My 1st Born
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?
Yeah, not so much.
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Nope
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
I was completely shocked, followed by a mixture of ECSTATIC and TERRIFIED.
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
Um, wow, super inappropriately personal question for a facebook quiz. Technically, yes, I am lucky enough to live in a state that respects women's right to make their own choices for their lives and their bodies so I could have chosen that option. However, I was a healthy, happy, gainfully employed adult in love and in a healthy, happy relationship with a responsible, financially secure, well-adjusted adult man so I couldn't think of one good reason not to have my child.
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
27
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
Funny story, that. I spent the evening drinking large amounts of Jack Daniels with Kelsey, Lauren and Jazmin and we all went and got tattoos at a sketchy little place in Glendale. Then we went to drink some more and while we were walking home, I noticed that my boobs were huge and sore so I said (totally joking) "I think I'm pregnant", Lauren happened to have a pregnancy test stick in her purse so I took it as soon as I got home, with all of them in the bathroom with me. Sure enough, it was +.
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
Kels, Lauren and Jazmin were in the bathroom with me. I think Lauren told Patrick before I even had a chance to tell my baby daddy. But, Shaun was the 1st person that I actually announced the news to.
8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
Yes, we had an awesome 3D/4D ultrasound at a super cool place that has a 100 inch screen and seating for 10. Shaun, Kels and my dad were all there & we held a phone up to the speakers so Amy could hear the heartbeat. When they told me it was a girl I was more excited than I have ever been about anything in my whole life
9. DUE DATE?
January 27, 2009
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
I had a super easy pregnancy but there were a few times that I barfed, not necessarily in the morning. Once I puked on an airplane leaving NYC, I sat down huge and pregnant in the middle of the aisle and everyone just acted like they couldn't see me. It was really weird.
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?
Pepperonis! (And I don't even really like pepperoni, normally) I had trouble sleeping and I used to sit up at like 3 am watching Food Network and eating raw pepperonis straight out of the package and then I would go to Subway before work like everyday and get bread with just pepperonis and cheese.
11b. DID YOU HAVE ANY FOOD AVERSIONS?
No, but Shaun was the Prenatal Vitamin Nazi & he made me take these disgusting "food based" vitamins that smelled like Spinach and tasted like asshole and I had to take 6 a day and they made me want to barf
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
NOTHING! I LOVED being pregnant and wish I could be pregnant forever and always.
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX?
Girl
14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
No way, man. My baby is perfect, I wouldn't change a thing.
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
60 and I enjoyed every pepperoni of it
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
Yes, it was awesome and so much fun. Kels and my mom did the best job planning it.
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
I knew but there were lots of surprises like people/presents I wasn't expecting. And the afterparty was very surprising, indeed.
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
Kind of, I was in the hospital for a couple days really early on but it wasn't a big deal
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Glendale Adventist Hospital
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
20
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
Kels, Shaun and I drove there but I randomly decided on the way there that I needed cute, warm knee socks because I kept having images of my legs and feet up in the stirrups while I was in labor and I didn't feel like I had the right socks so we stopped at Target, then we met my mom at KFC and ate some chicken, then went to the hospital (Mind you, I was dilated to 3 cm, having contractions through all of this)
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Besides medical professionals, it was only Shaun and I. It was very intimate & a perfect way to start our life as a little family. I might actually cry thinking about it.
23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
Natural-ish. My stubborn little bean had her head facing the wrong way and refused to move it and had our cord around her neck so they used vaccuum-extraction and forceps
24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
No pain meds or narcotics but I certainly did have an epidural. I did 8 hours with no pain relief, 10 hours on the epidural and then they removed it and I did 2 hours with no pain relief to actually deliver her.
27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
6lbs 14oz
28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ?
7:10 pm on January 13, 2009 (4 days before her daddy's 30th b-day and 2 weeks early)
30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Kaya Holiday Sangkarat
31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
9 months
I don't actually expect that anyone has read this far but if someone has actually gotten to this- thanks! This was mostly for me because the 9 months I spent with that sweet girl in my belly was the best time of my whole life and the day I had her was the most joyful, blissful experience ever. I just like to re-live it in my head over and over. And, I know I am totally corny but I love hearing about other people's birth and pregnancy experiences, too. Please share!
Let's see how much you remember!
