My First Four Survey

The Firstborn Survey (with all the rest thrown in for good measure):

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED?
Yes
Yes
Yes
No

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME?
Yes all four times-AND to the same person!!

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS?
We were excited the first three times. The last time I cried for about 3 months.

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU?
No

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU?
24 when I found out and at delivery
25 when I found out, 26 at delivery
29 when I found out, 30 at delivery
32 when I found out and at delivery

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT?
Home test
Doctor test
Home test
Home test

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST?
Scott
Cindi Bebout (she was keeping Ashlyn when I had the doctor test)
Scott the other two times

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX?
Yes the first three times, no the last time but Scott talked me into it

9. DUE DATE?
March 7, 1999
December 22, 2000
May 28, 2004
February 9, 2007

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS?
Yes, all four times

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE?
Death

12. WHO IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?
Scott and the other kids

13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING?
With the second yes (at first), with the fourth yes

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY?
I set the world record-look it up

15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER?
3 with the first
1 with the second (after she was born)
1 with the third
1 with the last

16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW?
I knew about them all.

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY?
No

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Fairbanks, Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska
Chattanooga, Tennessee
San Angelo, Texas

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR?
From the time we got to the hospital to the time of birth:
17
17
6
6

20. WHO DROVE YOU THE THE HOSPITAL?
Scott
Scott
My dad (Scott was in Afghanistan)
Scott

21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH?
Scott
Scott
My parents (Scott was in Afghanistan)
Scott

22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION?
Natural all four times

23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN?
Yes, all four times I got the epidural

24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH??
8 lbs 10 oz
7 lbs 2 oz
7 lbs 10 oz
8 lbs 15 oz

25. DID YOUR CHILD HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS??
Ashlyn had meconium aspiration and spent 4 days in the NICU.
Haley had none.
Owen had to spend some time in the baby warmer because he couldn't maintain his body temperature.
Skylar had none.

26. WHAT DAY WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ON?
February 23, 1999
December 5, 2000
April 28, 2004
January 22, 2007

27. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER?
Ashlyn Kate
Haley Grace
Owen Scott
Skylar Hope

28. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY?
8
6
2
@ 7 weeks

Let's go Amber, Karin, Sherri, Becca, Jenny, Midge, Lucinda, and April!