Mommy Survey

Mommy Survey

Here you go mommies - a different kind of survey for a change - it's all about your first born! Just copy and paste it in a new note for yourself!

Let's see how much you remember!


1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Yes

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes, 9 months

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Pure joy!

4. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 20

5. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? Preg test by the doctor

6. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Andy, of course!

7. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Yes - but they couldn't tell until she was born.

8. DUE DATE? 12/20/1989

9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Not much - only a bit in the morning - it went away with some crackers that I kept next to the bed.

10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Nothing really

11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? heart burn

12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? girl

13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? no, not at all.

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? I think around 30.

15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? yes

16. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? It was a complete surprise. They told me it was for Lynnae, my friend who was also pregnant. They told her it was for me but it was a joint shower - a total blast!! I was so oblivious, I didn't even see my name on the cake before they sprung the surprise.

17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Yes, I did - I started bleeding at a very inopportune time and rushed to the hospital. Everything was fine, though.

18. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Navy Hospital in Spain.

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 10 hours??

20. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Andy

21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Andy watched the c-section. I couldn't see it, myself but he said they took all my guts out and put them on my stomach and then pulled her out - he said it was very colorful and freaky.

22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? c-section

23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? YES!! I loved the epidural!! Pure heaven.

24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8lb 1oz

25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ? Sunday evening, Dec. 17th at 8:01 pm, 4 hours shy of having the same birth date (18th) as both her dad and me. (though different months)

26. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Vienna (after an Ultravox song) Lerough (a name Andy made up)

27. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 19 - just turned in Dec.