Fun things the 2nd time around...

[shekels1222]

Besides the 8 week belly that looks like my 16 week belly the first time...

I snissed twice today. Didn't have that pleasure until much later in my first pregnancy. Damn you weak pelvic muscles!

RLP has started much early this time too.

Have you noticed any differences?

[MrsDarcy]

Oh yeah. I showed much earlier (which doesn't bother me). Ahem, downstairs feels a lot different, like the muscles down there aren't as strong? I don't know about that one. I pee a little while coughing sometimes. Ah, it's all fun.

[zarapipe]

I feel ya, I don't just pee twice, I leak all damn day I don't even know when it happens, it just does, like a slow leaky faucet. thank god for panty liners.

[loskadoodle]

Tons of BH. Never had them til the very end with my first.

[statlerwaldorf]

I've had a ton of BH and RLP. I'm huge. I started showing a lot earlier and my maternity shirts are already starting to get too short at 28 weeks. I started having back pain and trouble sleeping earlier. I've also had a lot more swelling.

On the other hand, my morning sickness wasn't nearly as bad and I didn't have sciatica pain. I also feel like this pregnancy has gone by faster so far.

[flgirl]

As a fourth time mom you can imagine that she feels like she is hanging to my knees. Absolutely no abdominal muscles left. I showed at 5 weeks!! It has gone by fast because I am too busy to notice the weeks going by. I can't actually remember how many weeks I am most of the time. I have a calendar to keep track.

[shekels1222]

I'm a little worried I'm peeing myself at 8 weeks already! What's 30 weeks gonna be like? A constant stream of pee?!

I guess daily kegels are in my future from now on.

[gretchenindisguise]

Showed way faster, and have had a lot more bloat.

More nausea from 6-8 wks.

[scribellesam]

More bloat for sure - I thought I was showing at 6 weeks but at nearly 14 the bump is back down to about where it was this time with my first.

I'm much sicker this time - last time I had mild nausea for 4 weeks; this time it's going on nine weeks, significantly worse with regular vomiting, and no sign of stopping! I guess that doesn't really have anything to do with it being a second pregnancy but it's certainly the main difference I've noticed.

[sewpinkgal]

More nausea, more bloating, showing faster. It also appears that heartburn is already starting, which I didn't have the first time around until like 34 weeks. :/

I'm still working out at a pretty intense level and I'll ditto a previous poster in that things feel different down there, like it's all just a bit weaker this round. Le sigh. I got myself back into great shape after my first, too, so it's all just a bit pitiful. LOL

[blushing]

I thought I had good kegels... not so much. I keep peeing myself.

Also my boobs look so sad this time. I swear they never looked so droopy and sad last time.

[starlily]

Showing much earlier, and pubic bone pain are the two big ones for me. Most other things have actually been better this time around.

[mrssandro]

Bloat is making me look 20 weeks pg. I am a sad panda.

[ringstrue]

I'm almost 20 weeks but already I have to really try to make myself not waddle and not stomp when I walk around. Apparently I just want to be a cave man today.