Proud Momma Survey

[WebLady]

Saw this on MySpace; I can't fill it out cause I don't have any kids, but I thought those of you that do might enjoy it ...

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How many children do you have?


Name(s)?


Birth weight?


Did they have hair?


How long did labor last?


How long did you push?


Was it a natural birth?


Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant?


Did you lose it all?


Seriously...did you get stretch marks?


Was baby on time, early or late?


Who drove you home from the hospital?


Did you breastfeed?


How did you pick the name?


Where was the baby born?


Did you video or photograph the birth?


Did you go straight home when you left the hospital?


Do you want to have any more children?

[rainbowtreat]

How many children do you have? 3


Name(s)? Jessa Jason, Richard Dean and Grady Mitchell


Birth weight? Jessa- 9lbs 5 oz, Dean 9 lbs 6 oz, Grady 8lbs 12 oz


Did they have hair? they all had some dark hair not alot


How long did labor last? Jessa - 5 hours, Dean - 4 hours, Grady - 8 hours


How long did you push? With Jessa just 24 mins, I don't remember with Dean, Grady I pushed once he pushed himself out not long at all just a couple of mins.


Was it a natural birth? all 3 were natural


Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant? not sure realy, never worried about it, I am guessing between 35 and 50 lbs, Jessa's was alot of water weight though, I was swollen every where and my first push was all water


Did you lose it all? yes with in the first 6 to 8 weeks but gained it right back just to have to lose it again


Seriously...did you get stretch marks? oh yeah plenty


Was baby on time, early or late? Jessa was 4 days early, Dean was 6 days early and Grady was 3 days early


Who drove you home from the hospital? the daddy did


Did you breastfeed? nope

How did you pick the name? Jessa was a name I heard once while in high scool and fell in love with it, the rest are all family names, Jessa's middle name Jsaon is her dads name, Dean is my middle name and his first name Richard was after his late grandfather, Grady was my husbands great grandfathers name and Mitchell is my real dads last name.


Where was the baby born? All 3 born right here in NH at the local hospital


Did you video or photograph the birth? not the birth no


Did you go straight home when you left the hospital? with Jessa yes, with Dean we went to pick up some lunch and with Grady we stopped at my job first to show him off to the ones who couldn't make it to visit us at the hospital


Do you want to have any more children? I would love to have another. If we could afford it we would try right now. I always wanted 3 and I have that now. But I would love to give my husband more then one. He claims my older 2 as his but I would like him to have more then just one of his own. Maybe in the next couple of years if things get figured out but as of right now we are done.

[SerendipityCrafts]

How many children do you have? - 4

Name(s)? - Jason, Alexandra (DH's), Shannon & Justin

Birth weight? - mine; 8lbs 14oz., 7lbs 8oz.

Did they have hair? - not much to speak of :rofl:

How long did labor last? - far far too long 30 hours & 4 hours

How long did you push? - about 20 minutes with both

Was it a natural birth? - epidural assisted :)

Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant? - 20 - 30 lbs

Did you lose it all? - more or less yeah

Seriously...did you get stretch marks? - yep but not as bad as some I have seen

Was baby on time, early or late? - Shannon was 11 days late and Justin was right on time

Who drove you home from the hospital? - my XH

Did you breastfeed? - I tried and did it for a bit. I didn't work quite right :rofl:

How did you pick the name? - I looked for an English name that wasn't too common (Ha! Shannon & Justin made the top 20 list of popular names the year they were born)

Where was the baby born? - In a Montreal hospital LOL

Did you video or photograph the birth? - nope

Did you go straight home when you left the hospital? - yep

Do you want to have any more children? - isn't 4 between us enough?

[RebelChick]

How many children do you have? 1 little girl


Name(s)? Kylie Allure


Birth weight? 6lbs 1oz.... but then dropped to 5lbs 9oz when we left the hospital


Did they have hair? Oh yes :)


How long did labor last? not long... 6 hours about


How long did you push? i think 30 minutes


Was it a natural birth? It was vaginal, but there was an epidural and something else.. i think it was Stadol


Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant? not much, maybe 20 lbs


Did you lose it all? Most...


Seriously...did you get stretch marks? Oh gosh yes.. and they wont go away!!


Was baby on time, early or late? 2 days late


Who drove you home from the hospital? FH :)


Did you breastfeed? Yes and VERY PROUD of it!


How did you pick the name? We both loved it, while going through a list we had made each.


