Best time of year for a baby: Spring and Summer
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Your child
Depending on what season of the year your child is born, there are scientific patterns that show a child's health can be affected by four different factors:
- Date of conception
- Time of year of pregnancy
- What food you eat during pregnancy
- Time of year you're born
A woman's hormone levels can vary greatly during pregnancy, depending on what time of year it is, for example melatonin, the hormone that affects how well we sleep, is influenced by temperature and light levels.
The hormone levels in a woman's body as a child is developing and is born can affect a person's health for the rest of their life.
Spring babies
- Most intelligent
- Increased risk of asthma, anorexia and schizophrenia
- Earliest age of menopause
Asthma is on the rise and those born in spring are most at risk, potentially because of viruses that affect breathing, common at this time of the year.
Anorexic women are 8 times more likely to have a relative with the condition, often their mother. The warm weather during in July and August is thought to make it easier for anorexic women to conceive, meaning their child will be born in spring.
Summer babies
- Most likely to be happy
- Have fewer children
- Least likely to have grass and pollen allergies
The high pollen counts during early summer are thought to be the reason for summer-born people being less affected. Mothers will have been pregnant during early summer and antibodies form to reduce the sensitivity.
If you want to have lots of children, you're less likely to have a large family if you're born in the summer months. Scientists aren't sure why, but these women consistently have fewer children.
The good news, though, is that the sun obviously has an effect on summer-born people, who are happier than winter-born people.
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