Interview Plan

1 paragraph description (or bullet-list):

• Who are you going to interview?
• My Mother
• What story are you going to tell?
• The story of my birth and the health complications that followed 
• What is the beginning, middle, and end of the story?
• After trying for a very long time to get pregnant, my mom finally got pregnant with me 
• I was born, and the doctors thought I was perfectly healthy, but then they found out I had problems with my heart 
• I had open heart surgery, and was in NICU for 20 days 
• To wrap it up it will end with my mom expressing how lucky we were that I turned out fine, and havent had any complications since then 
• What larger themes does this story address?
• The piece will focus more on the feelings and emotions experienced throughout the course of the story, rather than plot. I guess a larger theme that will be present is a mothers love for her child 

10 questions:

• Questions should get you the answers so you can tell a beginning, middle, and end
• Avoid yes/no questions

1. How long were you trying to get pregnant and why were some of the reasons is was so difficult? 
2. When you found out you were pregnant with me, how did you feel? What were the thoughts running through your mind at that moment? 
3. How did you feel when I was born? Can you tell me about that moment? 
4. When you were told that I wasn’t “thriving”  how did you feel? 
5. What was wrong with me? What did they find out? Can you explain what that means, and the implications of having that? 
6. How long did the surgery take? What was it like for you when I was in surgery? How did you feel? 
7. How did life differ from what you expected of being a new parent? 
8. What was your life like while I was in the NICU? 
9. What was the hardest part about raising a cardiac baby? 
10. What was the best part about raising me?