Really cannot believe how foul pregnancy has been this time for me, in just a few weeks (currently 8.5 weeks). Feeling really terrible a lot of the time with all day and night nausea (wakes me up at night!). Feeling exhausted by about 10am in the morning. Then to add to that, got a severe sore throat which lasted a week, restless legs on and off so keeping me up at night every few nights, a little bit of gall bladder pain every now and then, and heartburn/reflux which is the current thing tonight so that I am up at 2.52am feeling crap. Now I’ve also got thrush!

From surfing the net, I know there are lots of women who have all of the above far more severe – eg hospitalized with vomiting etc, so am trying to be grateful that it could be worse! But very aware that right now Im feeling much worse than I did last time and feeling very glad this is the last time!

Do other people generally experience preg as harder the second time around?