out of the room and later helped me fill out the paperwork to report him.
I'm glad y'all reported him. Hopefully you helped someone else from living the same nightmare.
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u/commodore_kierkepwn 4h ago
Each specialty has its own personality type. It’s never 100% of course but I have found that that men, especially those that are older, that go into obstetrics or gynecology unusually low on empathy for the specialty they’ve chosen. And they tell sexist jokes more than any other specialty too. Which could be a coping mechanism for seeing babies die often like how ER docs or surgeons make the most morbid jokes you can think of. But it’s still odd, and it is anecdotal but my sample size is like bigger than 5.
My family is filled with GPs so we are just all a bunch of nervous wrecks.
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u/bored-canadian 1d ago
You joke but this is very much something I saw as a resident.
One of the medicines used is called Pitocin and is infused through an IV. I have seen probably a hundred times “turn up the pitocin, let’s see if we can get her delivered while I’m here” or “I need to sleep, turn down the pitocin for a few hours”. Or any other excuse you can think of.
Now, I work 24-48 hour shifts (not in ob) so I do understand the need for rest, but it never sat right with me. If the medication is needed, administer it. If not, don’t. It’s not a volume dial for your enjoyment.
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u/ottawadeveloper 23h ago
You can see some evidence for this, in how the birthdays ramp up right before and right after Christmas, likely the result of scheduling.
You can also tell the dataset is American because July 4th is scheduled around, as is November thanksgiving.
I'm personally surprised Apr 29th isn't less common.
It looks like September through December (peak Fall nesting period for humans) and perhaps Valentines Day are key mating period for humans as well.
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u/favoritedisguise 22h ago
Why would Apr 29 be less common?
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u/WhimsicalKoala 21h ago
What? You don't celebrate National Shrimp Scampi Day? The doctor has had his reservation at Red Lobster for months!
There are some interesting things that happened that day in history, but nothing I can see that would make that day less common. One thing I found is that it is a date mentioned in a Taylor Swift song lyrics, so I'd assume Millennial and elder Zoomer Swifties would want that day.
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u/hucareshokiesrul 1d ago edited 5h ago
Yep. Using their usual calculations, my wife's c-section would've been on July 4, but they did it on the 5th instead because of the holiday.
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u/tourmalinic 1d ago
My great grandmother used to say that she put a lot of effort into having my grandma on March 31 because she didn't want her to be born on April Fools 😂
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u/Unumbotte 1d ago
Fun fact, the labor & delivery nurses walk through the ward on Christmas eve doing their best impressions of parents before a road trip: "everybody who needs to had better go now, or else you're going to have to just hold it for a while."
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u/aamirusmandus 1d ago
It would suck to grow up with a Christmas Day birthday. Everybody would always be too wrapped up in their own thing to celebrate your day
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u/MycologistPutrid7494 1d ago
Mine is 3 days before Christmas and it was always "This is for your birthday AND Christmas" for every gift as a kid. I only had two birthday parties my entire life, age 1 and age 19. Christmas overshadowed it every year. I honestly didn't care. I'm not a big birthday person, but I can imagine it'd feel much worse for people who are really into birthdays and it's actually on the 25th.
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u/Unumbotte 1d ago
The further away from Christmas your sibling's birthday is, the more fun it is to do this to them.
"This is for your birthday and Christmas!"
"It's JUNE."
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u/la_bibliothecaire 23h ago
Growing up, I had a friend who was a twin with a Christmas birthday. Apparently some people would give her and her sister a single birthday/Christmas present to share. To make it worse, the two of them didn't have the same interests or hobbies.
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u/Late_Again68 5h ago
Apparently some people would give her and her sister a single birthday/Christmas present to share.
Those people are even bigger assholes than the people who used to give me combination gifts.
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u/Zifff 22h ago
But I wonder if your birthday was further away from Christmas if you would be a birthday person?
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u/iluvstephenhawking 11h ago
My birthday is in October and so many years I wanted something really expensive I'd tell my parents "it will be my birthday and Christmas present" to get them to agree but Christmas was far enough away that by the time it rolled around they would feel bad and end up getting me a good Christmas present too.
