New Baby Questionnaire!

I found this on Whattoexpect.com and thought it would be interesting to find out all this stuff... y'know just cuz its fun and a time consumer when you're bored

1. Were you married at the time you got pregnant?


2. What was your reaction?


3.. How old were you?


4. How did you find out you were pregnant?


5. Who did you tell first ?


6. did you want to find out the sex of the baby?


7. Due date?


8. What date was your baby born?


9. Did you have morning sickness?


10. What did you crave?


11. Who irritated you the most?


12. What was your child’s gender?


13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?


14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?


15. How many hours were you in labor?


16.Who drove you to the hospital?


17. Who watched?


18.Was it natural or c-section?


19.How much did your child weigh?


20.Did your child have any complications?


21 What is your child’s name?


22. How old is your first-born today?

1. Were you married at the time you got pregnant?
Engagged

2. What was your reaction?
I was so excited! ^_^

3.. How old were you?
(I am)20

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I went to the OB about some weird cramping I was having the week before my period. I thought it was an ovarian cyst! turns out, It was a baby! ^_^

5. Who did you tell first ?
I called my mom right afterward

6. did you want to find out the sex of the baby?
Umm oh yeah, I wasn't gunna return any baby clothes! lol

7. Due date?
October 13, 2008

8. What date was your baby born?
September 23rd, 2008 (I had to be induced)

9. Did you have morning sickness?
YES! It got so bad I had to go to the ER one night because I was so dehydrated!

10. What did you crave?
candy and all kinds of ice cream!

11. Who irritated you the most?
My Sister in Law

12. What was your child’s gender?
Male

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
almost 30

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Nope. Just that last week of mild pre-eclampsia

15. How many hours were you in labor?
13 hours and 42 minutes

16.Who drove you to the hospital?
My fiancee

17. Who watched?
My fiancee and my mom

18.Was it natural or c-section?
natural, but totally drugged up lol

19.How much did your child weigh?
8lbs 12 oz

20.Did your child have any complications?
nopies, he was just perfect!

21 What is your child’s name?
Joseph Jonathan Ward

22. How old is your first-born today?
3 weeks and 6 days!

1. Were you married at the time you got pregnant?
Yes - 3 1/2 years


2. What was your reaction?
Shock and Excitement


3. How old were you?
32


4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I had really sore boobs and this kind of sore only happened one time before and it made me suspicious so my BFF convinced me to take a test and it was positive. I wasnt due to start my period for 4 days so I found out really early.


5. Who did you tell first ?
My BFF - she was on the phone with me


6. did you want to find out the sex of the baby?
Heck Yeah! I had to know how to decorate.


7. Due date?
Originally 10/16 and then changed to 10/21

8. What date was your baby born?
10/09/08


9. Did you have morning sickness?
I had more of an all day queasiness for the first trimester


10. What did you crave?
In the beginning only things that were "fresh". Like Pineapple and watermellon. By the end all I wanted was Frosty's & Hamburgers


11. Who irritated you the most?
That changed day by day. Most of the time it was DH bless his heart. Its just cuz he was the one I spent the most time with.


12. What was your child’s gender?
BOY


13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
UGH - 45... It wasnt the pineapple and watermelon that did it.


14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
At the end I had low fluid levels and the baby was breech.


15. How many hours were you in labor?
0


16.Who drove you to the hospital?
Ha ha ha - I did. We didn't know for sure if we were having the baby that day so we took separate cars.


17. Who watched?
That depends on what was watched - My DH saw EVERYTHING. My mom was there for a few of the things. All good times!


18.Was it natural or c-section?
Emergency C-Section


19.How much did your child weigh?
7lbs 8oz


20.Did your child have any complications?
He had a touch of Jaundice but that was it.


21 What is your child’s name?
Nathaniel (Nate) Levi


22. How old is your first-born today?
11 days old

I liked this little survey so I thought I would go ahead and fill it out for my pregnancy and delivery of first DD.

1. Were you married at the time you got pregnant?
No. ( Thank God for unanswered prayers)

2. What was your reaction?
I was scared.

3.. How old were you?
19

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
took a HPT at my aunts house while doing laundry

5. Who did you tell first ?
My aunt, but called the father right after.

6. did you want to find out the sex of the baby?
Yes. I couldn't wait to find out!

7. Due date?
Sept. 17 1996

8. What date was your baby born?
Aug. 12 1996

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Nauseated but no getting sick.

