First Born

Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born!Let's see how much you remember!

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? yes

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? yes

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? I was shocked and excited!!!

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? No way.

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? I was 25

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I took a pregnancy test. Then I went to the doctor to confirm.

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? My husband. I ran in and yelled, "You're going to be a daddy!" at like 5:30 in the morning.

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Yes. If the doctor knows and the nurse knows, then I wanted to know. Plus I'm not really into that green and yellow thing.

9. DUE DATE? 7/23/07

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Not once

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Nothing in particular. I just had a bigger sweet tooth than usual. And if you know me, that's saying a lot.

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Joe. And work. But it was easier to take it out on Joe. Sorry honey!!

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? boy

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? I really thought it would be a girl because that is how I imagined it since I ever thought of becoming a mother. When the nurse said "It's a boy," my heart sank a little. But I quickly got over it and would now gladly be mother to all boys (though I do still hope to have a girl one day).

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 35...that's within normal limits so don't knock it :)

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes, 3 actually. They were all lovely.

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew

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

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Memorial Misson Hospital in Asheville, NC

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? About 10...better hope I make it to the hospital with the next (or so said the doctor)

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? My husband

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? My husband, the doctor, and the nurse. I really didn't want anyone else there with the first one because it was a special and sacred moment between me and my husband (though I'm not sure he felt the same after watching it all...j/k)

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? natural

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? I tried natural for about 8 hours, then gave into the epidural. I won't wait so long next time!

25. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 6 lbs, 5 oz

26. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ? on his actual due date...July 23, 2007

27. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Micah Joseph Upton