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u/Evil_AppleJuice 18h ago
My wife's is on the 26th. Our second or third year together i got the friends who were in town to come to a wine bar and surprise her for a dinner with dessert. It was pretty emotional for her. She told me it was the second birthday she had celebrated with friends (nearly 30 at the time). Doesn't really bother her though, she's always celebrated Christmas with family and then had a birthday cake with Christmas dinner. Always separate birthday and Christmas gifts of course!
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u/TurnItOff_OnAgain 14h ago
Had a former coworker with a Christmas child. They did an "Un Birthday" on June 25th for him so he could still have a real birthday party.
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u/olagorie 1d ago edited 17h ago
My dad told me the same about me. The second reason was apparently that for the one hour I was born before midnight they received a full month of child benefits from the government.
As a child, I didn’t understand that he was joking. I was born more than two weeks prematurely and when they called my grandparents on April 1 they indeed thought it was an April fools joke.
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u/jeffwulf 1d ago
My brother and sister are twins born on December 31st at 10PM and my dad similarly joked about sneaking it in for the extra child tax credit.
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u/Any1canC00k 1d ago
My mom was upset that I was born a week early at the end of March because Aprils birth stone is a diamond.
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u/AimeeSantiago 1d ago
This is hilarious to me because I have an April birthday and I always thought I got the "borning" birthstone. Everyone else got cool colors and mine had to be clear/just shiny 🤣 I know that sounds so dumb but it's how I felt as a kid. My grandma once got all of the grandkids matching birthstone rings (which is a weird thing to get all your grandkids, but whatever ). And I asked her to switch mine out for something "cooler". She just let me pick any color stone I wanted lol. Thanks Grandma for not pointing out what a weirdo I was hating hating diamonds!
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u/WhimsicalKoala 21h ago
I looked at the alternative birthstones for April and it was white sapphire, quarta, and white topaz. Kind of missing the point of an alternate there 😂 But opal was also listed.
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u/stopcounting 1d ago
My mom could have used that energy....I was born on New Years so they missed the previous year's tax break by like 7 hours.
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u/Eran-of-Arcadia 1d ago
Less common than February 29?
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u/darsynia 1d ago
aaaand my birthday is one of the most commonly celebrated as it's March 1, the time most 29th babies celebrate
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u/otterstew 1d ago
That’s interesting, I’ve never thought about the day these people choose to celebrate their birthday on non-leap years.
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u/TheBeatenDeadHorse 21h ago
My school had 2 people with their birthday on the 29th (different grades though) but they didn’t celebrate on the same day and I remember I asked one of them about it and they said they were told if you were born in the morning to celebrate it on the 28th and after noon the 1st and that just always made the most sense to me
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u/VickyCriesALot 1d ago
Yea, I would have guessed the 28th because at least it's in the same month they were born in. But I can see using the day after and not before being logical too.
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u/GemcoEmployee92126 1d ago
I would have guessed celebrating on Mar 1. I mean, it’s the day after Feb 28 either way 🤷🏼♂️
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u/darsynia 1d ago
I always joked that I'd pretend I was born a year earlier so I (can pretend to) be 1/4 my actual age, and it worked :D I still celebrate on the same day and everything!
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u/name-__________ 22h ago
Celebrated on the 29th with a friend who’s birthday was leap day, killer party
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u/Risen_dust 21h ago
My parents gave me a choice as a kid and I chose Feb 28 bc it is a day sooner. lol.
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u/GeekAesthete 1d ago
According to the link, February 29 ranks 347th, so it’s the 11th most uncommon.
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u/Mettelor 1d ago
You would probably have to multiply that one by 4 or remove it entirely as an outlier.
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u/garrettj100 23h ago
Only if you’re an 84-year old orphan pirate who was just released from his indentured servitude.
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u/t-rex-vs-asteroid 20h ago
My birthday is 2/29 and the article shocked me too. I usually celebrate on both 2/28 and 3/1 during off years though!
