Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Estatic, but then scared when they said twins!

3. How old were you?
29

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
Felt wierd, super tired.

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
Yes, we wanted to know

7. Due date?
9/28/2005

8.Did you deliver early or late?
5 weeks early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Yes

10. What did you crave?
Waffles and Chocolate Milk, carbs

11. Who irritated you the most?
Everyone

12. What was your first child's sex?
2 Boys

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
35

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
High Blood Pressure, low fluid for a few weeks, and then TTTS

15.Where did you give birth?
LIJ

16. How many hours were you in labor?
Was induced for 3 days, never went into labor

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH

19.Was it natural or c-section?
C-section


20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
Never had any

21.How much did your child weigh?
6lbs 10 ozs and 3 lbs 10 ozs

22. Did your child have any complications?
Yes - M - Pulmonary Stenosis, J - IUGR, Low birthweight, developed NEC and had scar tissue removed at 2 months old from his colon

23.What did you name him/her?
Mattingly & Joseph

24. How old is your first born today?
2 years 5 months

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Very excited, it was our first month trying so we were surprised too.

3. How old were you?
28

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I took a test and got my BFP

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
No, I wanted to be surprised

7. Due date?
2/24/05

8.Did you deliver early or late?
2 days early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No

10. What did you crave?
nothing really until the last month, then I wanted hamburgers every day.

11. Who irritated you the most?
My boss, but that had nothing to do with being pregnant. He was a tool.

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
I don't remember

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Nope

15.Where did you give birth?
NS Manhasset

16. How many hours were you in labor?
I was induced Monday night around 9 or 10pm, she was born at 5:40pm

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH. We went out to dinner first

18.Who watched?
DH

19.Was it natural or c-section?
Natural

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
Yup, I got an early epi, it was fantastic.

21.How much did your child weigh?
7lbs 8oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Sarah

24. How old is your first born today?
She's going to be 3 years old this month!

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Thrilled!


3. How old were you?
28

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
By taking a HPT. We were TTC so it was a monthly ritual

5.Who did you tell first?
Officially it was DH. Off the record my OB had called with test results coincidentally about 1hr after I POAS so I kind blurted it out to her.

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
No we waited until delivery

7. Due date?
8/31/06

8.Did you deliver early or late?
5 days early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Barely. Just for a couple of days in my 7th wk then it was gone, thank God!

10. What did you crave?
Nathan's hot dogs and mangoes

11. Who irritated you the most?
Mother Nature- it was a hot summer

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
About 55lbs

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Pre-term contractions from 23 wks on. So I pretty much contracted for half my pregnancy

15.Where did you give birth?
Winthrop

16. How many hours were you in labor?
Start to finish about 14hrs.

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH and my mom

19.Was it natural or c-section?
Natural

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
I had an epidural.

21.How much did your child weigh?
7lbs 11oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
I developed a fever during labor so DD was born with a fever as well. She needed IV antibiotics for the first 36hrs of her life

23.What did you name him/her?
Madeline

24. How old is your first born today?
17months.

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Shocked & Very Happy!


3. How old were you?
28

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I was sooo tired all the time & I missed my period - I was very regular, so took a test the first day i was late.

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
Yes, we couldn't wait!!

7. Due date?
10/15/2007

8.Did you deliver early or late?
3 days late..induction!

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No

10. What did you crave?
pizza

11. Who irritated you the most?
Rather not say ;)

12. What was your first child's sex?
boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
35

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Nope

15.Where did you give birth?
Winthrop

16. How many hours were you in labor?
16 hours

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH

19.Was it natural or c-section?
Natural

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
Yes, but won't do it again!

21.How much did your child weigh?
7lbs 9oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Tyler

24. How old is your first born today?
3 1/2 months

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Thrilled!


3. How old were you?
36 (barely 37 when born)

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
Had sore bbs, tested & got a faint 2nd line

5.Who did you tell first?
Ummmm, the LIF Pregnancy Board (under an alias)...& then DH of course.

