My First Born

As promised, info on MY FIRST BORN.....My baby girl!!
1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?No, it seems that nothing I do is ever planned.
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?Yes. I got pregnant 1 year after we were married
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?I was very happy and uncertain all at the same time
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?Are you kidding me? NO WAY!
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? OLD.....32
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? The wonderful little test called EPT
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Allen and then called mom and dad and my sister. You should have seen the look on his face. It was truly priceless.
8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Never, I think the surprise is SO much better
9. DUE DATE? July 23, 1997
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? 9 months....all day long...any where...any time.
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Green Beans and coke. Although my mom tells a story about how I never have been a cookie lover and she had purchased some Mrs. Fields cookies for Allen. 2 Doz. to be exact.....and I sat in the JC Penny furniture section while she shopped and I ate 1 and a half doz. of the cookies.
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? People telling me how big I was. Good grief...I am 4'11" tall on a good day. Where did they think this child was suppose to go?
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? A very healthy girl
14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? No, I always wanted a daughter. They are much more fun to dress.
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? I lost 21. You cannot be sick for 9 months and gain any weight.
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes 3, given by my best friend Patty and our church. I also had a shower given to me by my dad's church that he pastors in Lima after she was born. The third shower was in Toronto, Ontario Canada given by my family. The 4th shower....just kidding!!!
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I don't remember
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? You BET!! I developed a rash that was very much like chicken pox. I itched ALL the time and it was worse at night. I slept 1-2 hours a night. I cannot even believe that I made it through all of that.
They did find out that I was allergic to the placenta. Oh yes, only 1 in 2 million women get that.
I felt SO honored. And, as I said, I threw up for 9 months. It was a real joy. I was not good at being pregnant.
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Chardon, Ohio. They very hospital my husband was born in.
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 7 1/2 hours. It really was not bad. It was the best part of the pregnancy. I was induced and it was very controlled.
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Allen
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? The nurse, my doctor, Allen in the room and my dad listening with a glass up to the outlet in the waiting room next door. My mom, sister and Allen's parents were in the waiting room also but it felt like dad was in the room because he was trying to hear what was going on. He told everyone when he eard the baby cry.
24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? Are you kidding??? I had Stadohl first and that was not good. I saw 4 of my husband talking to me and NO ONE needs to see 4 of their husband. They gave me my epidural around 2PM and the rest was cake. I felt my labor on the right side and that helped me a whole lot.
27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 6lbs15oz.
28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ? July 10, 1997 - 7:41pm
30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Brittney Nichole Wilson
31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 11 going on 17!! we are so very proud of her but she is till my baby girl!