Pregnancy A Second Time Around

Here I am, almost 22 weeks along, and laying her while Vivian naps thinking how this pregnancy has been different thus far.

The saying is true, "no two pregnancies are the same."  Which means, this labor and delivery will not be like Vivian's.  Her's was quick.  From starting pitocin to the time she was born, 7 hours.  They say the second is usually faster!  I'm already getting nervous and anxious about round two of this experience. 

Differences thus far:

#1:  Finding out I was pregnant a lot sooner than with Vivian.  With her, I was almost into my second trimester!

^^ few days before finding out I was pregnant. 

#2:  Morning Sickness!  Let me just say, I would not wish this on my worst enemy.  It was horrible.  Couldn't keep anything down and all I could do was campout on the couch as much as possible.  With that being said, do you know how hard that is to do when you're a stay-at-home mom to a toddler?  Almost impossible!   My Dr actually Rx'd me Diclegis which is a miracle drug.  I wouldn't have survived my first trimester without it!  I had zero morning sickness with Viv, hence one of the reasons why I didn't know I was pregnant.

   

^^ during my sickly day.

#3:  Exhausted.  You think your tired the first go around...wait until you add a toddler into the mix. Fatigue × 10!

#4:  Not working out like I did with Vivian.  I think I've excersized maybe 4-5 times vs working out almost everyday with her.  Chasing around and picking up/carrying  an almost 19 month old  is enough workout for me.  

#5:  Eating.  With Viv, I was eating super healthy.  No fast food, nothing fried, fruits and veggies everyday.  This one, not so much.  I snack mostly with this pregnancy and eating more sweets and not enough veggies more than I should. I guess mentally I'm preparing myself for gestational diabetes  like I did with Vivian.  I've already taken the glucose test twice.  Failed the 1 hour, past the 2 hour when I first found out I was pregnant.  When I met with Dr a week ago for baby girl having a choroid plexus cyst, he said he'll be seeing me in the next 7 or so weeks because he said I will fail the glucose test again.   We will see if he's right or wrong.  If they don't diagnose me, I will start eating better with the occasional sweets here and there.

^^ first go around with GDM.

#6:  Movement.  I feel more movement with this little girl than Vivian.  I have an anterior placenta which simply means I won't feel movement like someone who doesn't.  Its more muffled and fsint.  I think I felt Vivian a total of 5 or 6 times.  I feel this baby girl mostly at night in bed.  Faint movement and little punches.

#7:  Feeling pregnant.  I keep forgetting I'm preggo.  With Vivian keeping me busy, putting our house on the market, constant cleaning just in case someone wants to see our house and house hunting, this keeps my mind off of baby.  Sorry little girl :( Once by belly gets bigger, making it more difficult for Vivian to nap on me, bending over giving her a bath, etc, then I will feel more pregnant.

#8:  Caffeine.  As soon as I found out I was pregnant with Vivian, I cut out all caffeine.  With this pregnancy, I have a cup of coffee every morning so I can function for the day.

#9:  Sleep.  I mostly sleep on my right side instead of left vs only sleeping on my left side like before.  I even wake up during the night finding myself on my back or stomach.  

#10. Hair and Boobs.  My hair did not fall out with Vivian, but this go around it is falling out by the handful.  So annoying!  As for the boobs, hello!  They were no where close to being this big with Vivian.  When I was producing milk, yes, but geez.  Living in nursing bras already.  

I'm curious how the rest of the pregnancy will go.  Hopefully it will go by quickly like the first half!!!