| 1. How many children do you want/do you have? |
i don't know. i think the magic number is 3. i tried counting how many i have but they're always running around. |
| 2. What did you like most about being pregnant? |
feeling the baby move and kick everything else but up and down! |
| 3. How many times have you been pregnant? |
if i counted correctly, three times. |
| 4. Did you ever consider abortion? |
not once. are you kidding? their daddy would never forgive me. |
| 5. How many are boys/girls? |
all boys and that's all we need. we don't need a girl, so don't ask us to "try" for one. |
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| 6. How old were you when you had your 1st child? |
19. yeah, i was young but i was better off than most.... i worked, paid for my medical insurance, and his daddy and i bought our baby's needs on our own. |
| 7. Did you have a c-section? |
thank heaven... no. |
| 8. What hospital/s were your children born at? |
three different hospitals. the story of military children. one back at home, one in orlando, florida, and another hospital back at home but behind a u.s. government chain-link fence. i loved the hotel feel of the florida hospital! |
| 9. Any complications? |
two. one required that i get cut and the other, my biggest belly, created hypertension. preeclampsia anyone? |
| 10. How far along were you when you found out you were pregnant? |
right away. we already new. |
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| 11. What did the baby's father think/say? |
"we need to find a doctor and make an appointment." |
| 12. What was your best baby shower gift? |
i only had one... for the first baby and my favorite gift was... i don't know. i still have the invitation, baby book from auntie florence, the diaper bag from ron and annie, the blanket from auntie mary, the towel set from julie, and the decorations from the pamper cake alicia made. |
| 13. Did you know what sex the baby was? |
hoped for a boy and got one. told lani, lourdes, and raul that i wanted an all boy family in mrs. santos' typing class during junior year. and i got it! |
| 14. Did you formula feed or breastfeed? |
breast fed each and everyone. including the first one. i didn't believe that i couldn't breast feed - everybody can and doctors even say so unless mommy has a serious problem. formula fed the first one when i returned to work, the second one when military mommy life hit me, and then completely breastfed the last one - even up until may of this year. had to take the boob away because he'd be three in july. |
| 15. Did your baby use a pacifier or suck thumb? |
nope. no thumb or pacifier. they occasionally sucked on their index and middle fingers. |
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| 16. What was each child's nursery theme? |
nursery theme? there wasn't one. half the time, they were in mommy and daddy's bed. but, their christening themes were pacifiers for the first one, booties and mittens for the second, and brightly-colored fish... yes, fish, for the third. baby themes are overused these days so we went with daddy's favorite. |
| 17. What was your baby's fav. toy or blankie? |
still have them. tucked into their baby boxes. nate looooved these little dogs with a fireman theme. they were attached to a mobile. matt loooved this little basketball that came with shoes, and noah loved whatever toy i gave him. |
| 18. How old are your baby's today? |
one will be 11 by the end of this month. two weeks later, the middle child would be 9, and the little one turned three on July 21. |
| 19. What was the worst illness you have had to deal with so far with your baby's? |
only one illness... dehydration. the first one was lactose-intolerant. i should have kept on nursing. |
| 20. How has your life changed since being a mom? |
oh hell yeah. i sleep when they sleep and wake up when they wake up. it's never been like that before. but then again... i like having someone around to get me the remote! |
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