Mommy Survey

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? We wanted to get pregnant after our 1 year anniversary but we got impatient and decided to stop being careful a few months early... we ended up getting pregnant right away :) Best surprise ever!
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes, we were just about to celebrate our first anniversary.
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Thrilled and surprised how fast it happened
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? No way
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? I was 26
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? multiple positive pregnancy tests :)
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Dan was with me when I found out we were expecting. We decided to keep the good news to ourselves for a while and told our families on Mother's Day.
8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? I wanted to know but Dan would have been happy to wait it out.
9. DUE DATE? Our due date was December 27, 2008. However, Evan did not want to come out and I was induced one week later on January 2, 2009.
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Nope
11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Milk and Reese Peanut Butter cereal (I had to have a bowl every night- yummy)
12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Heartburn, you would have thought he would have been born with a head full of hair... nope!
13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? boy
14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? No, I was just shocked that I was having a boy... I remember thinking "what am I going to do with a boy?!" I know nothing about bugs, trucks, and sports :)
15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 22 pounds
16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes, 3 of them.
17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew about them, one was with family in Philly, one was with friends/family in Florida, and one was a work shower.
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? No, but there were plenty of complications during the delivery :(
19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? University Community Hospital, Women's Center
20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? Almost 11 hours
21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Daniel
22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Daniel
23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural
24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? Yep
27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 5 pounds 14 ounces
28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? January 2, 2009
30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Evan Joseph Mota
31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 8 months