Tuesday, November 13, 2018

My Babies

Since it's birthday month!
Feel free to copy and paste your answers below! I love hearing about pregnancy and babies. <3 p="">

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Yes

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Excited and disbelief. I went and bought another pregnancy test just to make sure.

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? Not at all.

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 26

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I had a suspicion, but I had thought that before and then was disappointed, so I waited until I was almost a week late to let myself test.

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Jacob, then the grandparents to be.

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? I always thought I wouldn't want to, but by the time I was pregnant I knew I wanted to know.

9. DUE DATE? November 21, 2011

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Only once!

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Nothing out of the normal. I ate a lot of Mexican and DQ Blizzards....so like I said. Normal.

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Never ending acid reflux

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

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? No. I did think he was girl for awhile and then a few weeks before my gender scan, I had a dream it was a boy and from then on, I pretty much knew it was a boy.

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 30

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes. I had several. I was a very blessed Mama to be.

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew all but one. Well, technically 2. My friend Sandy was moving away and she threw me a surprise shower before they left. And the teachers threw one for Jacob. So, I wasn't there, but I also didn't know about it. They showered us with lots of diapers!

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Only one little scare at about 20 weeks. I made a trip to the ER, but thankfully all was good, and we found out the gender a day early. :)

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? St John's.

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 9ish.

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Jacob

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Jacob, my OB, and the nurses. Plus this kinda freaked out intern, which was hilarious.

23. WAS IT VAGINAL OR C-SECTION? Vaginal

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? Sure did. Got myself an epidural. Then I got myself another one because the first one didn't take. And then that one didn't take so they had to add more numbing stuff.

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8lbs 4oz

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ? November 23,2011

30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Daniel Jacob

31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? Almost 7!


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1. WAS YOUR NEXT PREGNANCY PLANNED? Yes

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Excited and shocked because I got pregnant super fast unlike with Daniel.

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? No

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 29

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? Oddly enough, it was this metallic taste in my mouth that I had in early pregnancy with Daniel, that made me suspect that I was. And I confirmed with with a pregnancy test.

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Jacob and then close family

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Yes!

9. DUE DATE? November 21, 2014   Yes, You read that right. I had the exact same due date for both boys!

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Only once or twice

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Ranch. Generally I'm not a big ranch person, but I wanted to dip all the things in ranch. Oh, and for like a week, I ate the heck out of potato salad.

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Another round of endless acid reflux and people telling me how to get rid of it. Most people didn't understand that I literally could not get rid of it. I could drink only water for hours and still have it. 


13. WHAT WAS YOUR SECOND CHILD'S SEX?Boy

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? I was kinda hoping girl, but I was 99% sure it was a boy even though Jacob was convinced it was a girl. I knew I would  be happy either way.The tech told Daniel he was getting a brother. I had the smallest wave of sadness, and it faded to complete excitement! I loved having 2 sisters, so I was super excited for the brother bond.

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? Ugh. 40 because I ate like a cow.

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? No baby showers. We had almost all that we needed. My mom did have a card shower though, and people sent gift cards for diapers and wipes which was very appreciated.

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew she was planning the card shower.

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Yes. Placenta Previa. Landed me in the hospital overnight once. Landed me another 4 days/3 nights a few weeks later. And then landed me in the delivery room 3 weeks early.


19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? St John;s..

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? I wasn't. I had to have a c-section. They started at 7:58am and he was out at 8:02am!

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Jacob

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Doctor, nurses and Jacob.

23. WAS IT VAGINAL OR C-SECTION? C-Section

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? Once the numbness wore off I did.

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 7lbs 8oz

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ? November 3,2014

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

31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 4


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