1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? Nope

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Of conception? No. Of birth? Yes.

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? Surprisingly calm, perhaps in a bit of shock. Over 3 years later, I still haven't quite come to terms with the news fully :-P

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? Only for a fleeting second

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 26

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? My period had always been late, so missing it wasn't anything that fazed me-- it was the fatigue that caught me by surprise. I went to the student health clinic to find out what was going on, suspecting either pregnancy or anemia.

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Allan, then my parents.

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? Yes, and we did.

9. DUE DATE? June 3, but he managed to arrive exactly 2 weeks earlier than that.

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Nope, thankfully!

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? Didn't really have any strange cravings. Developed a taste for Ramen noodles and Spam, and still love the Spam to this day!

12. WHO IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Well, the baby liked stretching around in the womb alot, but that was more fascinating than irritating.

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILDS SEX? Boy

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? Nope, I wanted a boy and I got a boy :-)

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? Around 30 or so. Didn't really gain much aside from the baby, placenta, etc...

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? My friend Sara threw one for me a few months after Todd was born

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? I knew.

8. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? A bit of spotting in the 2nd month, other than that, it was as plain and ordinary and uneventful as can be hoped for.

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? I never really know how to answer this question, because I don't really know what most people would consider the "start" of labor. So, I'll put it this way: I lost my mucus plug at 7am on Wednesday, May 19. Started having contractions then but they were small and spaced out about 15-20 minutes. It didn't start getting frequent (i.e. 5 minutes apart) until about 10pm that day. We drove to the hospital, got set up and settled down for a loooong night. Todd was born at 12:30pm the next day, May 20.

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? Allan

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Allan (and of course the hospital staff). I was adamant about not having any of this videotaped, but in hindsight, I'm truly regretting that decision. I can always keep the tape put away if I never feel like watching it, but now I kinda wish I could see what it was like from everyone else's point of view, in the room.

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? Had two shots of Fentanyl in the middle of the night (my nurse affectionately called me her "little junkie"), and once the doctor had manually broken my water, it was too late to administer an epidural-- I did get a spinal, though.

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH?? 7 lbs, 3 oz

28. DID YOUR CHILD HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS? Nope, he screamed his lungs out the moment he was born. Hasn't stopped since, hmmm.... ;-P

29. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Todd Allan

30. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN? 2 years and 10 months today.