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u/Antique-Echidna-1600 1d ago
I knew a guy who was able to stayed on his dad's health insurance well into his 30s because he was born on a leap day.
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u/porkchop487 1d ago
Sounds like a made up story
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u/III-V 1d ago
As a former software developer, I'm sure it's more than possible lol
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u/Risen_dust 21h ago
There have been more than a handful of times in my life when I try to sign up for something and my birthday is not an option, or other times I am classified as a minor (hilarious last time my boss kept getting an alert he was employing a minor.)
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u/WhimsicalKoala 20h ago
That reminds me of an article I read about how it's a problem with airlines now when people in their mid-90s or older try to fly because they come up as unaccompanied minors. The system they use only has the last two digits of the year. So your 97 year old grandma is coming up as 2 years old.
Obviously not a common problem, but enough there was an article written about it.
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u/mata_dan 7h ago
Airline software seems to be the worst in the world by far, they can't even show the right damn departure times and gates in their apps. If your surname is Null you're never flying.
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u/triple_cloudy 1d ago
Pretty sure they still go by how many years old you are. It's not like there's full-grown first-graders because they've only technically had six "birthdays."
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u/TheDigitalGentleman 1d ago
How?? Also, it must've been some health insurance if he lived 120 years!
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u/VolcanicBosnian 12h ago
You don't actually believe February 29 exists, right? Get a load of this guy.
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u/wasteland001 1d ago
From a 25th of December baby, it sucks. Birthday gifts and Christmas gifts are the same. Only ever had one birthday party growing up, and it wasn't even in December lol
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u/ThePennedKitten 1d ago
If you want you can live vicariously through me. I always got separate Christmas and birthday presents. One year we asked for Christmas money instead of gifts and I got double money.
My mom always made sure I had a birthday party in December before Christmas break. Normally the second weekend of the month.
Always got a cake for my party and my family would privately celebrate my birthday on actual Christmas in the afternoon.
My parents always say there is no excuse to neglect your kid. You had them and their birthday isn’t a surprise. They saved up for my birthday and Christmas just like they did for my siblings.
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u/wasteland001 1d ago
Aw nice! As much as my brother was an ass to me growing up, he always let me enjoy some of his gifts for is birthday, his was in June, so he had it made, every six months. So it wasn't that awful, I'm just letting the kid in me come out, ha
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u/Girlinnjtraffic 1d ago
Same here! I was born on December 25th. It never gets any better. It’s just something I’ve learnt not to expect to enjoy.
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u/wasteland001 1d ago
And then the the whole " OMG! you a Christmas baby! That's soooo cool!" Evey time you have to show your ID to someone. Thanks I hate it 😒
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u/Girlinnjtraffic 1d ago
Yeah. I’m 55 this year and I still get that crap. Since I’m older, I get to set the rules for Christmas now. In our house, we open present on Christmas Eve - Christmas Day becomes a quiet day filled with things I want. If I want to eat a pound of Godiva chocolates. I do. If I want to drink tea and read books all day, I do. Lately we’ve been taking vacations on Christmas. I’m just so done with all of it.
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u/wasteland001 1d ago
Exactly! I'm like " it's my birthday I'll do what I want" at 46, and been this way for a good 20 years, no one argues. And all I do is sit and relax, lol everybody wins!
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u/OreoYip 1d ago
My due date was December 25 and my daughter was very punctual. I think it sucked for her more when she was younger and we had to explain why we couldn't have her friends over on her actual birthday.
Years back she came home crying because some girl told her that it wasn't her birthday, it was Jesus's. I told her to "tell the girl we have a birth certificate and ask her what she has for Jesus".
She just turned 13 and for the past couple of years she has preferred a trip together in spring over a birthday party. I think a Dec 25th birthday might be easier for her because she is an only child.
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u/NuminousBeans 1d ago
Oof. Sympathies. I have two family members born near Christmas and it’s true. . . birthday presents are delivered by Santa and birthday celebrations get rolled in with Christmas. That stinks for young kids. Hope you threw yourself an “unbirthday” party when you got a little older.
