Baby Tag!

I thought these questions were fun. It will be nice to look back and remember my first pregnancy!

1.Where were you when you first found out that you were pregnant? On a cruise ship

2.Who was with you? My entire family was on the cruise but it was just Jeff and me in the room

3.How did you find out that you were pregnant? Home pregnancy test, yes I took one on the cruise with me

4.What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? Excited and a little scared

5.Who was the first person you told? Jeff of course!

6.Did you plan to get pregnant? Yes, that is why I took the pregnancy test with me.

7.Did you tell everyone else right away? No, I told my family but I let Jeff decide when to let his side know. We didn’t tell friends until 14 weeks.

8.Was everybody happy for you? Yes, we had been married for over 3 ½ years so everyone felt like it was time.

9.Did you go out and celebrate? Well I guess just being on a cruise was enough of a celebration right?

10.Did you want to find out the sex? Oh yes! I can’t wait for something like that. I needed to know what to look for when shopping, I didn’t want everything in yellow.

11.What was the sex? A boy!!

12.Did anyone throw you a baby shower? My mom, sisters, mother-in-law and sisters-in-law. It was way fun! I also had a ward shower thrown by 2 friends in the ward a month after he was born.

13.Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew that you wouldn’t put on your baby? No, I guess everyone has really good taste.

14.How much weight did you gain? 35 lbs,

15.Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Not yet. Hopefully soon!

16.Did you get any stretch marks? Yes! I got my first stretch mark at 14 weeks. I guess I don’t have stretchy skin. I’m covered in them. I even used the lotions and things and nothing helped.

17.What did you crave the most? In the beginning I wanted fruit, lots of fruit. It was February so it was impossible to find good fruit.

18.Did you crave anything crazy? I wanted Cheese Whiz and crackers. I couldn’t bring myself to buy any until the end.

19.Who or what got on your nerves? I’m not sure. I think that most everyone got my nerves at some point. I was hot all the time and I didn’t love that.

20.Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Morning sickness isn’t fun. No real complications during pregnancy thank goodness but I didn’t have a fun labor and delivery.

21.Where and when did you go into labor? I started having contractions on Saturday morning at home. I went with my mom to Target and Costco, where they got stronger. I ended up leaving for the hospital around 5:30.

22.Did your water break? My doctor broke it.

23.Who drove you to the hospital? My mom and dad. Jeff was trying to get things ready that day since I was going to be induced the next day. I wasn’t sure what they would decide to do so I let him stay to finish it.

24.Who was in the room when you gave birth? Jeff. I ended up going in for an emergency c-section so of course I had a few doctors and quite a few nurses.

25.Did you go early or late? 6 days late

26.How long were in labor for? Total since we arrived at the hospital 17 ½ hours until McCoy was born. Unfortunately I was still in my c-section for about 1 1/2 hours after that because of problems.

27.Did you have any drugs for the pain? Yes an epidural but it didn’t work the entire time.

28.Did you go natural or have a C-section? C-section

29.What was your first reaction after giving birth? I was so happy to have him out finally! I looked at him and couldn’t believe that I had carried this little one. About a half hour after Jeff took him to the nursery I fell asleep from the exhaustion.

30.How big was the baby? 7 lbs. 12 oz. 20 ½ in.

31.Did your husband cry? Not that I remember. He was so happy. I didn’t get to see him for more than 5 minutes after McCoy was born though.

32.What did you name the baby? McCoy Jeffrey Erickson

33.Does his name have any significant meaning? Of course Jeffrey after his dad. I love the name Jeffrey! McCoy happens to be our really good friend’s last name. We had mentioned the name as a joke but both of us fell in love with the name.

34.Did you have any visitors? Yes, my mom, dad, Ju Ju and Kris were at the hospital when I had McCoy, they got to hold him before me. Mel (Jeff’s dad) and Annette came a little later. In the next few days we had our friends KC, Sally and Maycee. Also my best friend Rebecca Delight. Jeff’s sister Lisa, her husband Mike, and their son Weston.

35.Did the baby have any complications? He was really stuck. When they went to get him out during the c-section they had to pull and push really hard. Poor kid had a horrible cone head. He has 2 large stork bites (red spots) on his head.

36.How old is your baby today? 5 ½ months. He is getting too big!

37.When is the next one coming? Not for a while. I don’t think I can handle another one too soon. McCoy is a ball of energy.

38.If you could would you do it all over again? Oh yes. As much as morning sickness sucks and as bad as my delivery was I would do it again. I’m just amazed by the love I feel for my little baby. It doesn’t hurt that I get to schedule my delivery the next time.

39.Tag five: I tag whoever wants to do this who has had a baby.