Where was the baby born? Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD


Did you video or photograph the birth? NO :( no family came, they were 2 states away


Did you go straight home when you left the hospital? Yep


Do you want to have any more children? OH YES i want like 2 or 3 more, FH says one more but Ill get my way, i always do :D

[soontobemrs]

How many children do you have? 1


Name(s)? Alexis Joan


Birth weight? 5lb 13oz


Did they have hair? No


How long did labor last? Labor was 7 hours but I slept for most of it


How long did you push? 27 mins


Was it a natural birth? Yes with drugs


Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant? 17 ibs


Did you lose it all? Yes plus 8 lbs


Seriously...did you get stretch marks? I hoestly got 2 little ones


Was baby on time, early or late? 8 days early


Who drove you home from the hospital? Her father


Did you breastfeed? No


How did you pick the name? I wanted something short b/c her last name is long


Where was the baby born? A hospital here in Philly


Did you video or photograph the birth? No


Did you go straight home when you left the hospital? Yes


Do you want to have any more children? I would like one more

[firespirit]

How many children do you have? 1


Name(s)? Aiden Patrick


Birth weight? 5lbs 6oz.


Did they have hair? A little


How long did labor last? 10 hours total, from first steady contractions till he was born


How long did you push? An hour?


Was it a natural birth? Yes w/ epidural


Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant? 18lbs


Did you lose it all? Yup.


Seriously...did you get stretch marks? Yup


Was baby on time, early or late? A few days early


Who drove you home from the hospital? My ex


Did you breastfeed? For a while


How did you pick the name? Well his name was supposed to be Anthony Joseph until that name used by someone with close ties a few months before he was born, sooooo we had to find a new name. We looked through a book of baby names and like that Aiden means fire (I'm a fire sign), and his middle name is the same as one of his uncles, picked because it means lord, which went together well in both sound and flow of meaning.


Where was the baby born? In St. Louis


Did you video or photograph the birth? Heck no


Did you go straight home when you left the hospital? Yup


Do you want to have any more children? Yes, we'll probably start trying in 2010.

[ikkin510]

How many children do you have? 1


Name(s)? Stephen Ryan (goes by Ryan)


Birth weight? 6lbs 14 oz


Did they have hair? A little


How long did labor last? About 8 hours. Never had steady contractions though


How long did you push? 2 hours. He was face up instead of down


Was it a natural birth? Yes


Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant? 32 lbs


Did you lose it all? Still working on the last bit


Seriously...did you get stretch marks? Yes


Was baby on time, early or late? 3 days early


Who drove you home from the hospital? My DH


Did you breastfeed? For 2 months


How did you pick the name? Stephen is DH's first name. Ryan was the only name we agreed on


Where was the baby born? Local PA hospital


Did you video or photograph the birth? No


Did you go straight home when you left the hospital? Nope, we picked up lunch first


Do you want to have any more children? Yes, when Ryan is 2 we hope to try for another. Not sure how many in total we want yet.

[futurefuchsy]

How many children do you have?1


Name(s)?Delaney Marie


Birth weight?7 lbs


Did they have hair? No Not till she was 2 years old


How long did labor last? about 2 days


How long did you push?4 hours


Was it a natural birth?no i needed that epidural


Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant?31


Did you lose it all?yes and then some


Seriously...did you get stretch marks? all over


Was baby on time, early or late?early


Who drove you home from the hospital?her father


Did you breastfeed? yes


How did you pick the name? saw it in a book, then had a dream, checked out the name , means fiesty one or someting like that


Where was the baby born? hospital


Did you video or photograph the birth?Hell no


Did you go straight home when you left the hospital? No went to Taco Bell


Do you want to have any more children? yes with FH will have at least one more when im done with school.
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[ger]

How many children do you have? 2 + 3 stepdaughters


Name(s)? Darcy Deneen, Jeremy Ernest



Birth weight? Darcy was 8lbs, 15 3/4 ozs Jeremy was 5lbs, 6ozs


Did they have hair? Yes, Darcy had a ton of black hair that turned blond by the time she was one, and Jeremy had a lot of blond hair

How long did labor last? 27 hours

How long did you push? Didn't get that far.


Was it a natural birth? No, C-Section for nonprogression


Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant?42 lbs with Darcy...lost 10 lbs with Jeremy

Did you lose it all? Yep and gained it back


Seriously...did you get stretch marks? Nope


Was baby on time, early or late? Darcy was 18 days late, Jeremy 9 days early


Who drove you home from the hospital? Their Dad


Did you breastfeed? yep and loved it!


How did you pick the name? Darcy's name came from a book of baby names because my Mom didn't like the name we had picked out. Jeremy's name is after me and his middle name is his Dad's.

Where was the baby born? hospital in central SD


Did you video or photograph the birth? Nope...they didn't allow cameras in OR back then.


Did you go straight home when you left the hospital? Nope. We had to go stay with my parents because I was still very sick.

Do you want to have any more children? No. I think 5 kids is a great plenty. Besides, I'm waaaayyyy to old to do the baby thing again!!

[SerendipityCrafts]

[B]Birth weight? Darcy was 8lbs, 15 3/4 ozs

Geeez - you beat my "heavy weight" by an once and 3/4!

[ger]

We never understood why they didn't just say 9 lbs. lol

[SerendipityCrafts]

We never understood why they didn't just say 9 lbs. lol

LOL you would think.

