First Born

I saw this on a friend's blog, and I just love questionnaires.  Here is my experience of my first born.

1. Were you married at the time? Yes

2. What were your reactions when you found out you were pregnant? Very excited

3. How old were you? 27

4. How did you find out? I kept going to the toilet all day knowing my period was overdue and my husband kept ringing me to check how I was going.  I did a pregnancy test at home that night.

5. Who did you tell first? My husband was with me at home when I did the test, after I had been to the GP to have my pregnancy confirmed, we drove to my parents house to tell my Mum and Dad.

6. Did you want to find out the sex? No, and I am pleased that we didn't because I personally don't think my reaction finding out at a scan would have been nearly as exciting as at the birth.

8. Did you deliver late or on time? 9 days overdue

9. Did you have morning sickness? ALL day long sickness for almost 6 months!!

10. What did you crave? After mostly living on Milk Arrowroot biscuits and apple juice, once the sickness subsided I wanted hot chips and gravy on a fresh bread roll, steamed dim sims and apple pies and custard.

11. Who/what irritated you the most? I can't recall anything specifically.  Not being able to sleep in the later stages of my pregnancy because of the heat was a bit annoying.

12. What was your first child's sex? Boy

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout pregnancy? Not really sure, although I think most of the weight I gained was baby, because I was so sick at the beginning I think I would have actually lost weight initially.

14. Did you have any complications during pregnancy? Not really, excess amniotic fluid that they kept an eye on, and it was never a problem.

15. Where did you give birth? Local General Hospital, they were fabulous.

16. How many hours were you in labor? From the first 'show' to delivery it was 15 hours

17. Who drove you to the hospital? My husband drove me.  We went to hospital at about 8am in the morning and he stopped in at the office on the way.  Sitting in the carpark waiting whilst in labour was a nightmare.

18. Who watched? My husband was there, and in the end there was a room full of specialists because I needed a forceps delivery.  I had two obstetricians, a midwife, a paediatrician, a paediatric nurse and a couple of extras as well.

19. Was it natural or c-section? Assisted delivery, with forceps.

20. Did you take medication to ease the pain? Gas, which was delightful.

21. How much did your child weigh? 8lbs 8oz

22. Did your child have any complications? Sore head from the forceps.

23. Why did you choose his name? He is named after his great-grandfather.  It was a name that once I wrote it down I knew for sure it was the name we wanted.

24. How old is your first born today? He is 8 next month.