Second time Moms

ilovemarfa · April 2013

Are you guys bigger this time around? I was looking at pictures when I was around 36 weeks pregnant with my son and I'm the exact same size as I am now at 31 weeks. Even my mom says I'm huge. The doctor says I'm measuring right on schedule though. Do doctor's use a different measuring tape or something for second time moms??

FordFalcor · April 2013

To this I say LOL. I am a BEAST this time. I carried large and in front last time but this time I have extra fluid, a large baby, and am measuring close to 4 weeks ahead. If I truly last the next 6 weeks, I shudder to imagine what I will look like.

ASmallWonder · April 2013

I feel like I'm bigger but I'm not sure. I guess technically I am a little because DS1 was measuring a little bit small near the end and this baby is measuring right on schedule. But I've gained less this time around.... Oh well, it is what it is, right?

homebird · April 2013

I'm the same, maybe a little smaller.

jlaOK · April 2013

I feel bigger but I'm measuring right on track, so I'm not sure if it's just in my head. Weight-wise I think I've gained about the same.

llbta85 · April 2013

ihearttab:
To this I say LOL. I am a BEAST this time. I carried large and in front last time but this time I have extra fluid, a large baby, and am measuring close to 4 weeks ahead. If I truly last the next 6 weeks, I shudder to imagine what I will look like.

This for me, only I don't have extra fluid. There are days when I am not sure if I can physically last another 6 weeks.

ETA: I have gained about the same amount (altough this time I started out about 8lbs lighter) and am measuring right on time.

FordFalcor · April 2013

Okay, this is the only shot I could find on this computer right now but this was from the night before I delivered Lucy. So...39 weeks, 2 days. I seriously look like that right now.

Apologies for the bare belly and yes, those are my underoos.

ladybugpjb · April 2013

They're measuring uterus size (fundal height?), not your actual belly size. I am pretty sure I am bigger, but my uterus is actually measuring a little smaller (1cm behind) this time.

Mommy2CB · April 2013

I'm pretty much exactly the same. I'm tiny though and don't gain much at all, it's all baby as they say. I don't know if that matters.

LiLi23 · April 2013

Sometimes I think I'm bigger, but then I look back and then I feel like I'm the same. My mom has said for months now that I just look huge, but I ignore her bc, well I'm growing a baby, what did you expect? lol

Also people keep saying that I'm for sure carrying a boy bc I'm "all belly" and carrying in the front. But that's exactly how I was with DD.

ckettenb · April 2013

I feel bigger, but when I do side by side belly shot comparisons I'm the exact same size.

MrsKatie07 · April 2013

Well I'm third time but I feel like I'm a little bigger than I was with the other two, but then I look at my belly and it's really not that big. I've carried every one different...DD high, DS low, and this one is kind of in-between and has been transverse the whole time. I am always mostly belly and out front. I do know I started showing faster but at some point it evened out.

Western Diva · April 2013

ladybugpjb:
They're measuring uterus size fundal height?, not your actual belly size. I am pretty sure I am bigger, but my uterus is actually measuring a little smaller 1cm behindnbsp;this time.

This.

meliz015 · April 2013

I'm definitely bigger and more uncomfortable. A least I think I'm more uncomfortable but I may have just blocked out the memories from last time.

btartaroind · April 2013

ckettenb:
I feel bigger, but when I do side by side belly shot comparisons I'm the exact same size.

Me too. I feel bigger, look identical, and weigh 10 lbs less. I just don't get it!

PurpleCobra1 · April 2013

Yeah, I feel waaaay bigger.

scarletangel · April 2013

I feel smaller this time around. Last time, DS was measuring big the whole time. This time, DD is measuring right on track. I have also been more active with chasing a toddler and walking on the treadmill. I haven't been swollen this time around which has made such a BIG difference. I was so swollen with DS, I felt like a balloon.

skio · April 2013

Yeah, I sure think so. DH keeps saying it's because I've already "stretched out" once before, so this time, both my boobs and belly are getting bigger more easily.

:::insert eyebrow raise here:::

But maybe he's right. This baby is apparently not as big as DD was, so there has to be some reason for the bigger belly.

Or maybe we both just forgot jut how big my belly got last time.

cmenasco · April 2013

I'm not only bigger this time around, but so is my baby!! I was measuring 4-5 weeks ahead, so dr. ordered an ultrasound. At the time (this was 2 weeks ago), baby was measuring 35 weeks in belly and head.....I was 31 weeks! He is already measuring to be 6 lbs!! Now I know the ultrasound can be off, but looks like this one is going to be a BIG baby! I can't imagine how big I am going to be in 6 weeks!!

RedCherry1109 · April 2013

I'm bigger this time. I'm also measuring a week ahead and I'm carrying this one different than my other two.

hjk5000 · April 2013

I actually weigh less than last time but look much more...pregnant. Last time I gained my weight all over and this time I'm all belly.

flcountrygirl · April 2013

I was on schedule the whole time, until 2 weeks ago... Now I'm measuring 2 weeks ahead, but the Ob's keep saying I'm fine.

melissa0726 · April 2013

Yes and no.

I was bigger and showing sooner early in the pregnancy. But now I definitely look smaller than I did at 34 weeks when I was pregnant with M. I started off this pregnancy about 20 pounds lighter than my starting weight with M, so I think that has a lot to do with it.

Hammee · April 2013

jlaOK:
I feel bigger but I'm measuring right on track, so I'm not sure if it's just in my head.nbsp; Weightwise I think I've gained about the same.

This. Man do I feel like a beast though.

kristinrae914 · April 2013

meliz015:
I'm definitely bigger and more uncomfortable. A least I think I'm more uncomfortable but I may have just blocked out the memories from last time.

Same here! I don't remember being "over it" this early. I am 33 weeks on Thursday. I don't think I can do this for another 7 weeks.......

DD was born at 38 weeks so maybe just maybe it will be 5 weeks? I'm measuring a week ahead, so it wouldn't be "early" by much.

amypogg6 · April 2013

I'm definitely bigger, and everyone is so nicely pointing this out to me.

logoz80 · April 2013

I feel huge as well, I think because we are already stretched out from the first, it shows more. I have to tell myself something to feel better, lol. I seriously don't think I can take another 8 weeks of this!

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