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It's interesting comparing being pregnant with my son with this pregnancy.

Last one I paid a lot of attention to what was going on inside me, my focus was inward. This time having my son my focus has been a lot more outward.

Comparing the urgent or frequent pee need in the first trimester is also interesting. With my son there was a reason where it was so strong I felt like I peed every 30 minutes, but not much each time. This time around it's been more like a normal frequency, but just a stronger signal when it came on and harder to ignore.

I've had vivid dreams from the beginning which has been a thing for every pregnancy and was part of how I knew I was pregnant this time! I took a test I had leftover from when I found out about my son that was gonna expire the next day but it was a bit early to find out and showed negative, but I knew the test was wrong!

Having now entered the 2nd trimester, something I discovered with my son was that my emotions were closer to the surface and harder to ignore (I tend to shove them away ๐Ÿ˜…) and I've already noticed that it seems they're more on the surface this time. It's still kinda mild as is my personality, but they're just a bit clearer.

I thought I had a tiny bit if morning sickness/nausea while pregnant with my son, but realized it was something we had at home as I was fine when we left and it got bad when we came home again and then we got rid of that thing and I was fine again, so I'm not sure I really had any of that last time, or this time. I've felt a bit nauseous for a few moments at times, but I've also experienced that while not pregnant, and my husband also mentioned at time feeling it, so I'm gonna say, no morning sickness at all! ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿคฃ

Even though it's still early, I've started to feel some tension in my lower ab muscles as they're starting to stretch, so using them for normal things, I find myself needing to remind myself to actively relax them after, so I make more loud exhales ๐Ÿ˜…๐Ÿคฃ I didn't need to do that with my son, but I did feel tension in the same area. Not sure if it's cause they've been used for this purpose just over a year ago, or if it's cause I've discovered a new way of reducing that tension I missed last time around, that's causing the difference in experience ๐Ÿค”

I'm excited to start feeling the movements, as this time I know what I'm looking for. I know how to detect the difference between baby and gas ๐Ÿคฃ

I believe I'm carrying a girl this time, so another thing that will be interesting to see is my cravings. With my son I wanted savory, and found myself looking at something sweet and thinking it looked awful and suspecting a boy as I personally LOVE sweets, and I've heard cravings can lean savory with boys. So, will my sweet tooth go away this time too, or will I keep it? Should know in a few weeks ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿค—

Also, one major difference is that while pregnant with my son, especially first trimester, I kept needing to fight off fear whenever I went over a speed bumb since we lost a child before him and we'd been going over a ton of sharp speed bumps that time and I found myself calling them "baby killers" ๐Ÿ˜ฌ
This time I haven't experienced that fear at all! We live on dirt that gets washed out with every rain so it's quite bumpy at times, but I haven't struggled with that fear at all this time, which has been super nice! I know God's got me and our child and everything will be fine! As long as I let God keep care, charge, control, and Godship over the pregnancy, everything will be fine, and even great! ๐Ÿค— I love God!
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Motorrad HODL · 3w
Congratulations! ๐ŸŽ‰ With your first kid, I really enjoyed reading your day to day experiences with life. I am continuing to look forward on hearing the comparisons with this one.
Tim Apple · 3w
Congratulations! Love how each one is its own experience, and that your son gets to be part of this one. Wishing you an easy and joyful rest of the pregnancy.
Bitcoin Mises · 3w
Wife is going through it as well with our second