Saturday, February 21, 2009

First Born Survey

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Nope. We were on birth control and had only been married 3 months before finding out we were pregnant.

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? We were excited, scared, happy, bewildered, scared, scared, and more scared!

4. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 19.

5. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I am not sure why I took that pregnancy test. We were on birth control, but something just felt different. I hadn't even missed a period yet! I took the test and it was a positive (barely) so dumb me took another one :). It was a resounding positive. :)

6. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Blake of course. :) Then my friend Amanda.

7. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Of course
8. DUE DATE? December 6th
9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Yes. Pretty much ALL day long, the whole day!

10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Chalk edit: Yes, I ate chalk :). I craved it. Not the chalk board chalk (that kind is icky) but the big thick airy sidewalk chalk. I used to sand down the edges so you couldn't see the teeth marks, so no one would know I took a bite out of it. I probably only ate one stick of chalk the whole pregnancy though, so no worries. It is a condition called pica...

11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Hahahaha. I was too sick to be angry!

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

13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? Nope. I didn't care.

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 20 something...

15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes. My good friend Breanne threw me one in Idaho, and my grandma threw me one in Utah!

16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew. I helped plan it!

17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? I was sick the WHOLE time. I was in the hospital several times.

18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Mountain View Hospital in Idaho Falls

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 4 maybe?

20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Blake did.

21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Blake of course, the doctor and his assistant lady, a nurse, my mom, and some student guy training to become an EMT.

22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural but with an epidural.

23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? Epidural

24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 6lb, 14oz;

25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? 11:44 p.m. November 21st, 2006

26.WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Grace Elizabeth

27. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? Just over 2

3 sweet thoughts:

Kate said...

only 4 hour labor??? LUCKY!!

also, chalk? that may need an explanation. pretty funny though.
Grace is such a pretty name. (elizabeth is a great middle name... it's mine too!)

Keeping Life Creative said...

Wow, chalk! I'm sick all day though my pregnancies too.

Kate said...

I see... thanks for the edit! I guess i can tell you my cure for nausea. the smell of skunk. YUP! that was the only thing that would cure it. I would pray for roadkill on the way to work every morning. :)