How was your second (or subsequent!) pregnancy different from your first?
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I had acne with my first, not my second. I had worse MS with my 2nd. Migraines came at the 1st trimester with my first, and not till the 2nd trimester this time. Different cravings- last time I craved peanut butter milkshakes. This time it's been Asian and Mexican food. And my back hurt a lot earlier this time.... but I'm assuming that's because I'm always on the floor and chasing a 2 year old. I felt movement a lot earlier with my first.... which is weird because I always heard you feel it earlier with the 2nd.
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A lot has been different so far!
-I was sick for less time and less severely. I threw up every morning weeks 6-11 with #1 and had all day nausea for weeks 6-10 with #2 (only threw up twice though).
-The first tri exhaustion was worse with #2 but since the 2nd tri hit I've had tons of energy (much more than I had the first time around).
-I'm gaining less weight with #2. By 25 weeks with #1 I'd gained almost 30 pounds. At 25 weeks with #2 I was up 12.
-Lots more pressure (which started a lot earlier) with #2. I also started getting BH contractions fairly early.I got pregnant with #2 at 5 months PP and this pregnancy is a girl pregnancy- #1 was a boy. Those things may account for a lot of the differences.
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So far (I'm only 8 weeks), but the only big difference is that I didn't have any morning sickness with DD, but I have all-day nausea with this baby. I also craved lots of sweets when pregnant with DD, but I couldn't care less with this baby (which is really strange for me since I have such a big sweet tooth)
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Pregnancy 1:
- mild sickness in the evenings for a few hours from weeks 6-10
- gained 37 lbs - everything tasted delicious!
- was fat and happy!
- At 7 months, I was energetic, glowing, happy
- Generally easy 40 weeks
- Baby girlPregnancy 2
- All day sickness until week 16 - lots of vomiting
- At 34 weeks, have only gained 20lbs due to lack of appetite throughout entire pregnancy
- lots of pain all over (pelvic, hips, back) - lots of pressure down there
- very tired, no energy at all any any point in time
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Baby 1 - boy
Easy pregnancy. No nausea, crushing fatigue the 1st tri but felt great overall, had a good libido that was nearly at non pregnancy levels, just *knew* it was a boy, showed around 5.5 months, gained 29lbs.Baby 2 - girl (23w tomorrow)
Nausea but no vomiting from weeks 5-13. Tired, but not as bad as the first time around. Very low libido :-/. Noticeable bump around 18 weeks. No idea about the sex until the u/s. I feel like I have been gaining weight faster, but it is hard to tell. -
They have all been similar and very different:
DD:
~pretty nauseous,
~aversions to red meat, red sauce, chicken, pizza
~ tired, but it went away half way through
~came 6 days late
DS
~SCH which was really stressful
~ craved red meat and protein
~ sick (but from colds, stomach bugs, etc)
~ came three weeks early
DS #2 (we only found this out monday, so weird!!!)
~ pretty nauseous
~ want sweets and red meat
~ so exhausted, almost every day
~very consistent movement since 19 weeksVery different experiences with each..... but I know what to expect a little bit better with each, which makes it slightly less nerve wracking each time (except those first 10 weeks or so.... that was really hard with each and I was just as nervous about a MC with each)
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Only 15.5 weeks with #2, but much sicker this time, have to be on Zofran and there is no end in sight. Can't gain weight, even though my bump is as big as it was with my first at 24 weeks. Lots more pressure on my pelvis this time.
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