10. What did you crave?
Dairy. milk, cheese, yogart etc.

11. Who irritated you the most?
The father

12. What was your child’s gender?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
60. I was on bed rest for 21 weeks

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Yes. I had kidney stones and blockage that wouldn't pass which the pain caused contractions, and preterm labor. I was on LOTS of medication and on LOTS of pain meds.

15. How many hours were you in labor?
Emergency c section took 2 hours.

16.Who drove you to the hospital?
My mother

17. Who watched?
My mother

18.Was it natural or c-section?
c-section

19.How much did your child weigh?
6 lbs. 6 oz.

20.Did your child have any complications?
She was born addicted to the pain killers and was severely jaundice

21 What is your child’s name?
Tasia Ann Smith

22. How old is your first-born today?
12

Ooohh I want to play to please....

1. Were you married at the time you got pregnant? Sure was


2. What was your reaction?
I was shocked since it happened so fast



3.. How old were you? 28 years wise


4. How did you find out you were pregnant? I had fallen asleep waiting for DH to bring dinner home and when he did I jumped up and was nauseous.He brought home Quizno's subs and I had my usual sub.It smelled horrible!!! And then I tasted it and it tasted rancid to me...I thought it had gone bad so I mad DH try a bite.Tasted fine to him.So I thought, well maybe it's a stomach bug but decided to take a little test...Sure enough I got my BFP...


5. Who did you tell first ? My DH but after that I told my neighbor(Mary)


6. did you want to find out the sex of the baby? Yup. I have no willpower


7. Due date? Originally due 10/9/2008


8. What date was your baby born? Induced on 9/26/2008


9. Did you have morning sickness? No.I had all day/night sickness


10. What did you crave?Mexican foods(enchiladas specifically)anything else gave me heartburn


11. Who irritated you the most? My DH and my best friend Kelly..She hated the name and couldn't believe I was having another baby.


12. What was your child’s gender? He's all boy


13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?None I lost 26lbs while preggo.


14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Wow let's see...none really pregnancy related...I previously had a PE so I was on blood thinners.Had a staph pneumonia(that was loads of fun) started developing pre-e and nimerous non-pregnancy related issues(loss of job,etc)


15. How many hours were you in labor? Active labor was 3hours 5 minutes.Induced at 9:15am and delivered at 5:05pm


16.Who drove you to the hospital?
DH and I went together

17. Who watched?
DH and my friend Denise(my nurse) a really annoying resident and my doctor


18.Was it natural or c-section?Natural but with drugs..LOL doesn't sound really natural to me


19.How much did your child weigh? Lucas weighed 8lbs2oz


20.Did your child have any complications?He had a low temp when he was born and low sugar but was fine quickly


21 What is your child’s name?Lucas Kenneth Philip Gannoe


22. How old is your first-born today?My first-born son today is 5 years old(6 in January)

1. Were you married at the time you got pregnant?
yes (we hit 11 yrs in aug)

2. What was your reaction?
OMG!!!!!!!!!

3.. How old were you?
33

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
took a test at home

5. Who did you tell first ?
DH

6. did you want to find out the sex of the baby?
at first, no, but then we decided to

7. Due date?
10/1/08

8. What date was your baby born?
9/25/08

9. Did you have morning sickness?
yup

10. What did you crave?
everythimg i wasn't allowed

11. Who irritated you the most?
depended on the day....

12. What was your child’s gender?
male

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
technically none - lost and only regained what i had lost

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
yes - gestational diabetes and anemia

15. How many hours were you in labor?
zero

16.Who drove you to the hospital?
dh

17. Who watched?
dh

18.Was it natural or c-section?
c-section

19.How much did your child weigh?
8lbs 2.4oz

20.Did your child have any complications?
jaudince

21 What is your child’s name?
Logan Benjamin Sietz

22. How old is your first-born today?
7 (will be 8 in Dec)

1. Were you married at the time you got pregnant?
yes....10 days before our 10th anniversary!

2. What was your reaction?
I totally freaked out! I was excited but scared & worried.

3.. How old were you?
35

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
I bought a cheapo at Walmart thinking I was wasting my money...it was a BFP so I drove to CVS and bought every brand they sold (FOUR), took them all, and they were all BFP's.

5. Who did you tell first ?
I called my mom bawling on the way to CVS got pissed and hung up on her! Then after all of the BFP's I called dh and told him to come home.

