13-2-2009 - First Born - Mason James

My mood while writing this blog: remembering the past

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? oh no. I was on the pill and well, it was meant to be.

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? no *sigh*

3. WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? I was absolutely terrified! I was so scared of what my parents were gonna say and about my schooling. My boyfriend didn't believe me *jerk*

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? I will not lie I thought about it for 2.5 seconds, BUT ONLY BECAUSE I WAS SCARED. All in all it was never an option.

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? I was 19

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I was having these really bad period cramps that were actually causing me to stop what I was doing and lean over. I have never had them that bad. I was working at the hospital when a nurse asked me what was wrong and I told her. She told me to take a HPT, so I did. Sure enough it was positive.

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? My boyfriend

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? I always said I wouldn't, but I did!! I knew it my heart it was a boy though anyway.

9. DUE DATE? September 14, 2003

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? OH YES! The entire pregnancy

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Orange juice, raw vegetables, cereal, hot and spicy buffalo wings, mayo lol

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? My boyfriend because he didn't care

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? Male

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? I didn't care either way

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 20

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes I had 2

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

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? I had some tachycardia, but at the end I got pre eclampsia

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Louisville, Kentucky

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? Forever! I was admitted 9-5 at 6pm, I started pushing on 9-6 at 6pm, had emergency c section and Mason was born at 8:56pm

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? My Mom

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? My mom, my dad, boyfriend, his mom -- then in the surgery it was just me

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? tried natural . . . emergency section

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? Yes . . . I am not crazy!

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8lbs 2oz

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? September 6 at 8:56pm (38.5 weeks)

30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Mason James

31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 5 years 5 months :)