Pregnancy the Second Time Around

I think that it's funny how markedly different it is to be pregnant when you already have a child. It's not funny when you're feeling sick and tired, but since I mostly have easy pregnancies, you can hate on me for just mostly being tired in the first trimester. The last thing you want is to be getting up in the night or early morning with your child when you are feeling the dead weight of pregnancy tiredness. Or, when you have a migraine, which I did have a few times.

But aside from how you feel twice as tired when you're pregnant and running around after a little one, the second pregnancy gets kind of forgotten. At least in my experience so far. The first time, every little moment and milestone was huge and I was so focused on imagining baby and getting ready for baby and keeping everyone up to date on every pregnancy thing. Now, because I'm so busy caring for the child right in front of me, it's easy to almost forget I'm pregnant.

Not to say that I'm not excited, but just your focus is not purely on the pregnancy. I have a very active and lovable little boy who needs that focus right now, especially in his last few months as an only child. I definitely can't wait to meet number two, and am loving every little kick and flip that s/he's doing in there. It's just that the second time around, I don't have the moments to savor the pregnancy the way I did at first. I'll forget for hours that I'm pregnant until I walk into a table with my belly or catch a glimpse in the mirror and realize that there is more of me than there was a few weeks ago. We're over halfway, and when I do have moments like this one to stop and reflect on pregnancy, I just can't believe it, and can't wait for our new arrival!