For those who have 2 or more kiddies...

sky61775

All this baby fever has me thinking back my my pg days and what it would be like to be pg again...I  had a really smooth pregnancy and an easier labor!!  I was induced 5 days past my due date and delivered R very quickly...so my question is, for those who's had 2 kids or more, would you say that your pregancies/births were different or similar? 

TIA!

 

 

Mama Jan

I can't fully answer that question but I can tell you that so far, both pregnancies have been identical (very easy).  My birth will be similar too in that I'm having a repeat c-section 

dpdw

I've had two and the pregnancies were pretty different.  With #1 I didn't have any ms or pg symptoms at all -- aside from a growing belly.  I felt great the entire time.  With #2 I was sick from almost day 1 until about 20 weeks.  I was more tired, had a lot of joint pain & gained tooo much weight (well, I guess I could have controled that myself).

My deliveries with both were the exact same -- planned c-sections.

Recovery was also about the same.  I actually left the hospital a day earlier with #2.  The weight came off easier with #1, but BFing went smoother with #2.

 

Alexandra*sMom

35 hour induction w/ Alex - due to size, born on her edd.  8 lbs, 14 oz.

15 hour induction w/ Taylor - due to size, 16 days early.  8 lbs, 2 oz.

More hip/siatic pain with Taylor though I gained less weight.  Both were very uneventful.

almost momma of two

Completely different. With DS I had morning sickness only for about 16 weeks. Had a 17 hour labor. With DD I was hospitalized 2 times for hyperemesis, had all day and night sickness until 25 weeks and then only mroning sickness for the rest of the pregnancy, had migraines, extremely low blood pressure, then had a 21 hour labor with pitocin. Then I lost so much blood I almost had to have a transfusion. Then 3 weeks later had to have a DNC for retained placenta.

Toni1019

My pregnancies with my boys were different yet similar. Both were great pregnancies, #2 I was just exhausted 24/7. It was harder to care for a child being so tired.

Pregnancy #3 is going not so well. I was hospitalized for a week and had emergency surgery at 22-23 weeks pregnant. Now I get a ton of cramping. I cannot hold Hayden, if I do, its like 5 seconds then I hurt. I swear this girl is trying to kill me, lol

CVC

My pregnancies were very similar, I was sick and felt like crap most of the time.  DS's birth was at 37 weeks, very hard on me.  DD was scheduled c/s at 39 weeks, so that was different.  She was also much smaller then DS.

sky61775

Toni1019:

My pregnancies with my boys were different yet similar. Both were great pregnancies, #2 I was just exhausted 24/7. It was harder to care for a child being so tired.

Pregnancy #3 is going not so well. I was hospitalized for a week and had emergency surgery at 22-23 weeks pregnant. Now I get a ton of cramping. I cannot hold Hayden, if I do, its like 5 seconds then I hurt. I swear this girl is trying to kill me, lol

Thanks everyone for sharing, Toni-hang in there!!  you're almost there!!  Thanks!! 

Toni1019

Thanks, I am. I keep telling myself 3 months or less left.

SpartanGirl

My pregnancies were very different (different cravings/aversions, more sick with #2, more complications with #2, carried different, etc)

L&D was totally different too.  DD was 26 long hours of labor after my water broke, pitocin, failed epi, hour and a half of pushing.  DS was born after less than 2 hours of labor with only 20 minutes of pushing.  It was SO easy.  I was up and walking around just after birth and went home the next day.

However, both kids were born at almost exactly the same time.  DD was 3 days early, born at 9:23am.  DS was 3 days early, born at 9:53am.

samanthony

Both of my labors were fairly similar...

With my first child I went into an appointment 2 weeks before I was due and was 41/2 centimeters dilated. I live about 40 mins from hospital, so my dr. sent me to be induced. Went in at 4pm had her at 6:07 AM. I was pushing with her for 2 hours..

 

Second child went into an appointment 2 weeks before I was due, was 4 1/2 close to 5 centimeters dilated!  Dr. sent me in to be induced at 1pm had her at 6:07 PM.... Pushed for 7 minutes.

   Your labor with 2nd child is usually about half the time it took for your first.


 

angelwings625

Both of mine were pretty similar. with the second i was way more tired but i think because i had a 3 year old to take care of too. I did have a lot more pain toward the end of my second one though. also my first labor was 21 hours long but my 2 was only 4 hours so that was pretty cool

jillybean222

I had 2 easy pregnnacies and 2 easy deliveries.  I think the hardest part of being PG with #2 was the exhaustion in the beginning and just being huge at the end...both were manageable and I survived