不願孩子四年過一次生日 產婦擇日生產

Some expectant mothers in China's eastern city of Hangzhou recently chose to shift their scheduled childbirth dates earlier or later, in order to prevent their babies from getting birthdays only every four years, according to report recently.

根據近日一則報道指出，中國東部城市杭州市的幾位準媽媽爲了防止她們的寶寶四年才過一次生日，選擇了改變原本的分娩日期，早幾天或者晚幾天分娩。

Since 2016 is a leap year, which comes around every four years and contains 29 days in February, those born on the last day of the month can only celebrate an actual birthday every four years.

因爲2016年是每四年輪一次的閏年，且二月有29天，所以該月最後一天出生的孩子以後只能每四年才慶祝一次真正的生日。

Chen, a 37-year-old mother-to-be, was originally scheduled to give birth on Feb. 29, but decided to have her cesarean performed three days earlier than originally scheduled.

37歲的陳女士原本的妊娠期是2月29日，但是她決定要比預產期早三天進行剖腹產。

She explained that it could be disappointing for her baby to celebrate his birthday every four years while other kids get to celebrate every year.

她對此解釋稱，如果29日生孩子，相比起其他孩子每年過一次生日，以後她的孩子每四年才能過一次生日，孩子會非常失望的。

He Pei, a senior doctor in the obstetrics department of Hangzhou Women's Hospital, said that Chen is not the only woman to do this. Many expectant mothers don't want their babies to be born on Feb. 29.

杭州女子醫院婦產科的資深醫生何培表示，陳女士不是唯一一位這樣做的女士。許多準媽媽都不想自己的孩子在2月29日那天出生。

At the same time, others believed that having a birthday every four years is a special experience, and those mothers-to-be weren't worried about it.

但是與此同時，很多人認爲四年過一次生日也是一種很特別的經歷，所以這些準媽媽們不需要爲此擔心。