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u/wasteland001 1d ago
Ha, my grandfather willed his birthday to me before he died, said he didn't need it anymore, so I could have my own day! Thanx gramps!
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u/NuminousBeans 1d ago
lol. A weirdly lovely and loving bequest. Enjoy your new bday and the extra reason to think about your granddad each year!
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u/murgatroyd0 1d ago
I am a lucky Xmas baby, I guess. I seldom if ever got the 1 for 2 gifts. When I did, it wasn't from family.
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u/wasteland001 1d ago
Do you remember the Josh fight? The internet thing where all the guys named Josh met up and had pool noodle fight to see who reigns supreme? We should all do that, December 25th babies, meet up and just all throw a giant party for each other. People like you who had good experience, could help us that didn't. And no one with in a 5 day gap before or after is allowed. Birthmasday!
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u/Rinas-the-name 1d ago
My cousin is a December 25th baby. Every year her parents celebrated it a week early so she wouldn’t miss out. I’m sorry your parents dropped the ball.
My youngest sister was born on Halloween which would probably be a cool birthday to have. Mine was Labor Day, woo.
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u/wasteland001 1d ago
Fondest memories was my aunt. When I was about 12, she started baking a cake for me and made the whole family sing happy birthday to me on the 24th when we were all together. I hated it, and it happened into my 30s, she's gone now, and I miss it, as much as I despise the birthday.
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u/MFoy 1d ago
My oldest was born the 22nd (brought her home from the hospital on Christmas) and we go to great lengths every December to come up with fun things to do for her birthday that have absolutely nothing to do with Christmas.
We are a family that goes all-out for Christmas too. But for 24 hours, it’s all about her, not Christmas.
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u/wasteland001 1d ago
Kuddos to you, it will make a difference in the long run, i promise. Something as simple as having a cake, even if it was for laughs, made it count for me.
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u/BEniceBAGECKA 1d ago
My dads is Christmas Day. I’m the 27th. It’s about the same. Lotta happy birthday merry Christmas gifts.
My mamaw always made sure to use birthday paper.
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u/VeterinarianIcy9562 1d ago
My dad was born on December 25. My gran said she was mad because she had to spend Christmas in the hospital
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u/tous_die_yuyan 23h ago
My grandpa was born on Christmas Eve…. but his family was Jewish, so I don’t think they cared as much.
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u/hello_sweetie_ 1d ago
I really tried to have my baby on Halloween but 28 hours of labor said no
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u/darsynia 1d ago
My middle kid's due date was Easter the year she was born and they were NOT happy when I showed up in active labor, haha. There were very few of us there, but she came really fast and without any complications, but I suspect I'm the exception when it comes to holiday labors (you don't want it to happen unless it has to happen). I went into labor at 12 AM and oldest kid and her dad got to still go to holiday brunch, I count that as a win.
edit: we joke that kid is a Disney baby because the eclipse was on her birthday this year, and it was close enough to go without a lot of hassle
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u/beautifultomorrows 18h ago
Exact same scenario for me. Had to go in on Easter weekend and man, did we get the B team.
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u/shotsallover 1d ago
But the window of time where the most conceptions happen is from the 25th of December to February 14th. Which is why there are more August and September births.
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u/DeweyDefeatsYouMan 1d ago
My wife is a labor and delivery nurse and she said that on holidays they have a lot less moms showing up with a bad case of “I’m sick of being pregnant, let’s just induce me at 36 weeks.” Not that they actually do induce that early just for funsies, but holidays do make a difference
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u/zeroscout 1d ago
My daughter's due date was Sept 11th. Her mom, a pediatrician, attempted every tactic she had heard to go into labor the weekend before because she was sick of being pregnant and didn't want a 9/11 birthday. The weekend before 9/11 we went on long walks. She ate the spiciest food possible. We drove in my car because it had a harsh and bumpy ride. She took warm baths. And it worked. She went into labor on Monday. Labor Day.
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u/Bridalhat 1d ago
It helps too that if you are super pregnant your family is probably going to be around and be helpful so it’s less stressful than continuing to go to work every day.
