Pregnancy wise, my OB hit the nail on the head when he said, "the first pregnancy is usually easier than the second one." My first time, I didn't have any complications at all. This time around, well you all know already... It's been a complete different tale. I have noticed, I feel like I am already starting to show some (earlier) with this baby. I do think I can already feel the baby move occasionally too. It's not the constant feeling you experience during the end of your pregnancy. This is much sooner than with my first pregnancy; I don't remember feeling Braeden's movements until about 22 or 23 weeks along.
Excitement wise, we and family are just a excited about the 2nd baby as much as we were for Braeden. I have noticed though, I am not spending every waking moment of my day trying to find a name for this baby or planning the nursery, like I did when I was pregnant with Braeden. I think I've grown a little smarter. I realized that extra stress is not needed, yet. We are lucky to already have a name for a girl picked out already (we had that ready to go with the 1st pregnancy too, and then, I found out I had a boy... another story for another day!). I plan to wait until we know the gender before I begin that journey of stressing and planning. I have been making mental notes of things we definitely need to invest in before this baby comes that I had no clue about when I was pregnant with Braeden. Things like: better breast pump, my favorite diaper brand (Luvs), keeping a better schedule, etc.
I have been told by several people that with each child, delivery seems to get easier. I hope that is true. I look forward to seeing how this baby's character is different or similar. I hope to do things a little differently this time around, now that we are more experienced with this parenting thing.
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