The term "COVID Baby"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get annoyed—but not offended—when people refer to my baby as a quarantine baby. We ended up doing fertility treatments and we had our IUI at the end of February 2020. Found out the day everything shut down that I was pregnant. I choose not to be offended by it, but it does annoy me that my much desired, expensive in time and money to conceive baby is essentially openly described as an accident because people have no idea how hard we tried to have him.

Did you consider that maybe that they just meant that you had a baby during covid?

+1. I don’t think the term means what you think it means?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get annoyed—but not offended—when people refer to my baby as a quarantine baby. We ended up doing fertility treatments and we had our IUI at the end of February 2020. Found out the day everything shut down that I was pregnant. I choose not to be offended by it, but it does annoy me that my much desired, expensive in time and money to conceive baby is essentially openly described as an accident because people have no idea how hard we tried to have him.

Did you consider that maybe that they just meant that you had a baby during covid?

+1. I don’t think the term means what you think it means?

What does “someone’s been busy during quarantine?” mean?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get annoyed—but not offended—when people refer to my baby as a quarantine baby. We ended up doing fertility treatments and we had our IUI at the end of February 2020. Found out the day everything shut down that I was pregnant. I choose not to be offended by it, but it does annoy me that my much desired, expensive in time and money to conceive baby is essentially openly described as an accident because people have no idea how hard we tried to have him.

Did you consider that maybe that they just meant that you had a baby during covid?

+1. I don’t think the term means what you think it means?

What does “someone’s been busy during quarantine?” mean?

That you have had your hands full raising a baby. Many people are insanely bored during quarantine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I get annoyed—but not offended—when people refer to my baby as a quarantine baby. We ended up doing fertility treatments and we had our IUI at the end of February 2020. Found out the day everything shut down that I was pregnant. I choose not to be offended by it, but it does annoy me that my much desired, expensive in time and money to conceive baby is essentially openly described as an accident because people have no idea how hard we tried to have him.

Did you consider that maybe that they just meant that you had a baby during covid?

+1. I don’t think the term means what you think it means?

What does “someone’s been busy during quarantine?” mean?

That you have had your hands full raising a baby. Many people are insanely bored during quarantine.

I was pregnant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does this term annoy you or offend you?

I got pregnant is January DD is 4 months now. I went to get my 2nd dose of my vaccine and the nurse said oh a covid baby.

Would this offend or annoy you?

No it would not. If there had been a blizzard nine months earlier those babies are called "Blizzard Babies"

Lighten up. It is just conversation!

[Anonymous]

I think the term makes more sense for babies who were, well, babies during the pandemic than it does for babies born at the tail end.

My third was born just before March. His babyhood is quite different than my other kids. He’s seen very few faces. No question this will affect his development/personality, though I think history tells us he’ll be fine.

So yeah the term doesn’t bother me at all.

[Anonymous]

People say this to me and my daughter was born in May so it's not about conception. Everyone who says it means she was a bright spot in a very awful year.

[Anonymous]

If this offends you, I worry about how you’ll handle other comments down the line. People say dumb s*** all the time. Let it roll off your back.

[Anonymous]

My DS was born in June. The second half of my pregnancy was virtual OB appointments, I had to wait an extra 30 minutes in triage for my COVID test, I gave birth wearing a mask, my baby has only seen a handful of maskless faces. He was born under unique circumstances at a unique time. He's a COVID baby.

If they're asking with heavy innuendo towards conception though, then it's gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think the term makes more sense for babies who were, well, babies during the pandemic than it does for babies born at the tail end.

My third was born just before March. His babyhood is quite different than my other kids. He’s seen very few faces. No question this will affect his development/personality, though I think history tells us he’ll be fine.

So yeah the term doesn’t bother me at all.

Its not the tail-end. This pandemic is stretching well into 2021.

[Anonymous]

I got pregnant in April, just had my baby, and I find it tacky when someone calls DD a Covid baby, but mostly because that means they're thinking about when me and DH had sex, which I just think is super weird. Yes. We had sex in quarantine. Can we talk about osmething else now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People like you just always need something to be outraged about, huh? What’s it like to live in your world?

+1 what a stupid thing to get upset about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got pregnant in April, just had my baby, and I find it tacky when someone calls DD a Covid baby, but mostly because that means they're thinking about when me and DH had sex, which I just think is super weird. Yes. We had sex in quarantine. Can we talk about osmething else now?

But you were fine posting ultrasound photos and/or pregnant tests, announcing your due date, or having a gender reveal? Your baby is a living reminder of when you had sex for everyone you informed of their impending arrival.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People like you just always need something to be outraged about, huh? What’s it like to live in your world?

+1 what a stupid thing to get upset about.

The real irony is everyone upset enough about people getting upset that they take time to post.

[Anonymous]

Doesn't bother me one bit. And my baby was a birth control fail that we conceived in May while still basking in the glow of daily afternoon delights since DH was working from home.