Our baby was born last year, 10/05, which means that I have been in the worst part of pregnancy, in the third trimester, during the summer. Summers here in Southern California are not that hot, especially if you are close to the ocean. We live close enough that in the previous three summers we did not need an airconditioner. We used a fan, oh maybe two days during the whole summer. Opening windows would generally be enough. But this, our fourth summer here, was definitely the hottest one. Or was it just me and the pregnancy?
I started feeling hot very early on, and that was really an unusual feeling for me, since I am always cold. Holding a cold drink in may hand would make both my hands and my feet cold in seconds. But when I was pregnant, even soaking my feet in ice cold water would not make me feel cool. My husband thought that it was unusually hot too, but when I mentioned it to a friend of mine, the one who thinks that summers here are NOT hot enough, he said that I was dreaming and that it WAS just the pregnancy and my hormones talking.
But I was sure I was right, and that my husband did not only feel the "sympathy" heat, so I looked for the temperature data. I thought it would be easier, I actually wanted to get the daily temperatures but all I could find was monthly averages. And here they are - average maximum and minimum temeratures. And was I wrong? Not completely! September really was MUCH warmer than other years we have been here. Not just the hormones after all...
For next time - better planning is needed. No babies born after June 01!!