Baby Info

1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant? Home in the bathroom.
2- Who was with you? Dale
3- How did you find out that you were pregnant? Took a home pregnancy test on Dec 15th
4- What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant? I was so excited because we had been trying for 15 months!
5- Who was the first person you told? Dale
6- Did you plan to get pregnant? YES
7- Did you tell everyone else right away? Yes we told the Coates' the next Thursday (21st) and the Taylor's the next day (22nd) the whole world knew by the next day because at your great grandpa Pratt Taylor's funeral Mary Taylor your grandma told everyone that came through the line that you were coming in Aug
8- Was everybody happy for you? Yeah they were so excited
9- Did you go out and celebrate? Probably
10- Did you want to find out the sex? Yes
11- What was the sex? Girl
12- Did anyone throw you a baby shower? Yes
13- If yes, who? My Coates Family
14- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby? Nope
15- How much weight did you gain? 25 lbs.
16- Did you lose all of the weight that you gained? Instantly
17- Did you get a lot of stretch marks? Not really
18- What did you crave the most? avocados
19- Did you crave anything else? string cheese
20- Who or what got on your nerves the most? Driving an hour to the doctor's office every week at the end
21- Were you married at the time? Yes
22- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Nope I had an easy pregnancy
23- Where were you when you went into labor? Home
24- Did your water break? Yes while I was sitting on my bed
25- Who drove you to the hospital? Dale
26- Did you go early or late? 5 days early
27- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth? Dale, a nurse, and Doctor Inouye
28- How long were you in labor for? Well it depends...20 hours from when my water broke but only 10 1/2 from when they started me.
29- Did you have any drugs for the pain? Nope I couldn't feel anything so why have any. I think I will go natural again.
30- Did you go Natural or have a c-section? Natural
31- What was your first reaction after giving birth? I was happy that she was here and surprised she had hair
32- How big was the baby(s)? 5 lbs 10 oz. 19.5 inches.
33- Did your Husband cry? No
34- What did you name the baby(s)? TaKara Taylor
35- Does her name have any significant meaning? No we just really liked it. Our doctor told us at our 6 weeks check up that it means Jewel in Japanese.
36- Did you have any visitors in the hospital? Yes: Great Grandma Geneal Coates, My Cousin Lindsey Mason, My Great Aunt Marge, Grandma Mary Taylor, Grandpa Prall Taylor, Aunt Margo Taylor, Aunt Marcy Winters, Grandma Michele Coates, Grandpa Dale Coates, Uncle Devan Coates, His girlfriend then his wife now Diana Brinkerhoff Coates, Uncle Rhett Jeffery, Aunt Rachelle Jeffery and Cousin Morgan Jeffery wanted to come so bad but they were afraid that she would ride all the way to Gunnison from Wayne County and then wouldn't be allowed in the room.
37- Did the baby(s) have any complications? Nope
38- How old is your baby today? Two days old
39- When is the next one(s) coming? I think we will work on it in about a year or so
40- If you could, would you do it all over again? Definitely