The time is racing somehow. I'm already in the 23rd week of pregnancy and really surprised how fast the time this time in my third pregnancy is racing. The baby is already 21 inches tall and moves like crazy. But I still forget how far I am. And with every other child, pregnancy somehow feels different, less important. For others in any case and for me too often. And also otherwise ... I tried to write down my thoughts. 10 things that you only know when you are pregnant with the next child So basically it's all different and supposedly less exciting, but just as exciting because you can share it with even more people.
The time is racing somehow. I'm already in the 23rd week of pregnancy and really surprised how fast the time this time in my third pregnancy is racing. The baby is already 21 inches tall and moves like crazy. But I still forget how far I am. And with every other child, pregnancy somehow feels different, less important. For others in any case and for me too often. And also otherwise ... I tried to write down my thoughts.
10 things that you only know when you are pregnant with the next child
- Sometimes you completely forget that you are pregnant at all.
- You do not have a current ultrasound image. At the first child, I meticulously collected all the ultrasound images and once glued them into the photo album, constantly sent to the family and showed everyone (even without asking). Then we, my husband and I watched the photos for hours and tried to see who it looks like and what it looks like. It was a very emotional evening activity. We did a lot less with the second child and now in the third pregnancy, I do not even have an ultrasound image from the last screening. I forgot to give me a current.
- You just do not read pregnancy books. At the first pregnancy, I rolled book after book. I absorbed everything I could get. My husband and I are the total advisor fans. So we also read books together. Funny and serious books. I then kept the books for the next pregnancy ... and never touched them again.
- Even the pregnancy apps and pregnancy newsletters are only briefly looked at. At the first child, I immediately knew how far I was pregnant (ie, what week + day). I knew exactly what's happening to me and the baby right now. My husband also subscribed to the newsletter and always told me what I was eating or not eating, whether I should do sports and how much. When I was pregnant with our second child, I still had access to the pregnancy newsletter and immediately subscribed to it and occasionally checked it out. I did not even do that on the third child. I just have an app to see what week of pregnancy I'm in because I'm constantly forgetting that and sometimes showing kids the little movies explaining the baby's growth.
- But, one sees the pregnancy earlier. In the first pregnancy, I was able to hide for a long time that I am pregnant at all. Now in my third pregnancy, I looked pregnant in the second month, so at least I thought. Now in the sixth month, I look like the eighth. I do not want to know how thick my stomach gets.
- You're just as tired as your first pregnancy but ... you just do not have time for it. My big son has to be picked up by the school, the little one by the kindergarten. Winter, one is sick and just wants to cuddle, the other wants to play Uno. And I also like to work. That's why I do not have a break during the day, but I'm so tired in the evening that sometimes I have to go to bed with my children.
- You just do not set up the baby room at all.
- You know what birth-related you are. The complete excitement that you carry with you during your first pregnancy is gone. At least I know exactly what will happen to me at the third birth. Namely a cesarean section. After the two unplanned Caesarean sections, a planned one follows, unfortunately. I would also like to have experienced a "normal" birth, but due to my antecedents and my age (!), That turns out. But at least I know pretty well what to expect, which is a bit reassuring.
- You do not bring any pregnancy hype to you. The birth preparation course was canceled for the second child and now again. Yoga, Pilates, Aqua Gym, dam massage, holding music to the baby belly ... Oh, I just do not have time for this and if it really does bring something? Who knows.
- The nicest thing is that in all other pregnancies even more, family members are there who can look forward to the new baby.
So basically it's all different and supposedly less exciting, but just as exciting because you can share it with even more people.