Tuesday, February 3, 2009

First Born

Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! Feel free to play along...Just copy and paste it for yourself in the comments section!

Let's see how much you remember!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
Yes

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Yes - 5 years

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
Cautiously joyful...we had previously had a miscarriage

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
No

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
32

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
Home pregnancy test

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
Brent

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
No, the first one was a surprise

9. DUE DATE?
June 11

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
No

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE
Salty stuff, but I ate anything and everything; after all, I was eating for two!

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
My boss. Funny thing is we got along great when I wasn't pregnant.

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX?
Boy

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
No

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
23 lbs

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
Yes

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
The first one was a surprise (work) and the second one I knew about (friends)

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
No

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, VA

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
14 hours

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
Brent

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Brent, the nurse and my doctor

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
Natural

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
Oh yes ma'am!

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
8 pounds 2 oz

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ?
June 18, 2003 (1 week late!)

29. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
John Henry

30.. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
5

9 comments:

LL said...

Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! Feel free to play along...Just copy and paste it for yourself in the comments section!

Let's see how much you remember!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
Yes

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Yes - 2.5 years

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
Excited but scared. I remember distinctly thinking that 9 months from then, I was going to be in a lot of pain.

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
No

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
30

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
Home pregnancy test

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
Owen

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
Oh yes

9. DUE DATE?
October 17th

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
Yes, but it was not severe

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE
I had food aversion. I only craved things a few times: chocolate milkshake and french fries from McDonald's twice, and I wanted alcohol. I would have done just about anything for a beer. :o)

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
Horrific pregnancy or baby illness stories, and the bathroom being so far from my desk at work.

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX?
Girl

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
No, I was ecstatic we were having a girl.

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
5 lbs. Now, since I stopped bfeeding...well....let's not go there.

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
Yes

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
I knew about both. I don't know how people can surprise someone with a shower. Too many variables.

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
No

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Providence Hospital in Mobile, AL

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
10 hours - I was induced...it was pretty smooth

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
Owen

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Owen, the nurse(s) and my doctor, who had to run to get there in time. Visitors in the lobby were Regan, Dusty, my mom, Owen's mom, and Owen's brother Chris.

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
Natural

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
Oh yes ma'am! And I'd do it again. I tried that "natural" melarkey...for the birds.

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
7 pounds 5 oz

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ?
October 23, 2007 (6 days late!)

29. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Aurelia McLain

30.. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
15 sassy months

Amy said...

Oh my goodness!! I am ROTFLMAO that you craved alcohol! That is hysterical. =)

Beverly B said...

1. Yes first pregnancy planned
2. We had been married for 5 years
3. Very happy
4. no
5. 27 years old
6. confirmed by doctor's visit
7. John
8. don't remember it being an option
9. Feb 5
10. no
11. sour and salty, especially lemons at first
12 Don't remember been irritated by anything except maybe the heat. it didn't go below 100 degrees for months. We were in Oklahoma.
13. girl
14. no, it didn't matter
15 low 20's I think
16 yes
17. I knew
18 no
19 Reynolds Army Hospital, Ft Sill, OK
20 15 hours
21. John
22. John, Doctor, Nurse
23. natural
24 of course, no medals given for childbirth without medication
25. 7 lbs 20 oz
26 Feb. 20th (3 weeks late)
27 Amy Louise
28 old enough to have children of her own

Amy said...

DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? of course, no medals given for childbirth without medication

LOL!! Truer words have never been spoken. Pretty much sums up my whole philosophy on the matter!

It was fun to read about "my" pregnancy =)!

Beverly B said...

correction for mistyping your weight at birth. Your weight was 7 lb. 11 1/2 oz.

LL said...

And some how I messed up the numbering on mine.

But yes, I craved a beer like nobody's business. I actually tried the O'Douls and was very pleasantly surprised that it satisfied the taste buds without the guilt. I thought that was a weird craving since we don't drink a lot now that we are old and responsible.

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