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I am 37 years old and a new mother. Very exciting for me considering that I was told that I would never have children again. My oldest is almost 20 years old. I have a 8 year old little girl (biologically my niece) and now a beautiful little boy.

This is like the first time all over again. I cannot believe how much that I have forgotten and how much things have changed since my first.

Michael's story:

My husband and I have been together for 14 years and had at first tried to get pregnant. I have always had problems with cysts and cervical cancer, after years of trying with nothing, we just assumed that I could not have children and was even told by a doctor that I would not be able to.

So we just stopped trying. I love my job and everyone that I work with and I felt it strange that I was starting to be short tempered with them and sometimes just wanted to be mean. I mentioned this to a friend of mine and she said, you know, you may be pregnant. I told her that there was no way possible and that she was just incredibly silly to think that at my age, I was pregnant, I told her I was probally going thru menopause.

Well, after another 2 weeks of feeling mean, I decided that I would take a test so that it would be negative and AF would start because that is what I was used to. I picked up the test on my way to work and when I used it, it screamed positive at me before I could set it down for the 3 minutes that it was supposed to take. I broke out into a sweat and started shaking and ended up having to leave work.

When my husband came home, I showed him the test and his exact words were "your sh***ing me?" So we went out and bought another test and sure enough it came out positive too.

I called and made an apt with a high risk doctor and we decided that we would not believe it until he told us it was true. When I came out of the office with the baby bag, the look on my husband's face was priceless.

Things were going good with the pregnancy until my doctor said that I was gaining too much weight. They measured my fluid and said that I had something called hydropoly something. Wich meant that I could go into early labor. Well at about 6 1/2 months while I was having one of many u/s they did a stress test on me and the nurse came in to ask if I was ok, I told her I was fine and she said that I was having contractions one on top of another. They gave me medicine to stop them and put me on a pump to administer the medicine for me because the contractions would not stop. I was able to make it to 34 weeks before I delivered. When I finally realized that I was in labor I made it to the hospital at the pushing stage.

I think that he is the most perfect baby with my skin color and my husbands good looks.

<strong>Pregnancy Survey</strong><br /><br /><strong>About You</strong><br />Name?: Wonda<br />Age?: 36<br />Height?: 5ft7<br />Pre-pregnancy weight?: 162<br /><strong>About The Father</strong><br />Name?: Ben<br />Age?: 32<br />Height?: 6ft2<br />Are you still together?: yes<br /><strong>About Your Pregnancy</strong><br />Is this your first pregnancy?: no<br />When did you find out you were pregnant?: Sept.28, 2007<br />Was it planned?: no<br />What was your first reaction?: shock<br />Who was with you when you found out?: no one<br />Who was the first person you told?: My husband<br />How did your parents react?: they were shocked<br />How far along are you?: 11 weeks<br />What was your first symptom?: feeling mean<br />What is your due date?: 05/15/2008<br />Do you know the sex of the baby?: yes<br />If so, what is it?: boy<br />Have you picked out names?: yes<br />If so, what are they?: michael or alexander<br />How much weight have you gained?: alot<br />Do you have stretch marks?: yes, but from the first one<br />Have you felt the baby move?: not yet<br />Have you heard the heartbeat?: yes<br /><strong>About the birth</strong><br />Will you keep the baby?: yes<br />Home or hospital birth?: hospital<br />Natural or medicated birth?: natural<br />Who will be in the delivery room with you?: my husband and maybe my mom<br />Will you breastfeed?: yes<br />Do you think you'll need a c-section?: no<br />Will you cry when you hold the baby for the first time?: most definately<br />What's the first thing you might say to him/her?: I have waited a long time for you<br />Would you let someone videotape the birth?: no<br />Are you excited about the birth, or scared?: both<br /><br /><a href="http://bzoink.com/S13457/Pregnancy_Survey.html" title="Pregnancy Survey">Take This Survey</a> | <a href="http://bzoink.com/surveys" title="Bzoink Surveys">Search Surveys</a> | <a href="http://bzoink.com" title="Bzoink MySpace Surveys">MySpace Surveys</a><br />Survey found on <a href="http://bzoink.com" title="Bzoink">Bzoink</a><img src="http://bzoink.com/pixel.gif" width="1" height="1" />