19-6-2009 - A lil Survey

My mood while writing this blog: Loved

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? .Yes, we had talked about our desire and our situation with the first pregnancy, when we lost it, we talked about wanting to be pregnant again, which it happened 3 weeks later... and when Maddox was 4 months old we talked about having our kiddos close in age and decided that we wouldn't prevent and let it happen when it was ready to happen.... which happened to be immediately!

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? .Our first pregnancy we were planning marriage, then we got married and found out that we had concieved Maddox on or around our wedding night :) and of course we are still married for this baby

3. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? .Shocked everytime, I never thought it would happen the first time we tried, then I never thought it would happen so soon after a loss and I never thought it would happen before I had a cycle after having my son

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? Not a chance

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 23 the first pregnancy

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?

The first time Jake and I took about 15 tests because we didn't really know when my period was due and eventually one of them came up positive, with Maddox I tested the very first day possible and got a faint positive then I went to the health department to hear someone else tell me I was pregnant. This time I went to see my husband on pass for Mother's Day and had a really crazy dream that I was pregnant so I took a test -well I took 3 tests.. and there they were! 2 lil lines!

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Jacob everytime

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? I would like to wait but we're not going to

9. DUE DATE? 1st due date: Oct31,2008 (lost Mar18,2008) Maddox's due date: Dec31,2008 (born Dec19,2008) New Baby's due date: Jan19,2010

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Not until this baby.

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Salad and Potatoes

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? People

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? so far we just have a boy...

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? we hoped for a girl until we got a boy, now we think we want a girl to have both but we also want a boy for Maddox to pal around with

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? With Maddox I gained 38lbs, and after he was born there was 4months between birth and me getting pregnant. I had lost an additional 12lbs beyond my pregpregnancy weight... Now I'm 9 1/2 weeks pregnant with this baby and I'm still 8lbs under Maddox's prepregnancy weight

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? I did

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

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? blood pressure, and baby tried to come way to early so I had NSTs for 10 weeks...

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Hospital...

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 8 hours from when my water broke to baby cry

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? my husband

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? just my husband

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Medicated Vaginal

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? yup

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 7lbs 1oz.

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? Dec 19, 2008 1:59pm

30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Maddox

31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 6months today!