I'm one too, how weird if there is a connection 

Well, the obvious connection is that our Mothers were carrying us when they weren't getting much vitamin D3......

Very true stumbler. It's so very interesting.



I was born in June so I was 'in the oven' in the winter months however, I was born in California so I guess that might buck the trend a little with regards to the Vit D deficiency theory :(

I'm a May baby which is apparently most common for MSers.

im 17th March   (Irish Spring baby maybe!)

Born in December here. Bucking the trend. 

April baby and from the late 60's and up north ... I didn't stand a chance :(

I am apriltoo.

I just read this on the MS people UK web site on a medical blog about vitamin D, which said it may not be low Vit D levels that are to blame, but lack of real sunlight. This need for sunlight maybe true for pregnant women and for adult sufferers.
I am off for a session on a sunbed, as I have not seen sunshine for months!

"The ultraviolet (UV) radiation contained in sunlightSunlight is a powerful immune suppressant. While exposure to UV is best known for its ability to cause skin cancer, it is also associated with protection against a range of autoimmune diseases, particularly multiple sclerosis (MS). Although the precise mechanism by which sunlightSunlight affords protection from MS remains to be determined, some have hypothesised that UV immunosuppression explains the "latitude-gradient effect" associated with MS. By stimulating the release of soluble factors in exposed skin, UV activates immune suppressive pathways that culminate in the induction of regulatory cells. Regulatory cells in distant tissues. Each and every one of the immune suppressive cells and molecules activated by UV exposure are potential targets for treating and preventing MS. A thorough understanding of the mechanisms involved is therefore required if we are to realise the therapeutic potential of photoimmunology."

Not really what I wanted to read my wife is due in May hopefully it's not true, I was January baby so hopefully it's put paid to this theory. 

Hey don't be frightened it is just another hunch. Just make sure she takes lots of vit D and maybe a few trips to the sun bed!

Thanks for the kind words @tabbycat hopefully the holiday in Cyprus in October was of help,I don't think my wife is allowed a sunbed at the moment. 

So does the theory relate to exposure to the Mother at time of conception or in the months during pregnancy or how much exposure the baby gets after baby is born?
The billion dollar questions: is this stuff predetermined when our cells first start multiplying?
And why do people who live in less than perfect environments continue to pop out healthy children who will never worry about autoimmune diseases?

I was a Winter baby :)

I'm a November baby and my mother carried me through the Summer of 76 - record high temps! My mum was fully enjoying the beach so her vitamin d levels wouldn't have been an issue :)

My vitamin d levels have always been fine - my theory is that we MSers maybe can't process many vitamins and minerals as we should and everything's in our genes...

xxx

hi all, I'm 1st july 71 so what does that mean. I was born dead center of the year??

Spring baby here, but in Australia. So September. Im late to the parade haha

October for me, my mothers family has  autoimmune genetic problems,  I don't think Vit D had anything to do with it.   Potter

That is interesting I am also a spring baby


I am late March and my aunt is April while my mom is mid July. We all have MS. 

Late March and Scottish, sunshine is relatively rare!

I have to say I am becoming sceptical about all these possible reasons for Ms although I know many of them come from highly respected researchers. 
Coffee ...sheep ..vitamin D3 ...spring births and many more .It all strikes me as straw clutching . Some new theory to grab headlines .
Cynical I’m  afraid 

I was born in March. Another factor is long durations of stress/inflammation , including low levels of continuous stress. I work in a stressful environment for the last 30 years and didn't take care of myself first, but I do NOW.  I have always been under stress due to the fact I wanted to be the best I could be in life. I guess that backfired. STRESS IS OUR ENEMY, REDUCE AT ALL COSTS. Many of our experience low levels of stress due to high level of daily SUGAR. Thus, reduce the inflammation producing drug called SUGAR, in my opinion and eat properly, and a goal of 6 plus hours of sleep as well. Stress triggered the MonSter to come out the cave. Now you know the rest of the story...... If you want to read a cool article we should have lived by: google, "The Cure for Everything" by AARP last Fall 2019. Explains the big picture in a clear, concise manner. The writer shouldn't have named the article "CURE" in my opinion because the word cure is like a miracle, few and far behind. Nevertheless the article is one of the best ever written. 

I was born in April, but my   Brother has MS   also  but he was born in September , 

Humans look for patterns as we are wired to do so for an explanation. It is a normal thing to o.
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There has been a ton of epidemiological study regarding MS and this correlation is a spurious one.
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Kind of like these: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations

Feb btw ;)

So I've read heaps, connection with spring babies and MS is one thing....

Well I'm a spring baby, wonder who else is on here?

spring babies!