OK so first this is an all about babies tag.
1. Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? I was at my apartment at the Inn on break from work.
2. Who were you with? No one.
3. How did you find out that you were pregnant? I missed my period by about 2 days. We had been trying for six months and it just wasn't happening so I figured it was just another false alarm.
4. What was your first reaction to finding out that you were pregnant? I think I screamed. I was so excited!
5. Who was the first person you told? Stephanie, Mike was coming in for lunch on his break and we had to hurry and get things ready. I went to the store and bought a three muskateers bar and some sugar babies. When he came in he ate and after I told him I had a treat for him. I said he could either have the three muskateers or the sugar babies. ( I put a lot of emphasis on the words as I said them). He said the three muskateers. I said the same thing again and he said "If you want that one just say so and I'll take the other one". Then his eyes got really big and he got it. He was really excited.
6. Did you plan to get pregnant? Already answered that one
7. Did you tell everyone right away? Heck yea, I couldn't keep any of them a secret, I was always way to excited.
8. Was everybody happy for you? I think so, plus a lot of them knew we had been trying for awhile.
9. Did you go out and celebrate? I honestly don't remember.
10. Did you find out the sex? Yes. We both wrote on a piece of paper what we thought it was and put it in an envelope. We found out it was a girl and then opened the envelope. I had written Boy and Mike had written "A sweet little baby girl". He was right and it just melted my heart. Then with baby #3 our third girl before baby #4 brought our only boy, I went to the ultrasound and they said "what do you want to see" I said "A penis, that's it":)
11. What was the sex? Girl, Girl, Girl, Boy, Girl, Girl
12. Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Yes, Vicki Syrett, with my mom and Mike's mom.
13. Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you wouldn't put on your baby? Honestly that was an option with Baby girl #1 but then when baby girl #2 and 3 followed close after I was just honestly happy to have so many clothes
14. How much weight did you gain? Exactly 42 pounds with all my girls and 50 pounds with my little boy.
15. Did you lose all the weight that you gained? I only lost all the weight after two of them. Kodi who I actually lost all the weight and then about 20 pounds more. It was awesome. With the others I kept on about 10 pounds each time. After my last one though I knew I had to get it off and I did. I lost down to my weight when I got married plus 10 pounds.
16. Did you get any stretch marks? Yes, everywhere, even places I didn't know I had!
17. What did you crave the most? Whatchamacallit candy bars. (42 pounds worth)
18. Did you crave anything crazy? Yes! When I was pregnant with Ashtyn CD's made me sick. (Yes compact disks, DVD's whatever). I felt like when I looked at them I had eaten one and I would almost throw up. Then with Halle Mike gave me an ipod for my birthday right when I started getting sick. I could not stand that ipod until after she was born and still to this day if one of the songs he first loaded on it comes on I get that sick feeling and want to throw up.
19. Who or what got on your nerves? Anyone at work who turned off the air conditioner
20. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? I bled a little at first and then had an episode at two months where I bled a lot. They told me I had probably lost the baby but when they did the ultrasoud she was right there doing summersaults
21. When and where did you go into labor? I was at my apartment alone on Saturday. It was the region tournaments and my family was at them in Cedar. I had noticed it that morning but felt no pain so ignored it. Mike was in Bryce working.
22. Did your water break? No
23. Who drove you to the hospital? I used to joke with Mike telling him he would miss the turnoff to the hospital. The contractions went from painless stomache tightening to very painful in about 30 minutes. I called Mike in Bryce and told him to get there NOW! Well I couldn't wait any longer and called my mom to come and get me. She drove me. She also missed the turnoff. It was kind of funny. When I got there I was in so much pain I was starting to panic. The nurse said "go ahead and just lay on top of the bed and don't get in it. I want to check you first and see if your even dialated at all. Then we'll know if we are even going to keep you or not". My thought was "Are you freaking kidding me, if this isn't true labor just kill me cause I will never make it". I was dialated to a five and 90% effaced. My epidural could not have come fast enough. Mike showed up about 30 minutes after I got to the hospital, in time to see the epidural and almost pass out HEHE:)
24. Who was in the room when you gave birth? Mike and my mom. My dad and Brothers and sisters and some of my in laws were on the other side of the curtain.
