hi sorry for another question but just wondering im in the nesting mood already at 25 weeks and I am way bigger than the first pregnancy at this time. does this always happen in second pregnancys that you are way bigger in the tummy area?
Generally you are bigger with your second than your first as your muscles have stretched more & your uterus can be bigger. I didn't show with my first until about 34 weeks & then not much...with my second however I was big (bigger than before anyway) and was no longer jealous of those women that had big baby bumps like I was with number one! LOL! I never go the nesting thing though.
Yes. In general, you are bigger in subsequent pregnancies because muscles (including your uterus) have already been stretched once before so they stretch much easier.
I also just want to share that I never "nested" in my first pregnancy (either that or I just never noticed it). But with my pregnancy with the twins, I went through a nesting period at about 4 weeks or so before I gave birth at 33 1/2 weeks. At first I didn't think anything of it because my in-laws were coming so it was just normal for me to want to clean up. But then I started obscessively cleaning up (to the point of doing things beyond exhaustion) things that really didn't matter, like the closet, the refrigerator, etc. It took my husband commenting on it for me to realize that perhaps I was indeed nesting.
My first two pregnancies i was huge yet they were 5 pound babies. The third time i wasn't that big but she came out at 6 pounds. I think each time and person is different. As long as the baby is healthy and mummy is too.
I am so much bigger this time around! With my first one I didnt look "pregnant" untill about 6 months, and even then stayed really quite small, this time it was about 4 months so I am getting abit paranoid too! I think its cause I dont have the stomach muscles that I used to as I never took hockey back up after having Caitlin. Fingers crossed we dont have big heffas!!
Usually yes you are bigger. Because your uterus has been pre stretched it just readjusts. I was so paranoid because I am so much bigger this time at 15 weeks then I was with my other.
hey i think everyone is diffenernt.My oldest sister was born 5pound 13, my middle sister was born 5pound 11 and i was 5pound 10...You could just be carrying differently to your first or then again you could be having a bigger baby then the first.
I got quite a lot bigger with my 2nd pregnancy. In fact, I could actually hide my 1st pregnancy until I suddenly popped at about 6-7 months. But there was no doing this with Liam! I started getting a belly by 3-4mths and at 9mths I was huge.
I was the same. At 6 months I was still in my size 12 jeans and my mum said "stop wearing those jeans you will squash the baby" as a joke and I got paranoid and stopped and a week later I just popped out! This one my clothes were tight at 10 weeks and now I look as pregnant as I did at 6 months! People keep asking how far I am and when I tell them they are shocked thinking im 5 or 6 months already and not 3 1/2
Im on my second pregnancy and Im loads bigger than last time.. I think your body kinda pops out into a mould that was set last time, alot of my friends say theyre bigger the second/third time around Em x
My first child was the biggest, but it is different for every woman and every pregnancy. Could mean you are having a boy, or you carry more to the front. I carry more to the back (that's the way the uterus sits) and seem to be rather small but feel huge!
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