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
Yes, because I'm totally a planner & have to know too

7. Due date?
7/2/07

8.Did you deliver early or late?
Late by 5 days

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No

10. What did you crave?
Pineapple juice, pretzels & ice cream, anything sweet & OJ

11. Who irritated you the most?
People who felt they had to give you advice

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl (although we were sure it was a boy)

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
47

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
No

15.Where did you give birth?
Southside

16. How many hours were you in labor?
Water broke Fri, no dilation, started pitocin, dilated to 7, no progress from there, ended up w/ CS (36 hrs from when water broke)

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH

19.Was it natural or c-section?
CS

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
Yes

21.How much did your child weigh?
7lbs, 14 oz.

22. Did your child have any complications?
Yes a small problem transitioning once she was born

23.What did you name him/her?
Gracelyn


24. How old is your first born today?
7 months tomorrow

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Ecstatic!!!

3. How old were you?
28

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
IVF but took like 100 HPTs LOL

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
Yes

7. Due date?
11/21/07

8.Did you deliver early or late?
1 week early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Heck Yeah 15 weeks

10. What did you crave?
Bagles

11. Who irritated you the most?
My SIL LOL

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
30

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Yes GD

15.Where did you give birth?


16. How many hours were you in labor?
Long Story but induced on Monday DD born on Wed via c-section.

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH

19.Was it natural or c-section?
C-Section

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
Spinal Tap...wasn't doing a C-Section without drugs LMAO

21.How much did your child weigh?
7lbs 5oz

22. Did your child have any complications?


23.What did you name him/her?


24. How old is your first born today?
12 weeks old exactly

Message edited 3/22/2013 5:01:25 PM.

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Initally shocked, didnt' think we'd get PG so fast! Very excited!

3. How old were you?
31 @ conception. 32 @ birth

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I had a suspicion, took a test and got my BFP. Then took about 4 more tests!

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
YES!

7. Due date?
5/8/2007

8.Did you deliver early or late?
Neither. Delivered on my due date!

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Just one day that I fell icky, otherwise, nope.

10. What did you crave?
Anything Italian! Esp. Fettuccine Alfredo

11. Who irritated you the most?
No one, that I can recall!

12. What was your first child's sex?
Boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
I think it was about 46.

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Just big baby syndrome! : )

15.Where did you give birth?
LIJ

16. How many hours were you in labor?
Zero, had a scheduled c/s

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH, so I could relax.....

18.Who watched?
DH-thought there wasn't much to see, the Drs didnt let him look over the curtain

19.Was it natural or c-section?
C-Section (scheduled)

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
Just the necessary spinal.

21.How much did your child weigh?
9lbs 7ozs

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope.

23.What did you name him/her?
Troy Sebastian

24. How old is your first born today?
8 months and 29 days (I only know b/c the camera "told" me--I preset DS bday!)

Re: Your First Born

Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about you and your first baby.

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Stunned!


3. How old were you?
34

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I was experiencing horrible insomnia and went begging a doctor to give me sleeping pills. They suggested I go home and take a HPT.

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
No, we really wanted to be surprised

7. Due date?
7/10/05

8.Did you deliver early or late?
Way too early - 4/2/05

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No

10. What did you crave?
Ham & swiss hero

11. Who irritated you the most?
No one...I was mellow

12. What was your first child's sex?
Boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
Never knew that one

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Yes

15.Where did you give birth?
LIJ - DS was in Schneider's

16. How many hours were you in labor?
0

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
I had been admitted a few weeks before

18.Who watched?
DH

19.Was it natural or c-section?
emergency c/s


20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
yup

21.How much did your child weigh?
1 lb 11 oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
Being severely premature

23.What did you name him/her?
Christopher James

24. How old is your first born today?
He survived 26 days in the NICU - He would have turned 3 years old this April

Message edited 2/6/2008 9:17:18 PM.

