Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Super excited

3. How old were you?
27

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
Took my last dollar tree test, then a digital to confirm

5.Who did you tell first?
DH then Neesipie

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
YES, I had to know...had to plan

7. Due date?
9/29/2007

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

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Oh my gosh yessss for a long time

10. What did you crave?
After MS ended pizza, watermelon, pineapple, coffee

11. Who irritated you the most?
Nobody really

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

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

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

15.Where did you give birth?
White Plains Hospital

16. How many hours were you in labor?
About 12 most of them pain free got the epi early

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 2 epi's

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

22. Did your child have any complications?
Not really just needed some antibiotics since I had a fever and was group b positive so he was in the NICU. He was the largest baby in there.

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

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

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Not when we found out, but we were when he was born

2. What were your reactions?
Surprised and nervous!

3. How old were you?
21

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

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
Yes, I wanted to be able to buy boy or girl-oriented nursery decor and clothing

7. Due date?
7/30/05

8.Did you deliver early or late?
early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Yes

10. What did you crave?
salty things, mainly pretzels from the mall

11. Who irritated you the most?
Nobody really

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

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
15

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

15.Where did you give birth?
Southside hospital

16. How many hours were you in labor?
8 hours, then emergency 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?
Yup

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

22. Did your child have any complications?
Yes, hence the C-section

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

24. How old is your first born today?
He'll be three in July

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Very excited!


3. How old were you?
34

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I was on LIF and looking at the symptoms people had....sore boobs, metal taste, headaches, cramps so I took a test and BFP!

5.Who did you tell first?
Sister who was in Belize and we were IMing each other at the time.

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

7. Due date?
9/3/05

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

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No just headaches

10. What did you crave?
ELLIOS!

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?
27

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Yep, pre-term labor at 34 weeks...ended up in the hospital for a week.

15.Where did you give birth?
Mercy

16. How many hours were you in labor?
Didn't know I was in labor at first...went to a regular drs apt and was told to go to the hospital...I was 4cm dialted. From the time I got to the hospital it 3.5 hours.

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH - I went home to pack a bag and wait for DH to get home from work and he drove me.

18.Who watched?
DH and mom

19.Was it natural or c-section?
Natural


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

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

22. Did your child have any complications?
His heart rate was dropping during labor so they check him out as soon as he was delivered but everything was fine!

23.What did you name him/her?
Logan Michael

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?
Excited


3. How old were you?
31

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I felt like crap so I took a preggo test.

5.Who did you tell first?
DH who was home when I took the test and my mom the next morning.

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

7. Due date?
8/2/06

8.Did you deliver early or late?
9 days latey

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Yes

10. What did you crave?
pretzels from the vendors on the corner

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?
30

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

15.Where did you give birth?
Luthern Medical Center in Bklyn

16. How many hours were you in labor?
My water broke at around 5 am, went to the hospital around 8 am but then had to have a c-section around 1 pm.

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?
Epidural

21.How much did your child weigh?
8lbs 15oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
No!

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

24. How old is your first born today?
almost 18 months

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions? and very excited, happy.

3. How old were you? 26


4. How did you find out you were pregnant? Dh had a feeling I was PG and told me to go buy a test. I did and we got our BFP!

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

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

7. Due date?
11/20/05

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

9. Did you have morning sickness?
VERY little. As long as I ate every few hours I was fine.

10. What did you crave?
Orange juice, all kinds of fruit, ham and cheese sandwiches

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

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

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

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

15.Where did you give birth?
LIJ

16. How many hours were you in labor? 16


17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH, my mom and my grandmother

18.Who watched?
DH and 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 15 oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
No

23.What did you name him/her?


24. How old is your first born today?
2.3 yrs old

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Ecstatic!


3. How old were you?
27

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
My boobs were very sore...crampy...had a feeling, so tested and BFP!

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
I wasn't sure...not at first, but DH changed my mind. So happy I found out.

7. Due date?
9/05/2006

8.Did you deliver early or late?
Late-Induced, he was born 9/11

9. Did you have morning sickness?
YES- Between weeks 8-14

10. What did you crave?
McDonalds and Cap'n Crunch :( Not healthy at all

11. Who irritated you the most?
I was actually pretty easy going, no one annoyed me-well my boss did but that was expected, lol

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

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

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Contractions in 33rd week but they went away...no other complications

15.Where did you give birth?
INOVA Alexandria

16. How many hours were you in labor?
Induced at 8am, delivered at 9:50...but total active labor, 10 hours maybe?

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH Watched out of the corner of his eye, lol

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?
7bs 13oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope

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

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

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Overjoyed, we were trying


3. How old were you?
30

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I actually thought I was pregnant the month before because I had symptoms. That month I took a test on a fluke and came up with a BFP. Also looking back food didn't taste right and my boobs were sore.

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
YES, I couldn't waitt

7. Due date?
1/1/2007

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

9. Did you have morning sickness?
yes all day until about 14 weeks

10. What did you crave?
broccoli, olives, red peppers and potatoes

11. Who irritated you the most?
myself

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

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

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Nope, just a big baby

15.Where did you give birth?
LIJ

16. How many hours were you in labor?
13 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?
absolutely

21.How much did your child weigh?
9lbs 30z

22. Did your child have any complications?
Yes, she developed an stomach infection that prevented her from feeding and made her throw up green bile. The cause was possible sepsis.

23.What did you name him/her?
Isabella "Bella" Grace

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

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
No

2. What were your reactions?
Disbelief,scared, in shock considering my twin sister had also found out she was pregnant a week before!!


3. How old were you?
19 when conceived, 20 when I gave birth.

4. How did you find out you were pregnant? Had a dizzy spell, while applying for a job.Friend that accompanied me suggested that I could be pregnant since he also had twin sisters that got pregnant at the same time.


5.Who did you tell first?
Back than boyfriend, now DH.

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
YES!! I wanted a boy.

7. Due date?
5/24/96

8.Did you deliver early or late?
Two days late 5/26/96

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No

10. What did you crave?
Taco Bell and Friendly's Ice cream.

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

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

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
Wow, over 50lbs!!!

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? NO, thank god.

15.Where did you give birth?
Winthrop Hospital Mineola

16. How many hours were you in labor?
10-12 HRS

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?
Hell yes!!!!!

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

22. Did your child have any complications?
No

23.What did you name him/her?
Matthew Nicolas

24. How old is your first born today?
11 years old going on 30!!!
Very mature and independent

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Excited, relieved (we had been trying for so long), and a little scared!


3. How old were you?
30

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I was charting- and I was chomping at the bit to test- so I used one of the digitals.

5.Who did you tell first?
DH, and then my mom

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

7. Due date?
11/23/2006

8.Did you deliver early or late?
almost a month early- 10/28/06

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Nope- was so lucky

10. What did you crave?
ice cream!

11. Who irritated you the most?
no one really- i loved being pregnant.

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

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
around 22

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
slight gestational diabetes

15.Where did you give birth?
Beth israel in NYC

16. How many hours were you in labor?
5 or 6

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
My husband

18.Who watched?
my DH and mom were there- but I had an emergency c-section so by the time DH was dressed, DD was already born.

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


20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
yes, but it wasn't enough for the c-section, and they had no time to give me a spinal, so they put me under.

21.How much did your child weigh?
6lbs 13oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope

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

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

Re: Your First Born

. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Shocked. we had only started tying the month before.


3. How old were you?
26

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
terrible fatiuge. so i took a test.

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

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

7. Due date?
11-21-02

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

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Yes!

10. What did you crave?
Lemonade. ice.

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?
35 lbs

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

15.Where did you give birth?
LIJ

16. How many hours were you in labor?
0, had a csection

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?
percocet.

21.How much did your child weigh?
8lbs, 15 ozx

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Hailey

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

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Shocked!
Not Convinced (14 tests later...and a doc appt...and a two year old I am)

3. How old were you?
27

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I tested...and then threw the test in the garbage thinking it was negative. I was going back on the pill, because it was so painful and awful that first month I got AF. The next morning I was brushing my teeth and saw the two lines.

5.Who did you tell first?
DH, in a freaking out is this a line scream

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
No, but DH did. So we compromised and found out but didn't tell anyone until the shower

7. Due date?
9/24/2005

8.Did you deliver early or late?
just about three week early

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No, but I did have a chicken aversion

10. What did you crave?
MASHED POTATOES

11. Who irritated you the most?
At the end, everyone

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

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
I think the final tally was like 52

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
I was induced due to pre-e

15.Where did you give birth?
LIJ

16. How many hours were you in labor?
I was induced at 10 pm with Cervadil, so I don't count that really. It really started at 9 am the next morning when they hit me with the pitocin, so 13 hours.

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
Dh and myself..right from my doctors appt!

18.Who watched?
DH and my sister

19.Was it natural or c-section?
Natural

20.Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
I would have died if not

21.How much did your child weigh?
6lbs 7oz :-0

22. Did your child have any complications?
I had a fever, so she was sent to NICU as a precaution.

23.What did you name him/her?
Isabella Grace

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

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Thrilled

3. How old were you?
33

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
We were trying so I was testing like a maniac

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

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

7. Due date?
02/01/07

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

9. Did you have morning sickness?
I was nauseous but didnt really throw up.

10. What did you crave?
Carbs and fish

11. Who irritated you the most?
I cant remember. Maybe everyone to an extent.

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

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

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
she had a 2 vessel umbilical cord and i was swollen since week 14.

15.Where did you give birth?
Good Sam

16. How many hours were you in labor?
none, i had a scheduled c-section

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
DH

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

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

21.How much did your child weigh?
9 lbs 14 1/2 ounces

22. Did your child have any complications?
Nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Paige

24. How old is your first born today?
1

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?
Utter shock and sheer excitement


3. How old were you?
Pregnant-27. DS was born when I was 28.

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
Was VERY tired at my end-term party in June. Then used 3 HPTs.

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
We didn't with our first.

7. Due date?
2/24/02

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

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Morning, afternoon and night. I was a complete mess.

10. What did you crave?
Just sleep. Still do.

11. Who irritated you the most?
My students who ALWAYS seemed to be sick.

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

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
I LOST OVER 45 POUNDS during that prenancy!!

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Bleeding at 16 weeks. Turned out it was a ruptured blood vessel. Very scary. Also placenta previa, but it corrected itself.

15.Where did you give birth?
Winthrop

16. How many hours were you in labor?
Soup (loss of plug) to nuts(delivery)...10 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?
10 epidurals. NONE WORKED. They couldn't find my spine due to severe scoliosis.

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

22. Did your child have any complications?
No, thank God.

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

24. How old is your first born today?
Will be 6 years old on the 20th!!!!!!!!

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yep

2. What were your reactions?
I was flipping out w/ excitment...and then I got really nervous LOL


3. How old were you?
28

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
we were trying and my period was late. I sorta knew...

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
ohh yes. I never could have waited the whole 9 mths!

7. Due date?
6-15-06

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

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No, thankfully...

10. What did you crave?
cheese...

11. Who irritated you the most?
I wasnt really irritated too easily surprisingly LOL

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

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

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
irritable uterus causing early contractions

15.Where did you give birth?
suffolk county

16. How many hours were you in labor?
16 hrs. UGH what a long day

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?
epidural, no other meds

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

22. Did your child have any complications?
nope

23.What did you name him/her?
Alyssa

24. How old is your first born today?
almost 20 months OMG!

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
I was soooooo happy and excited.


3. How old were you?
35 when he was conceived and 36 when he was born

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I had a feeling because I missed my AF, so I took a pregnancy test.

5.Who did you tell first?
My DH was with me when I took th etest.

6. Did u want to find out the sex?
No
7. Due date?
9/26/07

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

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Yes

10. What did you crave?
cold iced tea, ice cubes,

11. Who irritated you the most?
My job

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

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
20

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

15.Where did you give birth?
NY Methodist

16. How many hours were you in labor?
I was induced for a dfew hours.

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

18.Who watched?
My DH. My mom intended to but she was not allowed because in the end I had a c-section.

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?
8lbs 12oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
No

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

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

Re: Your First Born

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What were your reactions?
Very scared- we had a miscarriage only a couple of months before so I didn't want to lose this baby too.
3. How old were you?
36

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
POAS- but DH and I were just like, ok maybe this one will stick.

5.Who did you tell first?
DH

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

7. Due date?
1/6/07

8.Did you deliver early or late?
on her due date

9. Did you have morning sickness?
No

10. What did you crave?
Strawberry McDonald's Milk Shakes, Virgin Mary's, cheeseburgers, ice cream

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?
about 30

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

15.Where did you give birth?
In California

16. How many hours were you in labor?
14

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
I did- I was induced.

18.Who watched?
DH was there but DID NOT watch, my best friend, my mom, my SIL and my neice who was 2 months old. I know- I like to have an audience!

19.Was it natural or c-section?
Natural


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

21.How much did your child weigh?
6pd 9 oz

22. Did your child have any complications?
mericonium when I delivered her and she enhaled a lot of fluid as she was stuck in the birth canal waiting for my doctor to come!

23.What did you name him/her?
Grace Kelly

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