| 1. How many children do you want/do you have? |
I have four natural children and a step son. |
| 2. What did you like most about being pregnant? |
Talking to my baby and feeling the baby move. |
| 3. How many times have you been pregnant? |
I have been pregnant five times. I lost a baby. |
| 4. Did you ever consider abortion? |
no |
| 5. How many are boys/girls? |
I have 3 girls and 2 boys. |
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| 6. How old were you when you had your 1st child? |
I was 20 almost 21. |
| 7. Did you have a c-section? |
Yes I had all 4 children by c-section. |
| 8. What hospital/s were your children born at? |
Parkview and St. Mary Corwin. |
| 9. Any complications? |
Yes they were too large for me to have them normally. I also had my blood pressure sky rocket after my c-section with Hope and was put in the ICU overnight. |
| 10. How far along were you when you found out you were pregnant? |
I think like 6 weeks. |
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| 11. What did the baby's father think/say? |
He cried. |
| 12. What was your best baby shower gift? |
A quilt my Grandma made for each of them. |
| 13. Did you know what sex the baby was? |
Twice Yes and twice no. |
| 14. Did you formula feed or breastfeed? |
Breastfed the first 3. Jolie was bottle fed after 10 days because she was very ill and hospitalized and it was too difficult to continue breastfeeding. |
| 15. Did your baby use a pacifier or suck thumb? |
Both |
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| 16. What was each child's nursery theme? |
The girls just had all pink and girlie things. Hunter had Western Stuff. |
| 17. What was your baby's fav. toy or blankie? |
The girls each had a special doll. Hunter loved this Glow worm toy. |
| 18. How old are your baby's today? |
Hope is 13 almost 14, Maddy is 11, Hunter just turned 8 and Jolie is five. My step son Jonathan is 12. |
| 19. What was the worst illness you have had to deal with so far with your baby's? |
Jolie had Spiral Meningitis. |
| 20. How has your life changed since being a mom? |
They opened up the world to me. I know about self sacrifice for the benefit of another person. I can't imagine not being a mother. |