Is it just an old wives tale?

[IndigoJ]

Hmm not too sure on that one.
DS's due date was 18th April 2008
He was born 27th April 2008
Full moon was 7days before (20th)
New moon was 21days before (april 6th) and 8days after (5th may)
First quarter was 15days before and
Last quarter was the day after he was born

But is suppose it does work for some.

[Dansta]

its interesting. working in retail you'd know a full moon people went a little crazy
as for my DS
EDD jan 27th (new moon Jan 26th)
DOB Feb 7th (full moon feb 10) so i dunno no real connection (other then heat makes water disappear - i guess i 47deg. day would do that too?) it'll be interesting to see what happens
could it also have something to do with a star sign? like water sign = more likely to be birthed on a full moon??

[The[cookie]Doctor]

my ds was born on a full moon... i spent a few contraction breathing while gazing at the moon outside.

[Kirley64]

hmmm interesting
my edd is a full moon hehe... we will see!!

[Ozziehoffy]

yeah apparently its the same with a thunderstorm too!

Elijah was born on the Wed (3 days under) straight after that massive storm we had at Easter... I remember I had a hossy app on the the Tues and driving to the app I looked at all the mess there was and the fact that we'd have had trouble getting there if I'd gone into labour cos roads were blocked and we were cut off apart from one way I think. I can't remember if the storm was 2 or 3 days before.

With Oskar it was exactly 1 week after a new moon and 1 week before full moon (smack bang in the middle - 4 days over.

[Laranna]

Interesting thread! The full moon theory doesn't seem to apply to me though. I've gone and looked up the moon phases and have found that my DS, myself, DH and my brothers and sisters were all born within 3-4 days of a half-moon....