First Born

Well, I have been tagged by my daughter, Shantel for the "First Born Questions" so here it goes!



1. WAS YOUR PREGNANCY PLANNED? No, not really! We weren't trying either way!

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Thank goodness, YES!

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? We were both very excited

4. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 21 Yrs. Old

5. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? I was late so I took a home pregnancy test

6. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Clay
7. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Yes, but clear back in 1982 they didn't have that!

8. DUE DATE? July 24

9. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Very badly, everything made me sick even water! But it stopped at 4 months.
10. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? TacoTime
11. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST?Only the last month when I was just DONE!
12. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? a little girl
13. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? Nope, I wanted a girl and got it!

14. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 25 lbs.
15. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Yes

16. Did you know or was it a surprise?I knew about it.

17. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? Not one
18. Where did you give birth? Cottonwood Hospital

19. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? 5 hours
20.WHAT CAN YOU REMEMBER? I was very scared because it was just Clay and I. My Mom lived in California at the time. I tried to get off the table and take my IV out because I was so scared!
21. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Just the doctor, nurse and Clay
22. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural

23. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? Yes, a epidurial and I LOVED it!!
25. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? When my labor started I was at home with the car. Clay was at work so I drove and picked him up and he drove to the hospital.
24. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 6 lbs. 12 0zs..

25. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN ? July 17, 1982

26. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Shantel Dawn

27. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? She is 26 and just became a mother herself 8 months ago!