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Very excited!


3. How old were you?
23

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I had a feeling(boobs very sore), took a test and got my BFP

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
YES, I'm way too curious to wait

7. Due date?
5/17/2007

8.Did you deliver early or late?
10 days early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
yes till i was 14 weeks

10. What did you crave?
fruit snacks, chicken

11. Who irritated you the most?
No one...I was mellow

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
32

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
no just PUPPS at the end

15.Where did you give birth?
Northeast medical center

16. How many hours were you in labor?
8

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
Dh

18.Who watched?
DH

19.Was it natural or c-section?
Natural


20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
hells yeah!!

21.How much did your child weigh?
6lbs 7oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Brianna Sky

24. How old is your first born today?
8 1/2 months Will be 9 months on friday

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Very excited!


3. How old were you?
32

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
took a test and got my BFP

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
no right away, but then yes so we did

7. Due date?
4/29/2007

8.Did you deliver early or late?
had scheduled csection

9. Did you have morning sickness?
OH YEAH!

10. What did you crave?
milkshakes

11. Who irritated you the most?
No one. really

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
31 lbs.

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
no just that she was breech and needed a cesction

15.Where did you give birth?
Winthrop

16. How many hours were you in labor?
0

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH

19.Was it natural or c-section?
csection


20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
no

21.How much did your child weigh?
6lbs 11oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Emma Elizabeth

24. How old is your first born today?
9 months

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Thrilled!

3. How old were you?
31

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I was hoping for the best and then tested positive about 4 days before AF.

5.Who did you tell first?
DH--about 3 days later (it was Christmas Day!).

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
No way!

7. Due date?
9/5/05

8.Did you deliver early or late?
2 days late

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No

10. What did you crave?
Nothing

11. Who irritated you the most?
No one.

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
30

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
None, but got horrible ultrascreen results.

15.Where did you give birth?
LIJ

16. How many hours were you in labor?
Probably only 8 or 9 when all was said and done.

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
no one

19.Was it natural or c-section?
c-section

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
of course!

21.How much did your child weigh?
7lbs. 6oz.

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Katherine Emer

24. How old is your first born today?
2 years, 5 months tomorrow!

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Excited and nervous

3. How old were you?
28 when I found out, 29 when I delivered

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
Took a HPT on a "hunch"

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
Absolutely!

7. Due date?
08/22/2007

8.Did you deliver early or late?
4 days early - scheduled

9. Did you have morning sickness?
a little bit

10. What did you crave?
Lemonade and strawberry cake

11. Who irritated you the most?
no one that I recall

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
too many!! (50+)

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
not really, but baby was breech

15.Where did you give birth?
Good Sam

16. How many hours were you in labor?
0

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH

19.Was it natural or c-section?
C section

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
yes - had to

21.How much did your child weigh?
8lbs 14oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
she was perfect!

23.What did you name him/her?
Kaitlynn Holley

24. How old is your first born today?
almost 6 months

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
What did we do?! We are not qualified to be parents!

3. How old were you?
32

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I had a feeling because I had the typical symptoms

5.Who did you tell first?
DH.

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
No. We wanted to hold off the surprise until the birthday.

7. Due date?
Oct 28th.

8.Did you deliver early or late?
early - Sept 19th

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No, very little

10. What did you crave?
Spinach, spinach & more spinach

11. Who irritated you the most?
No one.

12. What was your first child's sex?
Boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
about 28lbs.

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Premature labor, if that counts. Otherwise pregnancy was perfect.

15.Where did you give birth?
Huntington Hosp.

16. How many hours were you in labor?
14 hours start to finish

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH. I thought I was just getting evaluated, not admitted.

18.Who watched?
DH, extremely competent nurses & one ob/gyn

19.Was it natural or c-section?
Natural


20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
No. Not necessary.