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u/MacAttacknChz 1d ago
I don't think they induce for funsies before 39 weeks. I had a medical induction at 37 weeks but my 2nd was a c section due Christmas Eve and they didn't want it scheduled later than the 20th
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u/DeweyDefeatsYouMan 1d ago
Oh yeah they don’t induce, but apparently that doesn’t stop people from coming in and asking for it
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u/Kate2point718 1d ago
Hey, my November birthday is in the 10 least common. I have four other family members who have birthdays in that 10 as well. Christmas, July 4, and then three Thanksgiving week birthdays.
Probably important to note that this applies to the US only. I assume in other countries the list of the least common birthdays would be similar except with other holidays in place of July 4 and Thanksgiving.
I also assume that February 29 would be least common in terms of absolute numbers, but not in average births, which is how these lists are made.
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u/LittleBlueStumpers 20h ago
Meeee! I was born Christmas Day.
One of the saddest "my birthday falls on Christmas" memories I have is from when I turned 11 years old. We went to my grandmother's house for Christmas dinner and all of the family was there. My mother had baked a cake for my birthday and she wrote "Happy Birthday" on it but for some reason, neglected to add my name. Throughout the day, several relatives that had known me my ENTIRE LIFE, asked "who baked a cake for Jesus's birthday?" My mom had to keep reminding people that it was my birthday.
Also, as a kid I could never have a birthday party with friends on my actual birthday. 🫤
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u/DarkSoldier84 23h ago
It's awful when your parents combine Christmas and your birthday to skimp out on presents.
It's even worse when your birthday's in June...
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u/Mettelor 1d ago
I wonder if these are different by more than the c-section/induce rate - that might imply that it isn't directly planned.
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u/Skyflareknight 1d ago
Well, I was close. I was supposed to be a Christmas baby but was born 10 days early.
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u/MattMason1703 22h ago
My brothers birthday is December 26, which sucks.
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u/Mrs_sun_cho_lee 11h ago
I feel like that's the worst out of all the dates save leap day. Christmas day is highly anticipated and if your birthday is on that day, it gets that same buzz and excitement by association. The day after is a recovery day. Everyone is hungover, broke, overfed, overtired, sick of socializing and the last thing they want to do is rally and have another celebration. Plus it's "travel home" day.
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u/gachunt 1d ago
Sept 10 and 12 are in the top 5 most common birthdays. As 9/11 and unlucky 13 are avoided.
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u/FilteredRiddle 1d ago
I was supposed to be born on Dec 25th, and refused to come out. My mom had to get a c-section on the 30th.
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u/Hyena_King13 1d ago
My son was born December 25, and youngest daughter July 4th, and my nephew April 1st and my children's mother. 9/11 😅
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u/Ok_Performer_9762 22h ago
I heard of someone who just declared they were celebrating there birthday in June despite being born on Christmas Day and it worked, but I think they did this when they were a kid so people humoured them until it just became normal after a few years now they carry on well with the tradition well in to adulthood
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u/BooCreepyFootDr 14h ago
Ever notice that no one seems to get laid on Thanksgiving? That’s because all the coats are on the bed!
-George Carlin-
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u/Shogun_Empyrean 13h ago
Nobody born on the holidays coz they be fucking on the holidays and waiting 9 months
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u/Resident-Sympathy-82 11h ago
I actually chose Halloween for this exact reason. Best birthday ever.
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u/stink3rb3lle 9h ago
Scary fact: in the US, your likelihood of getting an emergency C-section has more to do with the hospital's C-section rates than your own health condition/the condition of your pregnancy.
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u/sighthoundman 1d ago
Is that true worldwide, or only in countries with a high rate of caesarean deliveries?
C-sections are most common on Fridays. Medical necessity or don't want to miss tomorrow's game?
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u/spinosaurs70 1d ago
Are any holidays eight to nine months apart from each other?
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u/captcraigaroo 1d ago
My first girlfriend was born in the morning on Dec 26th. Her mom was in labor for 19hrs
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u/Grumpy-Sith 1d ago
Only on a 365 day calendar. Leap Day (February 29th) is still the least common, I know, it's my birthday.