6. did you want to find out the sex of the baby?
absolutely

7. Due date?
10/7/08

8. What date was your baby born?
9/24/08...barely the day before my 36th birthday....LO was born at 11:28pm on the 24th and I was born at 12:01am on the 25th! LOL

9. Did you have morning sickness?
mostly afternoon sickness

10. What did you crave?
cherry pie

11. Who irritated you the most?
hubby of course!

12. What was your child’s gender?
total boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
21lbs

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
gestational diabetes....ruined my cherry pie cravings so I ate SF cherry yogurt

15. How many hours were you in labor?
17 hours and then ended up in a c-section

16.Who drove you to the hospital?
dh, ds, mom

17. Who watched?
In the beginning it was dh, ds, mom and sister but since it ended in a c-section only dh for the actual birth

18.Was it natural or c-section?
c-section

19.How much did your child weigh?
8lbs 0.2oz

20.Did your child have any complications?
thankfully, no

21 What is your child’s name?
Brenden Tyler Lawyer

22. How old is your first-born today?
8 he will be 9 in December

1. Were you married at the time you got pregnant?
nope

2. What was your reaction?
scared..had a m/c 3 months earlier, knew SO didn't want another one

3.. How old were you?
27

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
took a test at home

5. Who did you tell first ?
SO

6. did you want to find out the sex of the baby?
of course

7. Due date?
10/15/08

8. What date was your baby born?
10/09/08

9. Did you have morning sickness?
a little

10. What did you crave?
at first thai and mexican..later sweet tea breakfast tacos

11. Who irritated you the most?
depended on the day....usually SO

12. What was your child’s gender?
boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
32

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
none..few times high blood pressure and 1 UTI

15. How many hours were you in labor?
zero

16.Who drove you to the hospital?
SO

17. Who watched?
SO

18.Was it natural or c-section?
c-section

19.How much did your child weigh?
8lbs 12.7oz

20.Did your child have any complications?
not really..low blood sugar at first. corrected within a couple of hours, fluid in stomach had to be pumped

21 What is your child’s name?
Dominic Raquan Rector

22. How old is your first-born today?
Tatzeanna is 3 (4 in may) Dominic is 11 days old

I will answer this for my first since the second is still cooking....

1. Were you married at the time you got pregnant?
Yes, for a whole 12 hours, I think

2. What was your reaction?
Holy S***... are you kidding, we just got married

3.. How old were you?
28

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
Had some implemtation bleeding.

5. Who did you tell first ?
My boss, she bought the HPT. Then I took 3 more and told DH

6. did you want to find out the sex of the baby?
NO, but DH did... so we found out both times

7. Due date?
April 15th- my brothers birthday (first one) Feb 5th- my birthday (second)

8. What date was your baby born?
March 21st

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Nope, last time. This time... all day and night.

10. What did you crave?
Frist time, if it was fried I was eating it... this time... nothing special.

11. Who irritated you the most?
My DH friend, he was always around

12. What was your child’s gender?
First- girl second- Boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
First- 17 this one, so far 4 and I am at 25 weeks.

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
First just GD. This one.... hernia, bad gallbladder, BV and GD... I think that is it.

15. How many hours were you in labor?
16 then a emergency c-section... cord was around DD head 4 times

16.Who drove you to the hospital?
DH

17. Who watched?
DH, but would not take pictures of the section

18.Was it natural or c-section?
c-section

19.How much did your child weigh?
6lbs 12oz and 22 inches long

20.Did your child have any complications?
jaundice, then within the first 18 months we had; 3 sets of tubes, adenoids taken out, tonsils out and a sinus cleanout.

21 What is your child’s name?
Natalie Jane

22. How old is your first-born today?
3.5

1. Were you married at the time you got pregnant?
Yes

2. What was your reaction?
disbelief...we had been trying for 6months and then had just gotten some devastating news about our good friend that day when I decided I needed some good news and POS.

3.. How old were you? 30, just about to turn 31


4. How did you find out you were pregnant? POS


5. Who did you tell first ? DH


6. did you want to find out the sex of the baby? We weren't going to but then caved.


