Here are the facts on my pregnancy with Madelyn. Man, it seems like so long ago! I never did get a baby announcement out for her because my life was so turned upside down after she was born….. She is such a blessing to me!
1. WAS THIS PREGNANCY PLANNED? No… we use Natural Family Planning because the pill makes me REALLY irritable. However, one month we didn’t “plan” well enough to not get pregnant!
2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? yes
3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Excited! I had wanted a baby for a long time but Ben wasn’t sure if he was ready (or would ever be…).
4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? No way!!
5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 27
6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? my aching breasts followed by a pee-stick
7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Ben – I woke up early to take the test and I was SOOO anxious about it. When it came up positive I had to tell Ben right away. I woke him up and showed him and he responded groggily with “Congratulations.”
8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? I did but Ben believed that God should be allowed to keep His secrets until He wants to reveal them.
9. DUE DATE? August 8, 2004
10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? YES!
11. DID YOU DELIVER EARLY OR LATE? 9 days late
12. WHERE DID YOUR WATER BREAK? It was broken for me while in transitional labor at the hospital
13. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Pickles and Swedish Fish
14. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? That I was soooo tired all the time!
15. WHAT WAS YOUR CHILD'S SEX? girl
16. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? Nah! But I wanted a boy too!
17. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN? About 30 lbs, I think.
18. DID YOU HAVE ANY BABY SHOWERS? yes
19. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew about them…. One at work, one at church, one by my mom and aunt, one by Ben’s extended family (at our annual family reunion). It was amazing that we didn’t really have to buy anything!
20. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Because my doctor was aware of my previous pregnancy and the suspicion of an “incompetent cervix”, he sewed my cervix up until week 36 (or 37?).
21. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Maplewood, Minnesota
22. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? After having contractions off&on for a couple of weeks, I started labor at 1:30am and had Madelyn at 5:35am – 4 hours!
23. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? My dad with Ben and me in the back seat
24. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Ben and my mom (and the nurse and doctor at the hospital. Even though my doc was on call, he didn’t make it because my labor was so quick!)
25. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural
26. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? No meds!!
27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 7lb 9oz
28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? August 17, 2004
29. WHAT DID YOU NAME YOUR CHILD? Madelyn Paige Rhodes
30. HOW OLD IS YOUR CHILD NOW? 4 ½ years old
2 comments:
St. John's hospital in Maplewood?? That's where Andrew was born! We enjoyed the nurses and got lots of personal attention in the NICU.
PS Thanks for the encouragement about our daycare situation! We're at WHQ so I know it's the best possible, but can't stop the mommy anxiety.
Yes, I delivered at St John's X2!
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