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u/Whole-Flow-8190 1d ago
For having July 4 and October 31 on the bottom 10 it’s kind of crazy I have two brothers out of five born on these holidays.
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u/Laura-ly 1d ago
I had a college friend who was born on December 25th but he was Jewish so he got presents anyway.
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u/TippsAttack 23h ago
I have one brother's birthday on Valentine's Day and one sister on Christmas day lol
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u/BobBelcher2021 23h ago
Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has a December 25th birthday.
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u/darthy_parker 21h ago
Doctor and patient avoidance of holidays for elective c-sections or labor induction.
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u/drood420 20h ago
That’s when a lot of the babies are being made.
Edit: Holiday’s, not necessarily Christmas.
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u/No-Name-Mcgee44 17h ago
If i had to guess by looking at this chart, i would say that this is in regards to birthdays in the US. And it's data is of births with in this last generation. Im gonna guess that the reason why those dates are considered rare birthdays is because doctors schedual inductions before holidays so they can have time off. Also the 13th day of every month also seems to be somewhat rare while the days just before and after are common bitlrthdays. It leads me to believe that docs also induce just before or after friday the 13th.
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u/Happy-Initiative-838 15h ago
Do the days before or after those holidays present as uncommonly high?
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u/Welshgirlie2 15h ago
So does the fact that I know 3 people born on the 25th December mean that there's an anomaly somewhere?
And no, one of those people is not Jesus. Or Brian of Nazareth.
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u/Plastic-Sentence9429 8h ago
I had a girlfriend whose birthday was Dec. 25th. She celebrated on June 25th.
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u/Ulquiorra1312 1d ago
I went to school with siblings who beat the odds
Oldest halloween
Middle christmas day
Youngest guy fox night (uk holiday fireworks and bonfires 5 november)
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u/georgiatheguppy 23h ago
My husband is Christmas Eve.
I’m St. Patrick’s Day.
Had our son Valentine’s Day.
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u/shrimp0808 1d ago
my brother has a christmas day birthday! interesting that holidays are uncommon bdays - my bf was born on NYE, and i know the dates shift but my sister was born on easter and my uncle was born on thanksgiving day!
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u/EverydayVelociraptor 1d ago
Every day is a holiday. Whether you celebrate anything on that day is entirely based on your own religion.
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u/HFXGeo 1d ago
Wouldn’t Feb 29th be the least common since the date itself only exists once every 4 years?
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u/claimed4all 1d ago
Grandma, whom would have been in her lates 90s today, says the was born on Christmas Day. But the doctor was busy and didn’t get to their house till the 27th, due to the holiday and snow storm, so her birth certificate reads the 27th. She was 100% convinced her birthday was actually the 25th though.
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u/sofa_king_awesome 1d ago
Just had a 4th of July baby last year without induction or C section. Does that mean I’m lucky?
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u/Grolschisgood 1d ago
I am shocked that February is the least popular month. There must be some statistical reason for this!!!
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u/GodzillaDrinks 23h ago
Well yeah. Most holidays are historically celebrations with feasts and games and drinking... as a consequence of human biology, most birthdays would be approximately 9 months later.
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u/yARIC009 22h ago
My teacher in high school was born on Christmas. He was also very religious. His name was Michelangelo, too.
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u/torbaldthegreat 21h ago
3 of my 4 kids were induced after the first had a complication scare. They wouldn't have been scheduled on a holiday
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u/StevieBlunder44 20h ago
Both of my grandfathers have this birthday. Sadly, that's one of the top 5 facts about myself.
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u/Cool_Cartographer_39 20h ago
Strange. In my family there's a New Year's Eve, Halloween, Epiphany and Valentine's day
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u/60022151 20h ago
Both my dad and I were due on Christmas Day, funnily enough. I came 5 weeks early, but my dad was born 1 week late (on New Year’s Day) and has been late ever since.
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u/JelloBelter 1d ago
People don't tend to book elective cesareans or inductions for a holiday