We both had 'lil WWF wrestlers.

[ger]

Too funny!! And that was our girl. She weighs about 110 lbs now and is 30 years old. Our son ACTUALLY was a wrestler...but in the tiny weight classes!! lol

[rainbowtreat]

All these little 5 or 6 lb babies! I wouldn't know how to handle one that small.

When I was pregnant with Grady my doctor said something like lets see if we can get this one under 9lbs lol. My smallest at 8 lbs 12 oz. and still not a tiny baby. My other 2 were over 9 lbs.

[SerendipityCrafts]

All these little 5 or 6 lb babies! I wouldn't know how to handle one that small.

I thought the same. :) Shannon was heavy, round, pink and pudgy (oh she would kill me if she read that last adjective!)

[rainbowtreat]

:cloppy:I thought the same. :) Shannon was heavy, round, pink and pudgy (oh she would kill me if she read that last adjective!)


I tell my daughter all the time how much of a chubby baby she was. ( she was 9lbs 5 oz at brith and by 4 months old she was 20 lbs, didn't start growing up in stead of out until she was about 1 1/2 )

She thinks it is funny. She is only 9 though and a skinny minny. Almost as tall as me.

ger - yes you could say ouch lol, the second was all natural, no time for drugs lol, the others I had a shot in the arm ( nubane (sp?) )

[MrsBacon_092708]

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How many children do you have? 3


Name(s)? Jeremy, Caitlin, Ethan


Birth weight? 7 lbs 5 1/4 oz. 7 lbs 5 1/2 oz 7 lbs 13 oz


Did they have hair? very little on all 3


How long did labor last? Jeremy...about a day.. hard labor was only 37 minutes though. Caitlin was 6 hours then emergency C-section. With Ethan it was about 4 1/2 hours.


How long did you push? Jeremy....30 minutes.... My other 2 were C-sections.


Was it a natural birth? Like without drugs? oh lord no!


Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant? Jeremy...I lost 30 pounds then gained 10 of it back. Caitlin I gained 29 pounds. With Ethan I gained over 60 and still haven't lost it and that was over 7 years ago! LOL


Did you lose it all? No


Seriously...did you get stretch marks? Yes


Was baby on time, early or late? Jeremy was 5 days early. Caitlin was 2 weeks late. Ethan was 3 weeks early.


Who drove you home from the hospital? My ex-hubby on the first two. With Ethan..his dad did.


Did you breastfeed? No


How did you pick the name? All the names were a collaboration of me and their dads picking names we liked.


Where was the baby born? All three were at UT hospital in Knoxville, TN.


Did you video or photograph the birth? No


Did you go straight home when you left the hospital? Yes


Do you want to have any more children? I don't think my nerves could take another.

[LovingLife]

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How many children do you have? 1


Name(s)? Myles Aliester


Birth weight? 6 lbs 9oz


Did they have hair? a little not much


How long did labor last? 5 hours


How long did you push? 15 mins


Was it a natural birth? Yes w/ an epidural


Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant? 12 lbs

Did you lose it all? lost it and now im gaining :bbcry:


Seriously...did you get stretch marks? Oh yeah

Was baby on time, early or late? 6 days early


Who drove you home from the hospital? DH.

Did you breastfeed? I tried, but he wouldnt have it.


How did you pick the name? It was the only one we could agree on


Where was the baby born? St. Elizabeths Hospital here in WI

Did you video or photograph the birth? No


Did you go straight home when you left the hospital? Yes, it was a BLIZZARD


Do you want to have any more children? Just one more but DH isnt all about it. That will change. Ha.

[Chele&Chris]

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How many children do you have? 1


Name(s)? Nicolas Joseph - William


Birth weight? 9 lbs 11oz


Did they have hair? yep, a whole head full


How long did labor last? 27 hours


How long did you push? didn't


Was it a natural birth? nope they tried to induce but he was too big and got stuck at the top of the birth canal


Be honest...how much weight did you gain while pregnant? 42 lbs

Did you lose it all? lost it and now almost 9 yrs later.. it's all back :ooh:


Seriously...did you get stretch marks? yep, lots of 'em

Was baby on time, early or late? 10 days late


Who drove you home from the hospital? ex- mother-in-law

Did you breastfeed? I tried, but he wouldn't latch on


How did you pick the name? (Nicolas) he's named after my grandpa on my mom's side... (Joseph)his father and the second middle name (William) came into play when my step-grandpa pased away 2 days after I found out I was pregnant and at the same time he passed I got a sharp pain in my stomach and eveyrone said the baby was going to be a boy


Where was the baby born? Milcreek Comunity Hospital Erie,Pa

Did you video or photograph the birth? No


Did you go straight home when you left the hospital? Yep was snowin like there was no tomorrow


Do you want to have any more children? At least one if not 2 more... been trying for a few months now :bbcry: