Thursday, February 5, 2009

First Born Survey

First Born

(from FaceBook)
Here you go mommies- a different kind of survey for a change. It's all about your first born! 

Let's see how much you remember!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? yes and no

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? yes, for 5 months

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? super excited but scared

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? absolutely not

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 24

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? took a home pregnancy test
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Chase

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? definitely

9. DUE DATE? December 16, 2007 

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? I had constant nausea, 24/7, from about week 6 to week 20.  YUCK

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? random things at random times.  I had more aversions than cravings... especially hamburger meat and ice cream.

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? comments like "Whoa, you are huge" or "are you having twins"

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

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? we wanted a girl SO bad, but are SO SO glad it's a boy!

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 50...i was huge

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? yes-two!  my sweet sweet high school friends came from 4 different cities to throw one of them!

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? i knew

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? no I was very fortunate 

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Mobile Infirmary

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 27.5 hours

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Chase
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? well, had the little booger been face down and actually came out the way he was supposed to, there would have been a whole room full!  However, since he had to be cut from my stomach after all that effort, Chase and my doula Jeanne were with me.

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? c-section

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? not for the first 27.5 hours...but when we decided c-section, i wanted drugs STAT

25. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH AND HOW LONG? 8 lbs 14 oz.... 20.5 inches (i think!)

26. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? December 17, 2007 at 3:17 a.m. 

27. DID YOU OR YOUR CHILD HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS AFTER THE BIRTH? no

28. HOW LONG WERE YOU AND YOUR CHILD IN THE HOSPITAL? 3 nights, including the one i was in labor

29. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? caedmon james 

30. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? almost 14 months

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