My boys are a mere 14 months apart so I almost gave birth a year apart lol but besides showing earlier I think they were pretty similar, I also believe I felt him move earlier because I knew what I was feeling. All the aches and pains were the same, I was the exact same weight at the start of both pregnancies and now 4 months after DS2 I'm 10kg lighter so I recovered quicker and running around after a toddler on top of all the demands of a newborn helped with that, both labours were exactly the same, DS was 2 hours with a 3rd degree tear and DS2 was 2.5 hours with 3rd degree tear. Both weighed and measured exactly the same, only DS was 2 weeks late and DS2 was 9 days early so that was a nice difference. As hard as it was at the beginning, it is getting easier and I love love love that they are so close. And it makes me love and appreciate DS more than I thought I ever could