1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
Yeah, not so much.
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Nope
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
I was completely shocked, followed by a mixture of ECSTATIC and TERRIFIED.
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
Um, wow, super inappropriately personal question for a facebook quiz. Technically, yes, I am lucky enough to live in a state that respects women's right to make their own choices for their lives and their bodies so I could have chosen that option. However, I was a healthy, happy, gainfully employed adult in love and in a healthy, happy relationship with a responsible, financially secure, well-adjusted adult man so I couldn't think of one good reason not to have my child.
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
27
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
Funny story, that. I spent the evening drinking large amounts of Jack Daniels with Kelsey, Lauren and Jazmin and we all went and got tattoos at a sketchy little place in Glendale. Then we went to drink some more and while we were walking home, I noticed that my boobs were huge and sore so I said (totally joking) "I think I'm pregnant", Lauren happened to have a pregnancy test stick in her purse so I took it as soon as I got home, with all of them in the bathroom with me. Sure enough, it was +.
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
Kels, Lauren and Jazmin were in the bathroom with me. I think Lauren told Patrick before I even had a chance to tell my baby daddy. But, Shaun was the 1st person that I actually announced the news to.
8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
Yes, we had an awesome 3D/4D ultrasound at a super cool place that has a 100 inch screen and seating for 10. Shaun, Kels and my dad were all there & we held a phone up to the speakers so Amy could hear the heartbeat. When they told me it was a girl I was more excited than I have ever been about anything in my whole life
9. DUE DATE?
January 27, 2009
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
I had a super easy pregnancy but there were a few times that I barfed, not necessarily in the morning. Once I puked on an airplane leaving NYC, I sat down huge and pregnant in the middle of the aisle and everyone just acted like they couldn't see me. It was really weird.
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?
Pepperonis! (And I don't even really like pepperoni, normally) I had trouble sleeping and I used to sit up at like 3 am watching Food Network and eating raw pepperonis straight out of the package and then I would go to Subway before work like everyday and get bread with just pepperonis and cheese.
11b. DID YOU HAVE ANY FOOD AVERSIONS?
No, but Shaun was the Prenatal Vitamin Nazi & he made me take these disgusting "food based" vitamins that smelled like Spinach and tasted like asshole and I had to take 6 a day and they made me want to barf
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
NOTHING! I LOVED being pregnant and wish I could be pregnant forever and always.
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX?
Girl
14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
No way, man. My baby is perfect, I wouldn't change a thing.
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
60 and I enjoyed every pepperoni of it
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
Yes, it was awesome and so much fun. Kels and my mom did the best job planning it.
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
I knew but there were lots of surprises like people/presents I wasn't expecting. And the afterparty was very surprising, indeed.
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
Kind of, I was in the hospital for a couple days really early on but it wasn't a big deal
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Glendale Adventist Hospital
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
20
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL?
Kels, Shaun and I drove there but I randomly decided on the way there that I needed cute, warm knee socks because I kept having images of my legs and feet up in the stirrups while I was in labor and I didn't feel like I had the right socks so we stopped at Target, then we met my mom at KFC and ate some chicken, then went to the hospital (Mind you, I was dilated to 3 cm, having contractions through all of this)
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Besides medical professionals, it was only Shaun and I. It was very intimate & a perfect way to start our life as a little family. I might actually cry thinking about it.
23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
Natural-ish. My stubborn little bean had her head facing the wrong way and refused to move it and had our cord around her neck so they used vaccuum-extraction and forceps
24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
No pain meds or narcotics but I certainly did have an epidural. I did 8 hours with no pain relief, 10 hours on the epidural and then they removed it and I did 2 hours with no pain relief to actually deliver her.
27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?
6lbs 14oz
28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ?
7:10 pm on January 13, 2009 (4 days before her daddy's 30th b-day and 2 weeks early)
30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Kaya Holiday Sangkarat
31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
9 months
I don't actually expect that anyone has read this far but if someone has actually gotten to this- thanks! This was mostly for me because the 9 months I spent with that sweet girl in my belly was the best time of my whole life and the day I had her was the most joyful, blissful experience ever. I just like to re-live it in my head over and over. And, I know I am totally corny but I love hearing about other people's birth and pregnancy experiences, too. Please share!
I enjoyed reading this : )
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you had such a good experience!