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From Beach Babe to Busy Mom
Actress Jaime Bergman Looks Forward to Motherhood
By Elisa Ast All
The youngest of two children born and raised in Salt Lake City, Utah, this old-fashioned girl refuses to find out the sex of the baby before birth or even pick out a name until she holds her baby in her arms. "We want it to be a surprise," she says. "I want to do this as old-fashioned as possible."
When she first learned she was pregnant, Bergman's biggest fear was gaining weight. Being a star on a TV show in which she wears a bathing suit every episode made her concerned over whether or not the weight would affect her career. "I realized that was very selfish thinking," she says. "My body needs it [the weight], my baby needs it." Since the pregnancy was written into the show, Bergman is breathing a sigh of relief. "The pregnancy is going to be exposed. Gaining weight was an issue for me – now I decided it's a beautiful thing."
But in order to stay in shape as much as possible, Bergman is "working out more now than I was before pregnancy. I want to keep toned." Two to three times per week, her typical workout includes light weight training, walking on a treadmill and prenatal yoga. "I like taking classes because I can bond with the other pregnant women and hear what they do." Before pregnancy, she did higher intensity workouts, such as Billy Blanks' Tae Bo. Now she wears a heart monitor watch to make sure she's not overdoing it.
Bergman's current fear is centered on the delivery. "I'm nervous about labor," she says. "There's a fear of going through the process of childbirth, the pain and not knowing what's going to happen."
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