7. Due date? 10/10/08


8. What date was your baby born? 10/02/08


9. Did you have morning sickness? oh god yes...I was better than my DH's alarm clock


10. What did you crave? italian sandwhiches


11. Who irritated you the most? Everyone...mostly DH


12. What was your child’s gender? female


13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? lost 6


14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Gestational Diabetes and dehydration and a crazy rash


15. How many hours were you in labor? none


16.Who drove you to the hospital? I drove...with DH


17. Who watched? DH


18.Was it natural or c-section? scheduled c-section


19.How much did your child weigh? 7lbs 8oz


20.Did your child have any complications? none


21 What is your child’s name? Landree Kate Anderson


22. How old is your first-born today? 26months this week.

1. Were you married at the time you got pregnant?
Yep but only for 3 months at the point!

2. What was your reaction?
Surprised and excited!

3.. How old were you?
23

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
LOL Hubby tried to grab me one morning and I pushed him away and told him to stop because it hurt. He than laughted and said on your pregnant. I argured with him that I wasn't but when I got to work I started thinking about it. My friend convinced me to take a test at lunch and it was positive!

5. Who did you tell first ?
Well hubby was at school subbing so I told a few friends.

6. did you want to find out the sex of the baby?
Oh yeah

7. Due date?
10-25-05

8. What date was your baby born?
10-11-05

9. Did you have morning sickness?
Not really. Mostly the first week of my second trimester.

10. What did you crave?
The first six months were salad and strewberries and the rest of the time it was all ice cream.

11. Who irritated you the most?
No one really

12. What was your child’s gender?
Girl

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
18lbs

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Not really with the pregnancy. when I was 20 weeks along I feel down the stair at our apartment complex and fractured my foot and sprained my ankle. I had to use a walker for like 2 weeks! IT SUCKED!!

15. How many hours were you in labor?
15 hours

16.Who drove you to the hospital?
hubby

17. Who watched?
hubby, my mom and MIL

18.Was it natural or c-section?
natural

19.How much did your child weigh?
7lbs 14oz

20.Did your child have any complications?
Some jandice

21 What is your child’s name?
Breanna Maria

22. How old is your first-born today? 3 years old!

1. Were you married at the time you got pregnant?
yes

2. What was your reaction?
we just started trying the first month..a little nervous due to 2 previous losses

3.. How old were you? 30


4. How did you find out you were pregnant? poas


5. Who did you tell first ? DH


6. did you want to find out the sex of the baby? not the second time around but when we went to 1st u/s and told we were having twins then we really wanted to know genders


7. Due date? 10/3


8. What date was your baby born? 8/24/08, 34wks


9. Did you have morning sickness? nope


10. What did you crave? everything


11. Who irritated you the most? everbody


12. What was your child’s gender? b/g twins


13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy? 8lbs


14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? toward the end dx with cholestasis


15. How many hours were you in labor? 0


16.Who drove you to the hospital? DH


17. Who watched? DH


18.Was it natural or c-section? emergencu c-sec, water broke


19.How much did your child weigh? Baby boy 4.3lbs and Baby girl 3.13 lbs


20.Did your child have any complications? Baby boy, imature lungs..both spent 7 days in nicu and 4 days in hospital


21 What is your child’s name? David Alejandro Jr. and Abigail Vanessa


22. How old is your first-born today? 3.5 years old

1. Were you married at the time you got pregnant?
yes 3 1/2 years

2. What was your reaction?
woohoo!!!

3.. How old were you?
27

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
felt weird and took a test was only 5 weeks preggo

5. Who did you tell first ?
friend that was with me, then hubby

6. did you want to find out the sex of the baby?
yes thought it was a girl hands down, but turned out to be a boy

7. Due date?
October 19th 2008


8. What date was your baby born?
October 13th 2008 scheduled C-section

9. Did you have morning sickness?
yes, threw up for the first trimester every morning figured out it was the vitamins though and not so much my tummy

10. What did you crave?
in order:
jack in teh box curly fries, sushi california rolls, long john silvers fish and hush puppies, taco bell gordita supremes

11. Who irritated you the most?
my mother

12. What was your child’s gender?
Boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
55lbs

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
SWELLING from 22 weeks on really bad

15. How many hours were you in labor?
scheduled C-section about 1 1/2 hours

16.Who drove you to the hospital?
Hubby

17. Who watched?
Hubby

18.Was it natural or c-section?
C-section

19.How much did your child weigh?
8lbs 9oz and that is a week early!

20.Did your child have any complications?
ear ahd fluid in it the day he was born but by the next day he was fine, he does have reflux though spit up everything right off the bat

21 What is your child’s name?
Daniel Jeffrey Bauer

22. How old is your first-born today?
8 yrs old
2 3/4 yrs old
new born