First and Second Pregnancies is as Different as Night and Day.

Hello World! It's been a hot minute, I know! As you all know I've been more than busy with my now one year old, and halfway through my pregnancy with our surprise twins!

Well anyway, Happy Fall Y'all!

I just woke up today thinking, I wonder if first time moms really believe the rest of us when we try to explain the differences between the first pregnancy and the second (or third).
First off, I think more often than not, I don't know what week of pregnancy I'm in, let alone even the trimester I'm in... seems impossible, but its true. With Little B I researched everyday what he weighed, what was maturing, what would happen if he was born on that exact day of gestation...This wasn't a weekly thing either, it was literally every day of my 40 weeks. I would Google '26 weeks 2 days gestation' or whatever I was wondering about. I got nothing accomplished at work, I spent all day everyday on my phone or the computer looking up things about my growing baby. This time around, I am so busy with my first baby & completely forget I'm pregnant, until its Little B is down for a nap and I get to sit down, and all the sudden feel kicks all over the place, & it all comes back to me. "oh ya! there's 2 babies in there! oops!"
You don't get to be exhausted until baby's down for the night. I don't get to pay attention to how heavy my belly is, or how much the pain in my leg hurts because one of the babies is laying on a nerve... I get to work through it and act like it's not there. Because at the moment, I'm Little B's mom first, and a pregnant miserable lady second, and I think all mommys of more than one will agree to that.I do take it easy with if I'm having stomach cramping, or braxton hicks, I only work a half a day (on the few days I am able to work), and I go to bed at the same time as Little B, to make sure I get plenty of rest, and am ready for the next long day I am sure to have tomorrow.
The amount of things I have for these new babies, compared to how much stuff I had at this point in my pregnancy for Little B, is so drastically different, I'm almost a little embarrassed to share it with you. Literally the day I found out I was pregnant with Little B, I went out and bought a pair of baby shoes (that's how I was going to tell Big B), but the next day, and following weeks, for the length of my pregnancy I was constantly shopping for items, big items, clothes for him, decorations for his nursery, maternity clothes for me. So far, at 25 weeks 5 days (yes I just had to look at my pregnancy app to see how far along I am), I have about 2 girl new born outfits... and that is the end of my list folks! Thankfully my family is just as excited this time around as they were with Little B (I'm excited too! Just too busy to be constantly thinking of online shopping 24/7) My mother has gotten two more high chairs for the twins, although they will be staying at her house, since she has them 3 days a week so I am able to work...so that doesn't help me at my household, but at least someones got that base covered! Other Aunties have shopped sales at all the local stores and have not just gotten girl clothes, since this will be our first girl, but they also have gotten a few boy outfits as well, since the sizes and seasons will be different from Little B, we don't have very many new born/ smaller outfits in winter sizes.I do know that we have not stocked up as much on clothing for them because with Little B I spent all Yard sale season looking for baby boy clothes...well this year I didn't know what I was having until the End of August, which around here also marks the end of yard sale season, so I wasn't able to stock up on second hand clothes for months, like the first time around. So we are keeping an eye on the Facebook Yard sale sites in our area for big baby items and baby girl clothes.
I am cherishing every second of this pregnancy. With Little B, when I was miserable, I would make jokes all the time about how he can hurry up and get out of me. I am not even joking about it with these little hooligans. This is the last time I will be pregnant, and I stop and enjoy the kicks or braxton hicks every chance I get, they can stay in there as long as they need, and I will not complain, they will be our last babies, and I am so mixed up about not ever being pregnant again. Stay in and cook for 13-15 more weeks sweet little babies!!
You have a whole new aspect to look at and deal with emotionally. I am no longer Little B's Mom... I am a mom of three. Which to me means I have to be a real functioning adult, hah! You're first baby you're figuring it out, and it's mostly trial and error, which I think is the life story of most first children. Well when you have three kids, I think I should probably know what the hell I'm doing for at least a good chunk of the time.The emotional part I'm talking about is I've taken away my undivided attention to my Little B, the second these new ones get here. He only had a year of being the star of every ones life, the guilt of thinking about it will bring you to tears more than once. In reality, He's so young he'll never know anything different than being a trio of my three favorite people. I feel like that will be easier on him, than if he were 5 or 6 and then had to start sharing the spotlight. I'm coming to terms with it more and more everyday, knowing that by this time next year they will all be playing so well with each other, maybe momma wont be a jungle gym, and they'll play with their millions of toys instead....maybe.

These are the major differences I've noticed so far in my second pregnancy, let me know what all you have to add to my list! I know theres probably half a dozen I've left out!

 

Boys? Girls? One of Each?

Just a quick post to update you guys before I publish my next entry! I've been out of touch for a while, and wanted to let you know what we found out a few weeks ago!

Some quick information about our twins, besides obviously, it's Girl/Boy Twins. They will not be identical, for those of you that think Boy/Girl twins can be identical haha, they can not!

They are Due January 1st, 2017, but because twins come sometime between 35-38 weeks (usually), they will be here closer to Christmas. I'm not sure if they don't come on there own by then, if they will induce me, or let me go to 40 weeks and see if they come.

I'll keep you guys updated more regularly now that I'm having regular ultrasounds every 4 weeks, not just check ups. . So far everything has been normal! Baby A, the boy is at 1lb 9 oz. Baby B, the girl, is 1lb 11oz., as of my 24 week appointment. I am now entering my 26th week of pregnancy in 2 days. So we could have as little as 9 weeks left! Although I'm hoping they stay put until closer to 38 weeks at least.