![]() ![]() It didn’t take long at all and felt easier.’ ‘My second baby was a water birth, compared to an assisted birth with No 1. The second stage (pushing and birth) is likely to last under two hours, compared with three hours for first-time mums. For first-time mums, the first stage of labour (cervix dilating), lasts an average of eight hours but for women who've had a baby before, the average labour is five hours. Looking back, your first pregnancy may seem like an era of relaxation compared to the exhaustion of minding a toddler while pregnant. If you had morning sickness for the first one you are more likely to have it again for the second. You may have morning sickness for the second even if you didn’t have it for the first. This could be just because you know what they feel like, so this time you’ll recognise a movement you might have dismissed in the first pregnancy. You may feel that you can feel the baby ‘kick’ or ‘move’ sooner. The bump gets bigger sooner, probably because your stomach muscles have already been stretched out once before. Women have told us that they have noticed the following differences: You may find you have different symptoms after becoming pregnant with a second child. Second pregnancies can feel different from the first. In the past that would have meant nothing but now it’s actual bliss.’ĭeirdre Different symptoms in a second pregnancy ![]() With work and toddler there’s literally no time to indulge the pregnancy, and no time for my partner to indulge me either! Instead of making me tea, the new version of taking care of me is for him to take the toddler out on Saturday morning so I can make my own tea. However, because of this I do much take time out in the evenings like I did the first time around and sit and hold, stroke my tummy and talk to the baby.’ Roll on the second time around and I just don't have the time (or energy) after running around my first born. With my first I downloaded a pregnancy app and kept it up-to-date daily, took regular bump pictures and baby-oiled my tummy from day one. ![]() ‘I have noticed a huge difference being pregnant second time around. You’ll have more of an understanding of what to expect, although each pregnancy can be different.ĭepending on their age, your first-born is likely to need round the clock attention and you might be worrying how pregnancy and a newborn will be fit into your already busy routine. Some women with healthy pregnancies never experience morning sickness.Discovering you are pregnant again can be very exciting and you may wonder how different pregnancy will be the second time around. Keep in mind, however, that a lack of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy isn't cause for concern. It's also possible that nausea and vomiting during pregnancy are signs of viable placental tissue. However, high pregnancy hormone levels aren't consistently associated with nausea and vomiting. Similarly, estrogen, another hormone that increases during pregnancy, is associated with an increase in the severity of nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Women pregnant with twins or multiples also have higher HCG levels and are more likely to experience morning sickness. Women with severe morning sickness (hyperemesis gravidarum) have higher HCG levels than other pregnant women do. ![]() Pregnant women begin producing HCG shortly after a fertilized egg attaches to the uterine lining. Research suggests that nausea and vomiting during pregnancy might be due to the effects of a hormone produced by the placenta called human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG). ![]()
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