FIRST BORN...questionnaire

Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself!

Let's see how much you remember!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
not really

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
he was pretty much a honeymoon baby

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
scared to death, but when brian was excited that made me happy.

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
no way

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
23

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
hpt

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
left the hpt on the bathroom counter for brian to find.

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
yes....i'm very impatient. brian didn't want to know but when i found out i couldn't help but tell him. i'm not very good at secrets either.

9. DUE DATE?
may 25, 1992

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS
all day sickness for 1st trimester

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE
starburst candies!!!

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
i don't get irritated

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

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
i was hoping for a boy.

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
23 lbs and left it all at the hospital. love those first babies!!

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
Yes. 2 showers

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
family/friend shower was surprise. work shower was not.

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

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
St. Agnes. Baltimore Maryland

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
4. my water broke before any contractions...but the contractions came on REAL fast. i was ready to push by the time we arrived to the hospital.

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
My Husband in an old honda w/NO SHOCKS on the very bumpy beltway!!! i thought he was going to come out in the car!!!

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Husband

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
au natural...no time for anything.

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
no time!!!

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
7.13

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ?
10:00 am May 17, 1992...8 days early!!

30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Christian Jacob...after my great-grandfather (Dee's dad)

31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
16

To go along with it my husband decided to answer the questions himself...in his own unique style. :D

First Born: another perspective--

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
If you're not trying to stop it, then it's planned.

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Blissfully wed for two months

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
YEA!! I love babies

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
no way

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
25

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
Kim left the hpt on the counter. It was blue!

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
My Parents...I think, or maybe Kevin.not sure

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
NO, but my wife did and she can't keep a secret!

9. DUE DATE?
may 25, 1992

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS
No, I did get tired alot from watching Kimmy throw up though.

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE
sex...pregnant ladies are hot!!

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
i thought the hospital might, but they were great. So no one I guess.

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

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
NOPE!

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
I lost 15 Thanks for asking ;)

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
Yes, the morning he was born I took a shower and then almost had a baby in the car. been feelin' guilty about that shower for 16 1/2 years.

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
Surprise. I asked Kim's permission first.

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
Nope, it was all good.

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
St. Agnes. Baltimore Maryland

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
I was in labor for 9 months with an extra part time job, but after Kim's four hours of labor I quit. Wanted to ne home with my two favorite people!

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
I expertly negotiated the Baltimore beltway dutifully avoiding the major hazards and patiently listening to my loving wife yell at me about every pebble we caressed with our tires.hehehe...It was a rough ride!

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Me and George Williamson.He's the coolest OB in AA county and one of the 2 doctors I really trust.

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
au natural...although still requiring a number of sutures.

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
What pain...Ha didn't feel a thing.

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
7.13

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ?
10:00 am May 17, 1992...8 days early!!

30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Christian Jacob...after my great-grandfather (Dee's dad)

31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
16

he was born with huge hands that he immediately started to chew on and when he cried he sounded like a duck! I was so proud!! (shhh don't tell anybody, but I still kinda am)