I got sent this on facebook and thought I'd share
WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Yes
WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes
WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Wow, that was quick (we'd only been trying for 2 months)
WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? Never , ever, this baby was very very wanted
HOW OLD WERE YOU? 37
HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I had one taste of my favourtie food ( chicken and corn soup) and it tasted disgusting , my mother said "you know, thats a pregnancy symptom"
WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? My husband (showed him the positive test
DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Yes
DUE DATE? October 19 2008
DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Yes, but it only lasted for a month or so
WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Bananas and pineapple donuts
WHO IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? My mother
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX Male
DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? I didn't care I just wanted a healthy baby
HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? About 10 kilos (sorry, I don't know what that is in pounds)
DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes
WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I helped organise it
DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Hypertension
WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Canberra Hospital, Australia
HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 15
WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? My husband
WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? My husband, the midwife and the attending physician
WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION Natural, very nearly a c section tthough
DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? I caved in after 12 hours of contractions and had an epidural
HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?? 2.6 kg
DID YOUR CHILD HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS??? He was a little stunned after being born and spent 25 hours in a humidicrib in the newborn care centre, just to be on the safe side
WHAT DAY WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ON? October 17 2008
WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Malcolm James (after my father who had passed away 7 years earlier0
HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 11 months and a few days (wow, where did that year go?)
WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Yes
WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes
WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Wow, that was quick (we'd only been trying for 2 months)
WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? Never , ever, this baby was very very wanted
HOW OLD WERE YOU? 37
HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I had one taste of my favourtie food ( chicken and corn soup) and it tasted disgusting , my mother said "you know, thats a pregnancy symptom"
WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? My husband (showed him the positive test
DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Yes
DUE DATE? October 19 2008
DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Yes, but it only lasted for a month or so
WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Bananas and pineapple donuts
WHO IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? My mother
WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX Male
DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? I didn't care I just wanted a healthy baby
HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? About 10 kilos (sorry, I don't know what that is in pounds)
DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes
WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I helped organise it
DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Hypertension
WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Canberra Hospital, Australia
HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 15
WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? My husband
WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? My husband, the midwife and the attending physician
WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION Natural, very nearly a c section tthough
DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? I caved in after 12 hours of contractions and had an epidural
HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?? 2.6 kg
DID YOUR CHILD HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS??? He was a little stunned after being born and spent 25 hours in a humidicrib in the newborn care centre, just to be on the safe side
WHAT DAY WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ON? October 17 2008
WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Malcolm James (after my father who had passed away 7 years earlier0
HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 11 months and a few days (wow, where did that year go?)