12-9-2008 - Pregnancy Survey

My mood while writing this blog: Overwhelemed

About Your Pregnancy:

Your name?: Ashley Brooke

Fathers name?: Kenny

Are you still with him?: Of course!

Is this your first pregnancy?: Yes

What are your fears?: Making a good mother, labor, and school. Being able to keep it all balanced.

What are you most happy about?: Being able to see my baby, having a family.

Did you want a boy or girl?: Boy

What did the father want boy or girl?: Boy

Were you trying to get pregnant?: Weren't preventing it.

When you found out? March 16, 2008!!! It was Palm's sunday.

Where did you find out?: At home, I took a home pregnancy test and of course it was POSITIVE.

How far along were you?: I was over 4 weeks.

What was your reaction?: I started crying.

Who was the first person you told?: Kenny

How did you tell the father?: He was there with me when I took the test.

What was his reaction?: He was very excited.

How did your parents react?: They weren't expecting anything like this.

When is your due date?: November 10, 2008

What were your first symptoms?: Sick and tired feeling.

Did you have any morning sickness?: A couple of times between weeks 4-5.

Do you know what your having?: Yes a precious little boy, our prince.

Do you have a name picked out?: Carson Phoenix

How much weight have you gained?: Around 30 lbs I think. The Dr. said I am doing great with my weight gain so I don't worry about it at all.

Do you have stretch marks?: Yes and I hate them.

Have you felt the baby move?: All the time! He kicks me everywhere, especially in the ribs.

Have you heard the heartbeat?: Beating strongly at 160 bpm

Home or hospital birth?: um, def. the Hospital

Are you excited about the birth, or scared?: Mixed emotions. Excited about the birth scared about the labor.

What do you think will be the worst part of labor?: Pushing out the baby,

Have you taken any classes?: No but i would like to.

Who will be in the delivery room?: Hopefully just Kenny.

Will you breastfeed?: Probably not.

Do you think you'll need a c-section?: I don't think I will.

Are you having the birth videotaped?: Probably not because I want Kenny to be focused on me.

Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?: Probably, when I get overwhelemed with excitement or nervouseness or anything I cry.

What's the first thing you might say to him/her?: He's beautiful

What do you think the fathers reaction to the baby will be?: Oh I have no idea...that's a hard one.

How do you think family and friends will feel?: Happy and excited.