My Pregnancy

Since I have become pregnant, the blog has become very low on my list of things to do. But, since our baby is about to arrive, I thought I better catch up on a few things. Most importantly, I wanted to document the main events in this pregnancy.

But first, a picture of my baby bump:

38 weeks

PS... all the pics of my baby bump are from my phone, so don't judge the quality...

First Trimester:
The first trimester was a little crazy. I was on bed rest for a few weeks after IVF because of a certain surgery that I had to have. Then I was back to work. After about 2 weeks back at work, and a trip to the ER for what my doctor thought was a pulmonary embolism, it turned out I had a pretty large blood hemorrhage under my placenta. So, I was back on bed rest for another month. I sometimes look at it as a blessing in disguise because I felt so nauseous. I don't know how I would have been able to work and smell all the hair products/chemicals while being that sick. So, in that sense, I am glad I was on bed rest. But, I did get pretty bored, so my Mom flew out to take care of me and teach me how to crochet. That helped out a lot... I just love my Mom!

Once I was off bed rest, I still had to take it super easy, only being able to stand for a few hours a day. I ended up quitting my job and decided to just enjoy this pregnancy, because I had no idea when I could resume completely normal activities. As I look back, I am so glad I did. I have been able to enjoy being pregnant, and get a lot of stuff done that I wanted to get done. I have still been cutting hair on the side, which has kept me quite busy as well.

Second Trimester:
During my second trimester, I was still super nauseous... all the way up to my 3rd trimester. Since the 2nd trimester is supposed to be the time that you feel great during pregnancy, all I wanted to do was to eat a good meal (you all know how much I love food), slurp down a fatty milkshake, and crave weird foods. But it was all I could do to force a saltine cracker down my throat.

Despite all the nausea, I started to feel our baby moving. It made everything completely worth it. I had a human growing inside of me, and that is such a wonderful miracle. I wouldn't change a thing. I would take the nausea any day to be able to feel our baby move. And the first time Kyle felt him move, it made it even that much more real and exciting.

21 weeks... still pale from the nausea.

I went to go visit my family in Wyoming for a week. It was so good to see all of my sisters! They even surprised me with a baby shower. I have the best family in the world.

Sager All Star Cake, because Baby Sager is going to be an All Star!

Sisters, Mom, Aunts, and Cousin at the shower.

Then, Kyle and I went to Boise to visit his family and it was so great to see them. I hadn't seen some of them in a very long time, so it was wonderful to have a mini family reunion!

The entire Sager Clan at a huge trampoline place...I just watched :)

23 weeks. 

Kyle and I in front of a bouncy house - brings back great memories of how we met.

Third Trimester:
At week 28, I finally started to feel better. I still had a few nauseous days mixed in, but for the most part, I felt much better. I resorted to eating cheeseburgers. For some reason, those just always make me feel better. Especially In-n-Out! I have eaten there more than I care to even share with Kyle.  (Kyle just read this and said "Whaaaat?"

 30 weeks

In March, my Mom and Mother-in-law came out to California and threw me an amazing baby shower. First of all, it was so fun to have both moms here at the same time. Kyle and I both loved it. Second, they sure know how to throw a party. It was Rock Star themed, since Baby Sager is also going to be our little Rock Star!

Grandma Stevens, me, and Grandma Sager

Fruit Pizza and the Rock Star Diaper Cake in the background.

Rock Star Cup Cakes, made by the one and only Sariah! She is amazing!

The entire spread. Thank goodness my nausea went away so I could eat all this!!!

After the shower, I had entered panic mode and Kyle became my rock. I felt like I had so much to do, and I would have little freak out moments. But Kyle would always calm me down and keep me in check (he is still doing this). We finally feel like we are ready. The nursery is set up, the car seat is installed, and we are ready to meet our son!

My mom mostly made the crib skirt with a little of my help, and I made the sheets and blanket.

36 weeks

Today, I am officially 38 weeks pregnant. Our baby boy is as strong as ever. In fact, I wonder how big he is going to be when he comes into this world. I feel like he will be a big baby (because of what I can see and feel on my pregnant belly), but we shall see. We are just so excited for him to get here.

38 weeks