21.How much did your child weigh?
6lbs 12oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
Yes but nothing long term.

23.What did you name him/her?
Joseph

24. How old is your first born today?
6 years old

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
I was scared & cried because "I wasn't ready", DH was excited.

3. How old were you?
29 when I found out I was pg & 30 when I delivered DD

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I missed my period & took a Dollar Tree pregnancy test...and voila! BFP

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
YES

7. Due date?
8/17/07

8.Did you deliver early or late?
1 week early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No

10. What did you crave?
Nestea Raspberry Iced tea from the fountain at the gas station convenience store near work (no other tasted the same to me)..., sour patch kids & french fries.

11. Who irritated you the most?
DH probably

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
around 30...give or take a lb or 2.

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
No - just heartburn/indigestion & mild swelling

15.Where did you give birth?
Horton (in Middletown)

16. How many hours were you in labor?
24...my water broke at 4:30 on the 9th and I had DD at 4:36 on the 10th

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
My friend...DH was on the train on the way home from work

18.Who watched?
DH & my mom

19.Was it natural or c-section?
Natural


20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
YES!

21.How much did your child weigh?
7lbs 10 oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Sydney Rose

24. How old is your first born today?
6 months minus 4 days

Message edited 2/9/2008 12:16:29 AM.

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Mostly shocked. Disbelief because it was our first try. It took a while for the shock to wear off. We were like "omigosh, what'd we do?"

3. How old were you?
27

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I had a hunch. I could smell everything and I felt so bloated. I took a HPT before I missed my period and it was +.

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
Yes, then no. But we did find out the sex. Next time we won't.

7. Due date?
12/23/2006

8.Did you deliver early or late?
3 days early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Yes. Gagging and major food aversions.

10. What did you crave?
sherbet, fried chicken, sour patch kids

11. Who irritated you the most?
No one.

12. What was your first child's sex?
girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
38lbs, I believe

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
no, nothing major

15.Where did you give birth?
LIJ

16. How many hours were you in labor?
23

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH, nurses and an OB

19.Was it natural or c-section?
Natural

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
I had a IV shot of something that knocked me out between contrax but didn't prevent me from feeling them. It was horrible. No epi.

21.How much did your child weigh?
7lb7oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
No.

23.What did you name him/her?
Maeve

24. How old is your first born today?
13 months

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Nervous


3. How old were you?
27

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
HPT

5.Who did you tell first?
My friend Nancy

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
YES, I'm way too curious to wait

7. Due date?
6/2/2005

8.Did you deliver early or late?
11 days late

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No

10. What did you crave?
cookies and cupcakes

11. Who irritated you the most?
I can't answer that...lol..

12. What was your first child's sex?
Boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
50 big ol pounds

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
None

15.Where did you give birth?
Winthrop

16. How many hours were you in labor?
10

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH

19.Was it natural or c-section?
C-section


20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
Ya damn right

21.How much did your child weigh?
8lbs 5oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Jared Robert

24. How old is your first born today?
2 1/2

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Happy to be becoming a mommy!

3. How old were you?
27

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
We were trying for a while and temping/charting, so I took a test as early as I possibly could...and finally, it was a BFP!

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
Yes

7. Due date?
5/15/2003

8.Did you deliver early or late?
5 days early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Yes, nauseated all day

10. What did you crave?
Ralph's Italian Ices

11. Who irritated you the most?
FIL, who would constantly call with name suggestions!

12. What was your first child's sex?
Boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
25

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
No

15.Where did you give birth?
Winthrop

16. How many hours were you in labor?
28

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH

19.Was it natural or c-section?
C-section

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
Yes, pitocin contractions were more than I could take!

21.How much did your child weigh?
7 lbs.

22. Did your child have any complications?
No

23.What did you name him/her?


