M&DChristiansen

1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? Standing in my living room in Cedar City, Utah
2- Who was with you? Mark
3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? The doctor's office called to tell us the blood test had returned positive.
4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? Excited as we had been trying for 1 1/2 years - but we were both sick in bed with food poisoning at the time they called to confirm the pregnancy.
5- Who was the first person you told? Mark
6-Did you plan to get pregnant? Yes
7- Did you tell everyone else right away? Yes
8-Was everybody happy for you? Yes
9- Did you go out and celebrate? No, we were going to school and too poor to celebrate!
10- Did you want to find out the sex? It wasn't a possiblity back in the olden days!
11- What was the sex? Boy
12-Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Kind of - we were in a married student ward and 7 ladies were pregnant so we had a "ward baby shower for the 7 pregnant ladies."
13- If yes, who? SUU 2nd Married Ward
14- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby? No
15- How much weight did you gain? 62 lbs! He was born in June and it was so hot I just porked on the pounds!
16- Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? That time I did!
17- Did you get a lot of stretch marks? OHHHHH YEAAAAA! I have stretch marks that are scary!
18- What did you crave the most? Pizza.
19- Did you crave anything crazy? Cheese
20- Who or what got on your nerves the most? Other pregnant women!
21- Were you married at the time? Yes
22- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? No
23- Where were you when you went into labor? IHome
24- Did your water break? Not on its own.
25- Who drove you to the hospital? Mark - twice. The first time they sent me home - how humiliating.
26- Did you go early or late? Three days late.
27- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? Mark, the doctor and 110 year old nurse!
28- How long were you in labor for? Forever! Actually it was 19 1/2 hours.
29- Did you have any drugs for the pain? In my dreams - I wish.. I begged..no such luck.
30-Did you go Natural or have a c-section? I went "ah-natural" by default - I never lived any place that had epidurals - I begged for c-sections - no such luck!
31- Oh, yes, its over!
32- How big was the baby(s 8 lbs 3 1/2 oz ( I think, it was a LONG time ago)
33 - Did your Husband cry? No
34- What did you name the baby(s)? Jonathan Mark Christiansen
35- Does his name have any significant meaning? We both liked Jonathan - don't care for "John" and wanted to give him his daddy's name.
36- Did you have any visitors? Yes, grandmas and grandpas and aunts and uncles.
37- Did the baby(s) have any complications? No
38- How old is your baby today? 31 years old!.
39- When is the next one(s) coming? When *!##! freezes over!.
40-If you could, would you do it all over again? I had 7 and wouldn't trade a one - loved being a mom - but I would NEVER want to go through labor again - I would go through BIRTH again and again, it was a natural high - but NOT LABOR!!!!
41- Tag: TEENA, CINDY, SUMMER!!!