All about Ben

1. WAS YOUR FIRST PREGNANCY PLANNED? yeppers

2. WERE YOU MARRIED AT THE TIME? Yes, indeed

3. WHAT WERE YOUR REACTIONS? super scared, even though we were trying

4. WAS ABORTION AN OPTION FOR YOU? hahahahaha, yeah right

5. HOW OLD WERE YOU? 19

6. HOW DID YOU FIND OUT YOU WERE PREGNANT? pregnancy test.. the good kind that actually work!! (previously i'd had 2 false positives!)

7. WHO DID YOU TELL FIRST? Toby, of course

8. DID YOU WANT TO FIND OUT THE SEX? I HAD to know!!

9. DUE DATE? July 17, 2008

10. DID YOU HAVE MORNING SICKNESS? Well, yes and no. I had all day sickness, but only threw up when I ate something that didn't agree with me: sour cream and strawberries.

11. WHAT DID YOU CRAVE? lots and lots of junk food!!

12. WHO/WHAT IRRITATED YOU THE MOST? Toby and women who already had their babies

13. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST CHILD'S SEX? beautiful baby boy!!

14. DID YOU WISH YOU HAD THE OPPOSITE SEX OF WHAT YOU WERE GETTING? No way... we definitely wanted a boy!

15. HOW MANY POUNDS DID YOU GAIN THROUGHOUT THE PREGNANCY? 20 lbs.

16. DID YOU HAVE A BABY SHOWER? Nope

17. WAS IT A SURPRISE OR DID YOU KNOW? hmmmm

18. DID YOU HAVE ANY COMPLICATIONS DURING YOUR PREGNANCY? No, other than me freaking out when i got my epidural

19. WHERE DID YOU GIVE BIRTH? Madison Memorial, Rexburg, Idaho

20. HOW MANY HOURS WERE YOU IN LABOR? Almost 30 hours, pushing for 2 1/2

21. WHO DROVE YOU TO THE HOSPITAL? My hubby

22. WHO WATCHED YOU GIVE BIRTH? Toby

23. WAS IT NATURAL OR C-SECTION? Natural

24. DID YOU TAKE MEDICINE TO EASE THE PAIN? YES!! i had extremely bad back labor and we went into the hospital at about 10 at night and i wasn't dilated a lot, so yes, in order to sleep (and keep my sanity), I had an epidural

27. HOW MUCH DID YOUR CHILD WEIGH? 8 lbs. 5 oz.

28. WHEN WAS YOUR CHILD ACTUALLY BORN? July 10, 2008

30. WHAT DID YOU NAME HIM/HER? Benjamin Ammon Dossett

31. HOW OLD IS YOUR FIRST BORN TODAY? 7 months old exactly, today