24. How old is your first born today?
Four and a half!

Re: Your First Born

. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Mixed, very happy but not quite expecting it


3. How old were you?
33

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
No AF, took test and got my BFP

5. Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
Yes, but only because we live is small apt and wanted to know how to decorate

7. Due date?
12/26/2007

8.Did you deliver early or late?
22 days early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No

10. What did you crave?
Nothing really

11. Who irritated you the most?
my DH

12. What was your first child's sex?
boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
28

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Yes, preeclampsia with HELLP syndrome

15.Where did you give birth?
St. Charles

16. How many hours were you in labor?
0, was an emergency c-section

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
Just the doctors were allowed in the room

19.Was it natural or c-section?
c-section


20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
I was put under general anesyhesia

21.How much did your child weigh?
7lbs 5oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Matteo Steven

24. How old is your first born today?
2 months 2 days

Re: Your First Born

I like this survey!

1. Were you married at the time?
Yep!

2. What were your reactions?
Very excited and very happy! Although very cautious at first since I miscarried less than 2 months prior.

3. How old were you?
27

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I was a POAS-aholic!

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
Yep! I wanted to know!

7. Due date?
9/2/2007

8.Did you deliver early or late?
2.5 weeks early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Occassionally, but nothing major!

10. What did you crave?
At first fruits and vegetable- then cupcakes!

11. Who irritated you the most?
No one!

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
Not 100% sure on the total, but less than 20

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Pre-Eclampsia towards the end- but smooth sailing until then!

15.Where did you give birth?
Winthrop

16. How many hours were you in labor?
I don't even want to think about it. Approximately 50 hours!

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH

19.Was it natural or c-section?
Natural


20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
Yes! Although I was considering not because I was scared of the catheter (I know, how stupid- the least painful part!)

21.How much did your child weigh?
5lbs 14oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
No!

23.What did you name him/her?
Kaitlyn Elizabeth

24. How old is your first born today?
5 months!

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Extremely happy

3. How old were you?
25

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
We were trying and AF was 1 day late so I took a HPT

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
YES, I'm way too curious to wait

7. Due date?
08/05/07

8.Did you deliver early or late?
4 days late

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No-thankgoodness!

10. What did you crave?
Bagels, sour watermelons

11. Who irritated you the most?
Hmm I prefer not to answer taht one

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
40

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
High blood pressure the last week and PUPPPS

15.Where did you give birth?
St. Charles

16. How many hours were you in labor?
30

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH

19.Was it natural or c-section?
After 30 hrs I wound up with a c-section

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
OMG YES!

21.How much did your child weigh?
6lbs 14oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
No thankgoodness

23.What did you name him/her?
Hailey Paige

24. How old is your first born today?
6 months on Saturday!!!

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
No

2. What were your reactions?
Totally petrified

3. How old were you?
22

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I had bought a pregnancy test, but the instructions were missing.. so when it turned up 2 lines I FREAKED and made my boyfriend go to the drugstore to check what it meant!
I was EXHAUSTED and my boobs were KILLING me! I had a feeling something wasn't right!

5.Who did you tell first?
boyfriend

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
Yes, I'm a planner!

7. Due date?
4/1/2001 April Fools Day

8.Did you deliver early or late?
went into labor 1 week early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
God yes!!! The people I worked with HATED me! They could hear me ALLL day in the bathroom!

10. What did you crave?
Chicken fingers.. allll day.ever day!

11. Who irritated you the most?
My boyfriend!

12. What was your first child's sex?
Boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
Ummmm 42

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
None, very smooth pregnancy

15.Where did you give birth?
Healthpark, Ft Myers, FL

16. How many hours were you in labor?
47

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
My boyfriend

18.Who watched?
My Mom and my boyfriend

19.Was it natural or c-section?
Natural


20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
I didn't want to until over 24 hrs into it .. then I had no choice.. no sleep and childbirth don't mix well!!

