First Born

I received this fun little questionaire on Facebook and decided to answer the questions to the best of my ability. It appears that most mothers want to sugar coat there pregnancies/first few months of being a parent to not project the apperance that they may not love their child more than humanly possible. I disagree with this theory (as you will see) and also call B.S. to anybody who finds pregnancy "glorious" or "amazing" and that the first few months "are the most precious times of your life". I am not completely heartless. I love a newborn as much as the next guy, but I seem to love them more when I am not dealing with the sleepless nights, explosive poop, dripping boobies and a sqeezy water bottle that you do not use for drinking (any mom who did not deliver by c-section should know what I am talking about, wink, wink....
Anyhoo, here is the questionairre that I filled out

Hey Mommies - About your firstborn....Share
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! Tag 10 mommies when you're finished.

Let's see how much you remember!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? HAHAHA
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Define Married???

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Tears, lots and lot of tears (of Joy of course!)
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? NO WAY!

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 23

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? Took a home pregnancy test.
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? James and then Steph (well, I did not so much tell Steph, but she figured it out when I came out of the bathroom hyperventilating and crying... my tears of Joy!

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? No Way!
9. DUE DATE? April 15, 2003

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Anybody who was around me during those 9 months of bliss knows that answer
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Not throwing up

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? People who told me that they loved being pregnant
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? A Girl

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? At first because I knew my husband (yes, we were married by the time I gave birth...stop doing the math!) wanted a namesake and I was determined never to do that again, but she was seriously the most beautiful baby I had ever seen
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? NEXT!!!!

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes, a few
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew, and during the infamous Blackwood Baby Bash, I got to the be the designated driver to all my friends and my husband. It was such a special, special time.

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Besides throwing up every 20 minutes, having my stomach acids burn a hole in my esophagus, retaining water so badly that I had cankles, it was very easy.
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Alta Bates

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOr? 28 and a half hours. Yes, that half hour counts
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? James
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? My hubby, my mom, my sis, my mother in law. Kristin (my best friend) came in, but she lasted about 10 seconds.

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? NATURAL

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? Hell yeah I did. I made it known that day I found out that I was preggers that I was taking pain medicine. If it was morally ok to have an epidural for 9 months, I would have done it
27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 7 lbs 8 oz

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ? April 17, 2003
30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Alyssa Lynn
31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 6