My first born...

*In honor of my first born child's recent 4th birthday and because Amy( I put it on there too, Amy!) tagged me on facebook, I am doing this little meme. I thought I would share it on my blog because right now I just really am struggling for things to post about! Play along if you would like!

1. Were you married at the time?
Yes

2. What was your reaction when you found out you were pregnant?
Long story but I fell off of the dr.'s table! Really!

3. How old were you?
25

4. How did you find out you were pregnant?
we could not have children for 7 yrs. I was at the ddr.'s office getting my horomone levels checked for infertility tests. She also did a pregnancy test.(blood test) Routine. I was just pregnant enough for it to show up. About 3 weeks. My progesterone levels were a -4. Not good at all. Went to a specialist that very day. Cost me $1,000 up front. Put on progesterone and stayed on it until I was 4 months pregnant. Never been so sick in my entire life. Migraines nausea vomiting could not even lift my head ! Awful but worth every bit!

5. Who did you tell first?
My Mom because she was with me at the dr.'s. Then home to tell Charlie .(I didn't want to tell him on the phone so I just to him to get dressed because we had to go the the specialist. he thought I was dying! I felt so bad! But I wanted to tell him in person!

6. Did you want to find out the sex?
Yes, we found out because we didn't know if we could have another baby(haha!) and we wanted to do the nursery up either really girly or boyish.

7. Due date?
February 14th, 2005 and February 21st ( I had 2 due dates!)

8. Did you deliver early or late?
day after; induced

9. Did you have morning sickness?
See #4 AWFUL!!!!! Alll day & all night sickness

10. What did you crave?
Ice chips and when I could actually eat at about 7 months, Taco Bell

11. What irritated you the most?
Being SICK

12. What was your first child's sex?
Female

13. How many pounds did you gain throughout the pregnancy?
19

14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
low blood pressure & blood sugar

15. Where did you give birth?
McAlester Regional Medical Center, McAlester, OK

16. How many hours were you in labor?
15

17. Who drove you to the hospital?
Charlie

18 . Did you take medicine to ease the pain?
Epidural but I was already transitioning when they gave it to me ;Once I get to a four, I go fast!

19 . How much did your child weigh?
6 lbs. 15 oz.

20 . What did you name him/her/them?
Claire Victoria Rose (LONG story but a good one)

21 . How old is your first born today?
4

22. Who does your child look like?
Me & Charlie; A combination of my sister Tammy and Charlie's sister, Cheryl, I think.

23. Did you get mad at your husband during labor?
a little before my epidural ; one word, transition. Not really mad, just irritated. He wanted to eat!

24. Who was with you in the delivery room?
My God (see below),My husband,My Mom, nurses, and doctor,

25. Funniest moment during labor?
I don't really have a funny story. Claire was born in distress. She wasn't breathing and was purple.She had almost no heart beat. So, all I remember about that is being scared to death and praying that God wouldn't take her. But, this is funny: the day after Claire was born, dr. came around to see us. He was talking to me about nursing. Claire just wasn't latching on good. So he told me not to worry. He said that he was formula fed and he turned out to be a Dr. Then he said, my sister was breast fed and she is a drug addict and he wasn't joking! What he was trying to say it being formula fed will not make you a terrible person. It was pretty funny to a woman who had just gave birth and was extremely worried about being able to breastfeed!

The day before Lily arrived (1 year ago)...

About this time last year, I was nervous and a little scared. I frantically ran around (but not as much as Charlie) trying to get things ready and leave Claire with MeMe and Aunt Crystal so we could head out to the hospital, 2 hours away. We were supposed to be there at 7:00 pm to start my induction. A totally different induction than the one I had with Claire, by the way! This one was not nearly as bad as I was expecting after Claire's traumatic birth 2 yrs. before. Having Lily hurt, don't get me wrong, but it was a peaceful birth and everything seemed to just flow along. I am sure my husband at my side calming me down helped so much (it's easier to be calm the 2nd time). As did the scripture I had memorized and said over and over (when the pain wasn't too horrible).

I just wanted to get this down while it's on my mind. I will try to be back tomorrow with sweet Lily's 1st birthday post and her birth story. It's beautiful! :o)

*Just a note, I will not be on here much today because I got very little sleep last night! The baby has decided that it is fun to roll and punch Mama ALL NIGHT LONG, and my husband has a kidney infection so he was up ALL NIGHT LONG!!! Claire was also up multiple times so, needless to say, I am barely functioning right now!