21.How much did your child weigh?
9lbs. 5 oz.
22. Did your child have any complications?
None

23.What did you name him/her?
Jordan Patrick

24. How old is your first born today?
going to be 7 yrs. 3/26

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
yes

2. What were your reactions?
Happy and in shock.


3. How old were you?
31

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
my boobs were really sore and I felt like a train had ran me over

5.Who did you tell first?
My DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
Yup, but I already knew she was a girl

7. Due date?
7/7/07

8.Did you deliver early or late?
early. a little over a week

9. Did you have morning sickness?
no

10. What did you crave?
anything that was grilled

11. Who irritated you the most?
DH

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
50 lbs

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
none it was a breeze. I just hated to look at my CANKLES

15.Where did you give birth?
ST. Charles

16. How many hours were you in labor?
24 hours

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH...after he changed the oil in the car.

18.Who watched?
DH ....he was scared and didn't know what to do

19.Was it natural or c-section?
c-section

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
Of course. I thought I was going to die!!!

21.How much did your child weigh?
7lbs

22. Did your child have any complications?
No

23.What did you name him/her?
Gabriella

24. How old is your first born today?
7 months old

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
No (but I am now )

2. What were your reactions?
Happy, we were engaged and kind of planned it.


3. How old were you?
27

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
Took a test the day I missed my period.

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
Yes, I always figured I wouldn't want to know but as soon as we could we did.

7. Due date?
6/25/06

8.Did you deliver early or late?
On my due date

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No

10. What did you crave?
Soft serve pistachio ice cream, burger king onion rings, and munchkins.

11. Who irritated you the most?
No one. Well everyone if I was tired

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
56

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
No

15.Where did you give birth?
Good Samaritan

16. How many hours were you in labor?
15 Hours

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH (we went to go visit a friend who just had a baby and I didn't leave)

18.Who watched?
DH (my mom came to visit for about an hour)

19.Was it natural or c-section?
c-section

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
yes

21.How much did your child weigh?
7lbs 12 1/2 oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Hailey Marie

24. How old is your first born today?
19 months

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
no, was engaged.

2. What were your reactions?
excited and nervous


3. How old were you?
going on 21

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
i knew i was the moment i conceived.. just could feel it, i know im strange lol

5.Who did you tell first?
her father

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
i did, but she apparently didnt want me to

7. Due date?
8-18-03

8.Did you deliver early or late?
scheduled c-section for 8-11-03

9. Did you have morning sickness?
ehhh all day sickness on and off i guess

10. What did you crave?
nothing in particular that i can recall

11. Who irritated you the most?
the stupid dog i got a couple months before i got preg

12. What was your first child's sex?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
oh jeez... like 50

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
nah

15.Where did you give birth?
huntington hospital

16. How many hours were you in labor?
zero

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
my parents and dd's father were all with me.. my dad drove

18.Who watched?
her father

19.Was it natural or c-section?
c-section

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
hells yeah!!

21.How much did your child weigh?
7lbs 3oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Kayla Rose

24. How old is your first born today?
4 and 1/2 yrs old!

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
yes.

2. What were your reactions?
shocked...our first time saying whatever happens happens...then we changed our mind later that week and went back to condoms!

3. How old were you?
going on 27

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I felt like I had the flu. Tested once, negative. Tested 2 days later for BFP

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
no way!

7. Due date?
12/18/06

8.Did you deliver early or late?
scheduled c-section on due date

9. Did you have morning sickness?
yes...for months

10. What did you crave?
milkshakes, ovaltine

11. Who irritated you the most?
no one...no one was around, we had moved.

12. What was your first child's sex?
boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
62

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
no

15.Where did you give birth?
charlotte

16. How many hours were you in labor?
zero

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
Leo and my mom

18.Who watched?
Leo

19.Was it natural or c-section?
c-section

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
just ibprofren once, I did not want to mess up my BFing.

21.How much did your child weigh?
9.7

22. Did your child have any complications?
nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Joshua Ethan

24. How old is your first born today?
13 months