25. Did you go early or late? With my first it was 2 1/2 hours before her due date. #2 was 10 days early, #3 4 weeks early, #4 five weeks early, #5 3 weeks early, and #6 3 weeks early.
26. How long were you in labor? With 5 of them it was about 6 hours. Sadie was about 24 hours
27. Did you have any drugs for the pain? Yes epidurals every time. Although with Halle it didn't work the first time and I thought I would die. During contractions I couldn't even cry, all I could do was hold the side of the bed and shake thinking I would die, and then between the contractions I was to busy heaving from nausea. They told me to wait 10 minutes before trying the second epidural but after about 2 contractions they all knew that wasn't an option. I got the second one just before she came out. Had I known I was to a 10 and ready I would have pushed her out rather than taking the time to get the second one in me.
28. Did you go natural or have a c-section? I had my first two natural, my third a c-section and my last three natural. I definitely prefer natural. The C-section almost killed me. I remember them telling me I had to get out of bed and go to the nursery to feed my baby because she was in the NICU. It was so painful to sit up and I told them to kill me cause I wasn't standing up and I wasn't laying back down. I don't think they realized how much pain I was in because they still made me get on my way to the nursery and I passed out at some point and they brought me back in a wheel chair. It was awful! :(
29. What was your first reaction after giving birth? I thought she was the most beautiful baby I had ever seen!
30. How big was the baby? 6 pounds 5 ounces. All my babies were between 6 pounds 3 ounces and 6 pounds 11 ounces no matter if they were five weeks early or on time. I told my doctor when they baby got over 6 pounds he or she would come.
31. Did your husband cry? No but his eyes were pretty watered up. He did not leave that little girls side.
32. What did you name the baby? Taylyr Rayne Stevens
33. Does the name have any significance? Mike picked Taylyr, I wanted Rayne. He didn't want Rayne and said I couldn't name her that so I guess we actually came out of the hospital with Taylyr Stevens, but after 3 months of nagging I changed her birth certificate to Taylyr Rayne Stevens. My other children were named after family. Dakota Kami, after me, Mercedes Christine after Mike's mom, Ashtyn Michael after Mike of course, Halle Kathern after my mother, and Porsha Fay after Mike's aunt. I believe I already explained that one when she was born.
34. Did you have any visitors? Pretty much my whole family when she was born cause they were all over there for the tournaments
35. Did the baby have any complications? A little, there was meconium (spelling?) when they broke my water so since my labor pretty much stopped with the epidural they let it stop and ran tubes with water inside to clean it out. Then a few hours later they put me on pitocin and she was born shortly after. They had to take her immediately to work on her so they could make sure she didn't swallow any. She was fine. Kodi they also took but only for a few minutes until they gave her to me. Sadie was a C-section and it was a long time before I saw her, Ashtyn they took for six hours until I could see him because he couldn't keep his temperature up ( that was the worst cause Mike and most of my family and extended family had the stomach flu so it was just me in the hospital for six hours with no baby. Mike left after about an hour because he was throwing up so much. IT WAS AWFUL). Halle and Porsha were the only two delivered to my stomach and it was the most wonderful feeling in the world.
36. How old is your baby today? Taylyr 10, Kodi 9, Sadie 7, Ashtyn 5, Halle 2 and Porsha 9 months.
37. When is the next one coming? Never I am done. Tubes tide people!
38. If you could would you do it all over again? Obliviously yes cause I did it 5 more times. I would probably do it again now if I didn't have so many things happen each time. Preterm labor just kills me.
I tag, Jeni, Suzie, Diana, Stephanie, Kyla
