All About Baby

All About Baby

1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? At our apartment in Orem
2- Who was with you? Colin
3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? $3 home pregnancy test from Walmart. The cheap ones are just as good as the pricey ones.
4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? Very excited! Like everyone else I didn't believe it. It took me going to the doctors to have a "real" test done to finally believe that I had gotten pregnant in about a week!!
5- Who was the first person you told? Colin
6-Did you plan to get pregnant? Yup!! After three whole months, the excitement of marriage wore off so we decided a baby would make things interesting :)
7- Did you tell everyone else right away? No, we didn't tell anyone until I was about 10 weeks.
8-Was everybody happy for you? Of course!
9- Did you go out and celebrate? I don't think so
10- Did you want to find out the sex? Yeah, those 20 weeks were very long.
11- What was the sex? Girl and I was so happy about that.
12-Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Yes
13- If yes, who? My two very thoughtful friends, Charami and Janice
14- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby? I will say no
15- How much weight did you gain? 27. Less than I though I would
16- Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Yes, I hope the next time will be as easy, but I doubt it
17- Did you get a lot of stretch marks? Yes, I thought I was going to make it through without getting any on my stomach, but those last four weeks did me in!!
18- What did you crave the most? Not really. When I was sick and the thought of food made me ill, there was a time that any type of potatoes were the only thing that sounded good to me. One night we went to Golden Corral and I had about ten plates of mashed potatoes and gravy and thats all!!
19- Did you crave anything crazy?No
20- Who or what got on your nerves the most? I was way calmer and happier when I was pregnant. It had the opposite affect on me...Colin's ready for another baby!!
21- Were you married at the time? Yes
22- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? No, I had a great pregnancy. It was the labor that was bad, but it could have been a lot worse.
23- Where were you when you went into labor? In my bed in Phoenix at four in the morning.
24- Did your water break? I like to say a little of my water squirted! ha ha
25- Who drove you to the hospital? Colin
26- Did you go early or late? One week early. Halleluja!!!!
27- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? Colin and my Mom. My mom left Blanding about five hours after I went into labor, drove to Phoenix(7 hours a way) and still waited about 20 hours before Hayden was born.
28- How long were you in labor for? You can do the math from the previous answer...34 hours!!
29- Did you have any drugs for the pain? Yes, the most wonderful invention ever made. The epidural saved my life!! Girls if the nurses ever tell you its a good idea to turn down the epidural when you get ready to push tell them NO!!!!
30-Did you go Natural or have a c-section? Just regular, but I secretly wanted a c-section! Every appointment I had I wanted the doctor to say the baby was breach, but it never happened.
31- What was your first reaction after giving birth? Its funny because before I had her I would watch TLC's A Baby Story and bawl my eyes out when the baby finally came out and the mother saw her sweet little bundle of joy. I would then picture what it would be like to see my baby and cry even harder. So I expected my experience to be wonderful and emotional. Not the case, after 34 hours, INTENSE pain and A LOT of drugs later the first thing that came out of my mouth "I don't ever want to do that again."
32- How big was the baby(s)? 7 lbs. 11 oz.
33- Did your Husband cry? No, but if he did I wouldn't have known it.
34- What did you name the baby(s)? Hayden Gibbons
35- Does her name have any significant meaning? Nope, we first liked it as a boys name and then I read in the newspaper about Hayden Panettiere (girl from Heros) and loved it as a girls name.
36- Did you have any visitors? Just my mom because we lived in Phoenix, but to be honest I was a mess I was very happy nobody visited.
37- Did the baby(s) have any complications?
38- How old is your baby today? 13 months.
39- When is the next one(s) coming? Who knows???
40-If you could, would you do it all over again? Yes, but I think I would be happy with just Hayden!!
41- Tag: Haley A., Tiffany W., Shannon B., Melissa L, Nicole R