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September is the most popular month to give birth in. One of the reasons given when asked, was that parents wanted their child to be one of the oldest in class, in the hope they would achieve better grades. We looked to see whether there was any evidence to back up their thoughts.
Leading fertility monitor OvuSense™ commissioned a survey in April 2014 of 1,000 women. Those researched had given birth in the last year, or planned to have a baby in the next two years.
Over a third of women admitted that they were planning to have their baby in a specific month and that many British women are actively planning to get pregnant in December, rather than any other month, to ensure their babies are born in the following September.
One in twenty women revealed they would be disappointed if their baby didn’t arrive in a certain season, or even month.
The survey also found that a quarter of couples had stopped trying to conceive at certain points of the year. This was to ensure that their newborn’s arrival didn’t clash with other events such as weddings and holidays.
However, maybe parent’s wishes are based on more than just a hunch that September-born children will do well at school.
The Institute for Fiscal Studies conducted a research study on English school children. It looked at test scores and happiness levels of August-born children and compared them with their September-born peers. The study found that children born in August scored substantially lower in national achievement tests and other measures of cognitive skills. By the age of seven, they were more than three times as likely to be regarded as ‘below average’ by their teachers in reading, writing and maths.
The Cambridge Assessment exam boards concluded after a review that summer babies were "strongly disadvantaged", and that evidence of this age-related gap was gleamingly obvious in exam results data.
The OvuSense™ survey also found that over 31% of women had absolutely no idea when they were most fertile. Most women are led to believe that they ovulate in the middle of their cycle. This is often not the case. An additional study showed that a staggering 70% of women didn’t ovulate in the middle of their cycle, so could be missing those vital conception days.
CEO of the creators of OvuSense™, Rob Milnes, said: ‘The majority of women take a guess at the days in the month when they are most fertile, or use simple tests that can produce misleading results. So, although the timing of conception is crucial, many simply miss the 3-5 day window when they are able to conceive each month. For those aiming for a specific month of birth this makes the process even more problematic. Confusion about when you ovulate can cause stress, and this is heightened amongst women who have been trying to get pregnant for a while."
"The real key to staying in control of when you try to have a baby is to track when you ovulate, which can be done effectively through monitoring your cycle. We created OvuSense™ to help you understand exactly when you are most fertile. The system gives an advance prediction, and then adjusts the results in real time according to your optimum ovulating temperature. That’s what gives us our 99 per cent accuracy for detecting the exact date of ovulation."
There are a lot of ovulation detectors on the market, but OvuSense™ is really unique. It is a new real time fertility monitor. It has been created by the British start-up medical devices company, Fertility Focus Ltd. It is based in Warwickshire and is becoming very popular amongst couples trying to conceive.
OvuSense™ gives you the essential fertility knowledge, personal to you, in real time and with a 99% accuracy. In just two weeks, OvuSense™ can tell you when you will ovulate during this cycle, and then confirm the exact date for you. It is also the only fertility monitor that can tell you if you haven’t ovulated, which means you can go to your GP sooner rather than later.
It could certainly prove very useful, especially if you would like a specific birth month for your little one.
Did you, or would you go as far as trying to plan the exact month for the birth of your baby?
