For those who had two pregnancies in under a year...
So, I gave birth 10 months ago and I'm pregnant again For anyone else who had two pregnancies within 12 months of each other, how did you find your body reacted to your 2nd pregnancy? Did you show a lot earlier? Labour and birth well? Was it a difficult pregnancy or relatively normal, seeing as your body kind of remembered being pregnant not so long ago
I'm 5 weeks tomorrow and I swear I need to start measuring my belly. I haven't got a flat stomach for the start of this pregnancy (unlike DD) so I'm not sure whether it will take time for the flab to fill in, or whether my uterus will just push everything outwards? (I know how dumb that sounds ) I'm interested to know how other peoples bodies reacted to having two pregnancies so close together.
Cheers
(and I told you there would be a lot of questions haha)
I'd lost 20kg after DD's birth in 2010, and was preg again when she was 6-7months, so I think I started to show weight gain early, but as for a belly not much (it was all love handles baby!!)
The pregnancy presented me with some complications in regards to my body, that being cervical incompetence. I was told my ligaments were just stretched and sore and thats why I felt like the baby was going to fall out......turns out I had an incompetent cervix, was in 'labour' and likely to miscarry or have a preterm birth. I had neither, we got lucky a few times.
My cravings were different too....I ate EVERYTHING meat when pregnant with DS.......DP caught me nawing on the xmas ham, like a wild dog! :/
I felt him kick at 17-18 weeks, same as DD.
How exciting to see your ticker for Pine Nut
xx
Last edited by Sunny Love; April 13th, 2012 at 09:33 AM.
Hiya. I fell pregnant this time when dd was 9 months. I found that I showed really early. I was having trouble hiding it a 8 weeks! For me everything has happened earlier, I felt him move earlier, All the aches and pains started earlier. It's not been a difficult pregnancy although I have been a lot sicker. But I feel like my body knows what it's doing, I'ma lot more relaxed. Can't give you info about a second birth yet though. ;-)
I fell pregnant when DD was around 11 months. I showed very quickly. i was asked at 4 weeks if i was pregnant
Though this baby i just looked fat for a long time. Its only now at 22 weeks i have an obvious bump, or so ive had a few people ask if im pregnant. Though not techinically under 12 months like you're asking
I fell pg 7mths after DD was born. Yep, I had a belly from about 6ish wks! DS1 pg was by far my easiest until about 28-ish wks, when my back and pelvis started playing up. UNntil then, everything was roses. His birth was a pretty good one too!
ETA, I had polyhydramniosis with DS1'S pg, so that would have made the difference in my size. His birth was also all natural, where DD's birth was induced which made all the difference too!
Last edited by MrsFabuloso; April 13th, 2012 at 03:46 PM.
Definitely showed quicker the second time round although that may have been because I still hadn't lost all the baby weight. In fact 6 years down the track I still look pregnant after I eat a large meal so I'm kind of resigned to never having a flat tummy again.
Second pregnancy I noticed the fatigue more but that could have been because I was looking after a baby so I couldn't just nana nap whenever I felt like it.
It was kind of depressing wearing breastfeeding bras for 3 years. I had hot milk but they're still BF bras.
I was heaps more insane during the second pregnancy Hormones + (sleep - 1000) = Crazy Onyx!!
I got pregnant when my DS was 9 mths. I don't remember showing any earlier than with my 1st pregnancy, I had lost 10kg before getting pregnant and I walked 5km every day for the duration of my pregnancy so I didn't really gain much. I also felt more tired the 2nd time around, I think because I had a toddler who I was running around after and I couldn't just sit down and rest like I could during my 1st pregnancy. DS was very full on.
I didn't get any more stretch marks with the 2nd pregnancy either, which surprised me. TBH, my body coped pretty well. My mind however, was a different story lol
I found out I was preg when DS1 was 9 months old, my body copped fine I don't think I showed any earlier but I hadn't lost baby weight anyway (don't look at me now as lots to loose). I didn't get MS in either pregnancy, and I was tired allready from sleep deprivation from still getting up overnight to feed.
All in all I loved both pregnancys and both were pretty plain sailing and easy. I did have Pelvic instability badly with DS1, and started getting pain at 8 weeks with DS2 and was worried about it but in the end pelvic instability actully was probably better with DS2 than it was with DS1.
I got pg with DS when DD was 8 mths old! I definitely found I popped out right away!! I was wearing mat pants at around 8 weeks from memory because jeans wouldn't do up!! I carried much lower too as I think my muscle separation didn't have time to heal properly.
The pregnancies for both were pretty similar with ms going to around 16 weeks or so and I had big babies so by the end of my 2nd pregnancy I was HUGE! I also found that where with DD I counted each day and minute, with DS I would have weeks where I would go - mmm am I 30 or 31 weeks pregnant? Definitely goes fast!!!
I was heading for a VBAC and waited until 14 days past my due date to try and get him out and at 12 days over I was 3 cms dilated and looking like things were going to happen but they didn't - whereas with DD at 9 days over my cervix was closed ( should never have been induced but that's a whole other story). can't comment on labour for DS unfortunately!!! HtH!
Amelia was conceived a little over four months after Ianto was born. I felt like I was showing a bit earlier, but it wasn't until I was looking back at photos that I realised just how much bigger/rounder I was with Amelia than with Ianto. Even discounting the fact I got much further along with her, the photos from similar gestations look different.
That's the only difference I can really think of in physical terms, and obviously the emotional differences wouldn't apply to you
Oh, I felt her waaaaay earlier than I did him, too. That was lovely They were so different when it comes to moving around - he was a slow, infrequent kicker, and she was a fast kick-mum-all-the-time type. So be prepared for Pine Nut to feel different
DD was 4 & a bit months when I fell and so far this pregnancy has been so much easier than the first! I had next to no morning sickness this time and haven't gained near as much weight. I am showing a lot quicker this time though.
Hoping the delivery this time will be far more positive and hope it all goes well
For those who had two pregnancies in under a year...
I fell pregnant when my son was 3 months and found I had a very sore back / pelvis area from about 20 weeks but a chiro fixed that! That was due to lugging a heavy baby around.
The birth for #2 was 1.5 hours from start to finish compared to a slow 14 hours with #1.
For those who had two pregnancies in under a year...
For anyone else who had two pregnancies within 12 months of each other, how did you find your body reacted to your 2nd pregnancy? Did you show a lot earlier? Labour and birth well? Was it a difficult pregnancy or relatively normal, seeing as your body kind of remembered being pregnant not so long ago
) I'm interested to know how other peoples bodies reacted to having two pregnancies so close together.
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