Moms of 2+, pg question

green*eyes

I know we've talked about this before, but can I ask again?

How similar or different were your pregnancies?  I'm just barely starting to consider ttc again, and after a really tough 1st pg (3 months of m/s hell), I'm wondering how much I can dare to hope that the second one may be different.  Thanks for any input you can offer!

alibee09

Mine were very similar, except I had more pain while I was pregnant with #2 because my ligaments were already stretched out from #1 so I needed a support belt and some chiropractic to deal with hip/lower back/pelvic issues. 

Structenggal

Mine were pretty much identical except that I had less pelvic pain/pain walking with DS2.

Lexi & Orion's Mommy

mine were different, had morning sickness and pain more with the 2nd pg than the 1st.

SarahCee

Totally opposite ends of the spectrum for me. With #1 I had about 10 weeks of terrible ms, but the rest of the 9 months were bliss. This time around the ms wasn't too too bad, but I've had a million other symptoms which had me 100% convinced that this one must be a girl. Not so much. Hopefully it's different for you.

Lesley423

They were pretty similar although my morning sickness was less the second time around.  In some respects I was more uncomfortable the second time around and earlier on in the pregnancy too, but I didn't mind it as much.

NorcalLinds

The morning sickness was a lot worse with #2, lasted a bit longer. I think the morning sickness was worse because I was chasing after Logan who was a year old. I remember throwing up and Logan closing the toilet bowel on my head. Overall the pregnancy was easier, I gained less weight, which meant less heartburn, and overall pain was decreased. 

jsugrin

Mine were fairly different.  I had much worse morning sickness with #1 and worse fatigue.  They weren't wildly different but they were different.

SportyMrs.23

My pregnancy with Lilly was brutal.  I had horrible hyperemesis and was put on bed rest really early on in my pregnancy...7 or 8 weeks along?  I was able to come off that bed rest later though once my HG was made manageable through steroids.  The pregnancy was not a fun one for me....although the end of the 2nd tri and 3rd tri were not bad...I was really nervous to get pregnant again because I didn't want to go through all of that again.

Now with pregnancy #2....it's been much easier.  I still had HG but the doctors jumped on it quickly this time and we went straight to the steroids that helped me last time.  So I was feeling better sooner.  This pregnancy has been really much better than the 1st and that was something I was really nervous about before we got pregnant!  

And just to throw it out there, I am pregnant with another girl so having the same gender didn't equal the same kind of pregnancy for me. 

love22

Mine have been so different.  In fact my OB had to talk me down a little because with my DS I was so sick all day with tons of aversions and it started to go away at 14 weeks.  This pregnancy I barely had m/s (in that I felt kinda nauseated some of the time) and it ended at 9 weeks!  I wasn't tired at all with DS and I have been super tired this time.  All in all this pregnancy has been so much easier.

MommySteph2009

My first was hard, lots of m/s and migraines.  Second was easier, still had m/s but much more mild, still got headaches, but not as bad.  I had preeclampsia in both pregnancies.

I have to throw in that my SIL had m/s very bad with her second and not her first, but she had a girl first then a boy.

I think it all has to do with your body and how it reacts to being pregnant.

fjaril

my kiddos are about the age difference yours would be if you got pg pretty soon.

the second pregnancy had been super hard where as the first was easy peasy.

I had no ms first time and this time I had to take meds for it. I've been sick for the last month (from allergies). 

the pregnancies couldn't be more different :

ashleyhuney

My PGs were pretty similiar. 2nd was slightly harder, but the first I barely felt PG so just having a toddler to deal with was really what made it harder. No m/s either time, the hip problems that developed right before #1 was born popped up earlier with #2 but thats pretty much it.

danandkelly

Mine were really different.  With Natalie I was sick for about 12 weeks then felt great until the end and got tired again.  Gained 24 lbs and overall had an easy pregnancy.

With Addi, I lost 3 lbs total, I was sick until 37 weeks.  But other than that I felt good, more tired than before but I think that was because I had a toddler to chase after. 

GL

everydayeve

Mine were all very different. Obviously, my experience with Ben was very different than my other pregnancies. With DD, I wasn't sick at all, but then had a rough delivery/postpartum experience. With DS, I was sick for weeks, developed GD and hip issues, but had an amazing delivery and postpartum experience.