https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 11 Apr 2026 04:18:44 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2785789 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 20:25:09 +0000 Becky 2785789@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My two were pretty different. I started noticing symptoms with #1 before 5 weeks, was very nauseous from that point through 10 weeks, had food aversions my entire pregnancy, but other than that after 10 weeks I felt great. I had Braxton hicks beginning at 13 weeks with both. I was hungry allll the time with #1. </p> <p>#2 I lost a few pounds in the first trimester and had essentially no symptoms until probably 8 weeks. From then on I had a reduced appetite, but no aversions. I started wearing maternity clothes later with #2 which is very unusual but it was due to the weight loss--I was down right bony. I didn't start gaining weight until around 17 weeks and then by week 20 I had completely caught up. I gained the exact same amount with both babies (30lbs), but the gaining happened at different times. I was much more tired with #2 due to having a toddler, and didn't exercise much because of this(I worked out a lot with #1). That being said I was able to workout my whole first trimester with #2, but with #1 I was out of commission from weeks 6-10. I stopped running at 26 weeks with #1, and with #2 I think I just worked out less frequently and definitely less intensely--the exhaustion with a toddler is real! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2785745 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:47:05 +0000 Mrs. D 2785745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@SweetiePie: lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2785737 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 10:17:56 +0000 SweetiePie 2785737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit7: Yes agree that overall this 2nd time is going way faster. I guess because I’m not obsessing as much every day and reading about every day/week. And of course taking care of a toddler.<br /> With the first I remember thinking 4,5,6 months remaining seemed like forever but this time it’s like oh sh*t we only have 4,5,6 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2785727 Sat, 11 Nov 2017 09:29:00 +0000 Mrs. D 2785727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you, everyone! I guess I have a lot of things to look forward to. I wonder how different this one will be? So far cramps for the first week, which I don't recall with DD. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784910 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 17:05:34 +0000 Mamatimes3 2784910@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My 3 had similarities as in I showed early with all 3 and symptoms started at 6 weeks. </p> <p>Pregnancy 1 and 3 were the hardest. Pregnancy 2 was the easiest but I had GD that time but not the other two times. </p> <p>Pregnancy 1 I had bad indigestion, pregnancy 2 I had food aversions and morning sickness the 3rd time. </p> <p>It's funny how all three of mine were similar yet different. It didn't correspond to sex of the baby and all three were completely different sizes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784901 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:50:45 +0000 Littlebit7 2784901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Im almost 34 weeks with #2 (holy cow it went fast)<br /> LO #1 is 2.5</p> <p>This pregnancy has been similar...yet things that were slight issues with 1 are more<br /> pronounced with this one</p> <p>My nausea was about the same through the first tri, but it was slightly easier to manage since I'm not working this go round. </p> <p>I started showing about the same, but my core is def not as strong this go round so I was just a bit softer everywhere</p> <p>I've been better about working out more this pregnancy which has helped with all symptoms </p> <p>I've had a bit more back/SIJ pain with this pregnancy, which is exacerbated by having to lift LO. That part of the pregnancy has been challenging. Chasing and managing a toddler is no joke. Lifting her out of the crib, onto the change table, running after her is no joke. </p> <p>My skin has been soooo much better. Crystal clear the entire time. With my first it was like high school</p> <p>My acid reflux has been the same (constant and unrelenting) but I've managed it better by taking Nexium since day 1. The actually symptoms of it are 90% better than with my first</p> <p>I've been sleeping about the same</p> <p>Weight gain has been comparable if not exactly the same. I gained almost no weight, save a lb or two, through about 20 weeks. I'm on track to gain about 25 lbs which it what I gained with my first. </p> <p>I failed my one hour GD test this go round, which my ob was shocked by, but I passed the 3. </p> <p>Other than that...it is just flyyyyyying by! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784894 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 16:37:44 +0000 SweetiePie 2784894@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Currently 21 weeks with #2. </p> <p>Wayyyyy worse morning sickness this time. Started earlier, was more intense with more puking, lasted later. </p> <p>Gaining less weight despite eating probably the same. Maybe slightly worse?</p> <p>No swelling so far. Last time I started swelling in my ankles by 16 weeks. This time I’m 21 and no swelling yet. </p> <p>This is weird but last time I had a faint Linea Negra by 12 weeks. This time I have nothing (yet). </p> <p>Actually felt kicks later this time but I also think it has to do with placenta placement. By last time I felt flutters around 16 weeks. This time I felt virtually nothing and then bam, 20 weeks on the nose I’m feeling strong kicks and flips. I do have an anterior placenta this time so that prob has something to do with it. </p> <p>In general I’m just way more laid back. I don’t keep track of daily and weekly development, I don’t weigh myself, I don’t fret about food (like cheeses or lunch meat) and have had more small glasses of wine/beer than I did my entir pregnancy last time. Just much more relaxed which I’m hoping continues into parenting the 2nd :silly: </p> <p>Hair isn’t as awesome as last time, maybe because my baby hair is still growing in? Same with skin, it’s fine but last time I was blemish free for the entire 9 months and this time I’m still getting the occasional break out. </p> <p>Chicken bothers me still, it didn’t bother me at all last time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784829 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:06:56 +0000 Mrs. D 2784829@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Thank you, everyone, for your responses! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784812 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 13:24:31 +0000 Alba4 2784812@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Similarities:<br /> - gained same amount of weight despite #2 weighing a lb heavier (9 lb 11 oz)<br /> - carried the same - all belly<br /> - spontaneous labors<br /> - similar level of nausea<br /> - no stretch marks either pregnancy<br /> - hip pain</p> <p>Differences:<br /> - I had a super easy pregnancy with #1<br /> - I was high risk and had placenta previa for #2= modified bedrest from @ 17 weeks-35 weeks<br /> - showed sooner #2<br /> - felt kicks sooner #2<br /> - belly was much bigger#2<br /> - lots of groin pain with #2<br /> -lots of Braxton Hicks with #2 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784734 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:51:09 +0000 Adira 2784734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Main difference is that I popped IMMEDIATELY with #2. I also felt kicks sooner (but that was probably due to the location of my placenta). And the heartburn was worst and lasted longer!</p> <p>But otherwise, my pregnancies were very similar and both were with boys. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784733 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:51:04 +0000 josina 2784733@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My pregnancies were pretty similar and luckily easy both times.<br /> I showed earlier in the 2nd; felt kicks about the same time. I had more braxton hicks with LO2 (or actually knew what they were). I gained more weight with #2, but babies were the exact same size (had a lot more water with #2).<br /> Labor and delivery was basically the same (7 hrs) but I tore worse with LO1. Recovery was MUCH easier with LO2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784732 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:50:49 +0000 catlady 2784732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had 4 pregnancies that got almost to the end of first tri, but only 2 were successful, so not sure how relevant my response will be (I lost 1 &amp; 3). For all 4, I had morning sickness, but it really varied in how bad it was. Despite what research shows, I had far worse morning sickness for the two pregnancies that I lost. </p> <p>After I had already had LO1, both pregnancies afterwards were way harder than my first 2, but that makes sense. I probably was already sleep deprived.</p> <p>I definitely started showing earlier for LO2. I felt like I looked about a month ahead of when I was pregnant with LO1.</p> <p>I remember being worried because I actually felt kicks later with LO2. I believe it was past 20 weeks that I felt them.</p> <p>The 3rd tri was definitely harder for LO2. I hadn't gained more but my total weight was higher (due to starting at a higher weight), plus I was chasing around a toddler and my walking commute to work was longer. I had to wear a support band really early on (like 26 weeks) as opposed to with LO1 where I only need it the last two weeks or so. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784727 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:25:30 +0000 ineebee 2784727@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First pregnancy was way easier (it was a boy, this one’s a girl.). For pregnancy #2, fatigue and nausea are worse, insomnia set in way earlier, I started showing way sooner (though I think it was mostly crazy bloating). I’m right at 17w now, which is when I could consistently feel baby #1’s kicks, but I’m not feeling them at all yet with #2. Shrug. </p> <p>I’m super curious to see how the rest of this pregnancy and labor differ from the first! I also attribute this more difficult pregnancy to being in much worse shape than I was with #1. With my first, I was in the best shape of my life! Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784701 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 07:06:38 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2784701@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first pregnancy was great and my second was horrible!!! I didn’t show any earlier, and I gained the same amount of weight. I was more uncomfortable the second time around, had more hip pain, struggled with anxiety, and had a thyroid issue pop up. I also carried completely differently. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784685 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 23:57:07 +0000 DesertDreams88 2784685@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Positives: I'm way less stressed about this pregnancy, and way more chill /focused on it - I never check my pregnancy app, haha. We also have very little research to do in terms of baby gear and baby care. I feel like I learned a ton last pregnancy and still remember it, so I feel more prepared.</p> <p>Negatives: More nausea (it's a girl, though, so..... higher HCG), more fatigue (still sleepy at 24 wks), started showing earlier and bigger. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784672 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:42:54 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2784672@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt like I showed sooner, but I didn’t by looking at pictures. I look pregnant at 20 weeks and then get super huge. My body followed that pattern this time, but I gained significantly less weight. </p> <p>I was pretty tired this time, but I was caring for my toddler and another toddler everyday. I was also much more anxious because I was trying for a vbac and had a positive cmv test so I had a bunch of ultrasounds. </p> <p>I grew a baby that was basically the exact same size as my first. I felt a bit more sick early on, but not much more than with my first. I had no aches or pains in either pregnancy and I felt movement a month earlier and daily movement 2.5 weeks earlier at around 18 weeks. I went overdue by two weeks and was induced and in this pregnancy my water broke the day before my due date. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784670 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:37:26 +0000 jhd 2784670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I’m almost 20 weeks with #2. I’m much more tired this time, but also had some thyroid issues come up post partum with #1 so some of the first tri exhaustion was because my levels were off. I was definitely showing sooner, but I WAH so no one knew until I was ready to share. Last time I had debilitating nausea for most of my pregnancy. This time I just have awful reflux/heartburn symptoms no matter what I eat. I’m also quite a bit more anxious this time around. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784669 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:33:38 +0000 petitenoisette 2784669@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely started showing earlier but now I feel like I look the same as I did last time (24 weeks). Felt sporadic movement much earlier as well like you mentioned. </p> <p>My nausea was much worse and lasted longer this time. I was not as tired in the first tri compared to my first pregnancy, I think I am maybe just more used to perpetual fatigue though :silly: </p> <p>Oh and heartburn hasn't been so bad this time. LasT time I took Zantac daily throughout most of the pregnancy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784668 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:32:17 +0000 nana87 2784668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I felt much, much better earlier on— w lo1 I felt like I had the glue from 4 to like 16 weeks and lost about 10 lbs in the first 20 weeks, but then felt better later on. I was induced early at 37 weeks so never felt huge or was super uncomfortable at the end. W lo2, I felt pretty fine at first, showed earlier, gained weight earlier. Was much more uncomfortable earlier, like hip and back pain that I never felt w lo1. From 35 weeks on I felt huge and was waddling lol, and I went to 41 weeks so it was a long time! I also had different digestive issues— bad gas pain and constipation rather than ms </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784667 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:28:54 +0000 ScarletBegonia 2784667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm only 11 weeks with #2 but I've had the same/maybe slightly worse nausea (which is to say - not that bad!) than with #1, I'm already busting out of my clothes (but I was about 10/15lbs heavier to begin with, sigh) whereas with #1 I didn't really show til about 16 weeks, my exhaustion is definitely there but different and it seems more manageable... overall actually not that different from last time, but I guess its still early days! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784666 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:25:42 +0000 Foodnerd81 2784666@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also showed way earlier, and similar to @PawPrints: it's like my body kicked into pregnancy gear immediately. Nausea was about the same, but worse because I still had to feed my toddler. Same with fatigue- about the same but it felt worse because toddler. </p> <p>My back pain was way worse, but I gained weight much quicker and was probably overall less fit, and my core was definitely weaker to start. </p> <p>The nice thing was it was a little less scary because things were known- even though I knew newborn phase is really hard, I had an idea what to expect. Same with labor. Mentally the really stressful thing was when I would go into labor and childcare for my toddler, but it ended up just fine in the end. </p> <p>Oh and what they say about second labors being faster was very true for me and most of my friends! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784663 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 20:07:14 +0000 Pollywog 2784663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am 14 weeks with #2. I showed way earlier this time--by 6 weeks people were guessing and all of work knew before I announced at 12 weeks. I have less nausea, more exhaustion, and way more nipple pain (also still nursing, so there's a lazy toddler latch contributing ) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784662 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 19:48:16 +0000 2littlepumpkins 2784662@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Between #1 &amp; #2:<br /> Showed slightly earlier, but not all that much. Felt kicks around the same time. Nausea was much less intense (but second was a boy, first a girl, I don't know if it matters!) Slightly more uncomfortable due to pregnancy toward the end. I also had some medical issues that time around that led to a lot of discomfort and it was a rough pregnancy but that wasn't really due to it being my second.</p> <p>#3<br /> Nausea lasted longer than in either of the previous two pregnancies. Way more tired, but I also have two kids and we bought a house and I no longer have help with the kids and even dh spent the better part of the last month pretty sick. So not sure what has to do with it being #3 and what has to do with just our lives! Way more BH/cramping/pressure and all of that than #1, I had cramping with #2 but I think that had to do with the other issues. Definitely more BH than ever before. And for the first time leaky boobs during pregnancy. Like, more than just a few drops. And this time I've been OVER pregnancy pretty much from the start, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784660 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 19:36:54 +0000 PawPrints 2784660@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel I was not really warned about this and was pretty surprised by the differences, so it's great that you're asking. </p> <p>My second pregnancy has been very different from my first. Nausea was a lot better this time which is great. I'm actually getting up to pee at night a lot less often. I think that's about it for the positives, though.</p> <p>This time, it's like my body instantly remembered how it had to stretch and reshape itself and just blasted into that immediately when I got pregnant, and as a result I've had excruciating pelvis/butt/nerve pain basically since the stick turned pink. I've mentioned this to a lot of people who said they had similar experiences with their second pregnancy. It sucks. </p> <p>Definitely showing earlier, more weight gain (though that's also linked to having less nausea), and I did feel kicks earlier.</p> <p>Oh yeah, and the awful, horrendous fatigue/exhaustion lasted much much longer into the 2nd and even 3rd tri this time, whereas in my first pregnancy the fatigue abated by about 15-17 weeks. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/differences-between-first-and-subsequent-pregnancies#post-2784656 Mon, 06 Nov 2017 19:14:05 +0000 Mrs. D 2784656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What differences did you notice between your first and other pregnancies?<br /> I heard that I may show earlier and feel kicks sooner, but I want to hear from you! </p>