| About Your Pregnancy |
| Is this your first pregnancy?: | Second pregnancy but it will be my first child. |
| When did you find out you were pregnant?: | Mid July |
| Was it planned?: | Yep
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| What was your first reaction?: | Doubt, it was a very faint positive.
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| Who was with you when you found out?: | My Husband
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| Who was the first person you told?: | My mom and my dad and his parents shortly after, that was it for a while, we wanted to wait until we were farther along to tell other people.
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| How did your parents react?: | Very excited
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| How far along are you?: | 20 weeks as of today (11/15/07)
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| What was your first symptom?: | This wierd kind of throbbing headache that lasts a few seconds. I suspected a pregnancy when I first got these because I got them with my last pregnancy (miscarriage)
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| What is your due date?: | April 3rd
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| Do you know the sex of the baby?: | YEP
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| If so, what is it?: | Boy
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| Have you picked out names?: | Nothing final yet but we like Jamison
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| If so, what are they?: | See above
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| How much weight have you gained?: | 10 lbs as of week 18
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| Do you have stretch marks?: | Not yet, hopefully not ever.
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| Have you felt the baby move?: | Yep
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| Have you heard the heartbeat?: | Yeah, we bought our own doppler at 11 weeks and let me tell you it was the best purchase ever!!!
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| About the birth |
| Will you keep the baby?: | Yeah, of course
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| Home or hospital birth?: | Hospital I am not that brave
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| Natural or medicated birth?: | Hopefully natural but we'll see.
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| Who will be in the delivery room with you?: | My husband maybe my mom, the Dr and my doula (who I have not yet picked) |
| Will you breastfeed?: | Yep
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| Do you think you'll need a c-section?: | No, why would I think that?
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| Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?: | Probably
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| What's the first thing you might say to him/her?: | Hi
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| Would you let someone videotape the birth?: | I don't think so even though my husband mentioned it.
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| Are you excited about the birth, or scared?: | Both
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