The Pregnancy

I believed women when they said pregnancy was hard. I saw my friends go through hard pregnancies. But my pregnancy was HARD. My doctor confirmed my pregnancy when I was about four weeks pregnant. By six weeks pregnant, I was miserable. The morning sickness wasn't just morning sickness. It was morning sickness, afternoon sickness, evening sickness, and night sickness. I was constantly sick. I couldn't eat anything without throwing it up. By the end of the first trimester, I had lost 10 pounds (don't worry though, I gained them back plus more after having Ronin). I was working during my first trimester, kind of. My sickness got to the point where I couldn't get out of bed most days. Luckily, my work was super helpful and really understanding about what was going on. I can't tell you how many days I texted my boss saying "not today" because I had been up for hours on end throwing up the night before. I was so blessed to work in a place that allowed me to take the time that I needed for me and for my growing baby. 

The first trimester is a blur of sleep, throw up, tears, and frustration. As I mentioned before, we had just moved into Preston's parents house, and that turned out to be a really hard time for everyone involved. I was constantly fighting with everyone, I was annoyed, I was sick, and I missed having my own furniture and my own space. I just wanted to go to the bathroom with the door open or walk around the house without pants! It was a hard situation anyway, but to add in a pregnancy was just awful. 

In my second trimester, I felt a lot better. It was seriously like night and day the day that I hit my second trimester. I wasn't sick anymore, I had a huge burst of energy, and I felt like a whole new person. Our plan was to announce the pregnancy on Thanksgiving day. President Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints gave everyone a challenge the week before Thanksgiving 2020. He challenged us to #GiveThanks on social media and talk about what we were thankful for. Thanksgiving ended the seven day challenge, and I loved that I was able to share the announcement of Ronin on such a special day. 

Our pregnancy announcement 

Towards the end of November, Preston and I started thinking seriously about if we wanted to live with his parents or if we wanted to do our own thing. We decided that it would be best for everyone involved if we found our own place and had our own space. We found the cutest townhome in Centerville and we haven't left since. We moved in the second week of December, set up our Christmas tree, and started our lives again on our own. 

The biggest thing that changed during pregnancy for me was my sleeping habits, in the sense of I couldn't sleep anymore. Haha. I was up constantly worried about the pregnancy, how I would be as a mom, what to do about breastfeeding, and everything in between. I also got so big towards the end that no position in bed was comfortable. As much as I wasn't ready to give birth, I was soooooooooo ready to give birth. 

We got Ronin's room all set up with dinosaur stickers and books and all things baby. We took my old dresser and nightstand from when I was a kid and painted them grey to match the theme of Ronin's room. That was bittersweet for me, I was scared that after we painted that dresser and nightstand that I would be sad, but Preston reassured me that it would be a really cool story to tell Ronin when he is older. We also got an old chair from DI that we completely redid and made brand new. We really wanted to have some things in his room that were old and made new. We want to have these stories to tell Ronin when he is older. We want to tell him how we painted the dresser and nightstand in April during General Conference and we want to tell him how aunt Brook helped us make an old rocking chair look brand new. I just feel as though that makes his room and everything in it so much more special. 

First day of third trimester- March 3rd, 2021

Maternity pictures- April 2nd, 2021