2nd baby
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Topic: 2nd baby
Posted By: kiwimum2010
Subject: 2nd baby
Date Posted: 30 November 2010 at 4:05pm
| I am preg with baby number 2. Put on 25+ kg with number one, still had 10kg to loose and now preg again. Happy but wish I lost the weight first. Hoping I dont put on as much with number two? My stomach looks like I looked at 4 months preg with baby number one and I am only 8/9 weeks now!! Is this normal? I struggle to hide I am preg! |
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Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 30 November 2010 at 6:50pm
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I was the same with baby number 2 at 9 weeks preggies i looked about 5 months i ws huge!!!
it's becasue all the stomach muscles are stretched heaps and therefore don't hold baby in as well as they do with number 1.! I remember when i was 6 months preggie with DS2 in an elevator and a lady( a complete stranger)said "gee you must be due any day! i said" no i'm only 6 months" she said "gosh you are HUGE" I wish i had said "yeah it's triplets" !! Just to see her reaction instead i was shocked and just said "yeah" After that i was out and proud i didn're care if people said was massive i was proud to be pregnant and didn't care at all. 
by the way DS2 was only 9p 7oz so not that big! 
I say let it show! -------------  
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Posted By: pikelets
Date Posted: 30 November 2010 at 6:50pm
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Congratulations!
I am 6 weeks pg and look the same as 3-4 mths last time!  I don't think I will get to 3 mths before my colleagues click.
I put on 19 kgs last time so I imagine it will be more this time. According to google it seems that 2nd pregnancy's tend to show alot earlier - that will be my excuse anyway and I'm sticking to it! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 3 Angels - Dec10 / Mar11 / Dec11
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Posted By: monikah
Date Posted: 30 November 2010 at 7:23pm
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my youngest was only 3 months old when i got pregnant again so i def showed faster. not massive but you could tell i was pgf earlier than the first time ------------- 
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Posted By: weeheebaby
Date Posted: 30 November 2010 at 7:44pm
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try not to worry about it too much, just keep to a reasonable eating lifestyle and deal with it wayyyyyyy later after bubs is born,
I stacked on the weight really early in this pregnancy and have no clue how as I was barely eating and what i did eat it just got thrown straight back up in the loo. Took me a while to get my head around the fact that I was gonna get huge but I know that i've lost a lot of weight once before so when the time is right I can do it again. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Luckymama23
Date Posted: 30 November 2010 at 7:45pm
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Yup kiwimum, im 9wks preg, and look exactly like I did at 6months with number 1!!
I was using the 2nd one shows sooner excuse, but DH reckons its all food baby! 
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Posted By: Babykatnz
Date Posted: 30 November 2010 at 9:59pm
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I put on a lot of weight while preg with my oldest, then when i got preg 5 years later with Jae I was still a good 10kg up from my starting weight first time. I kept a close eye on what i ate/did and ended up at the same weight as i was at 36w with him, total weight gain of 10kg, as opposed to the 25kg+ first time.
Just because you stacked it on first time around, doesnt always mean you will next time too... I must admit i was a LOT lazier and had a 'she'll be right' attitude to anything I ate with my first, and had already switched to a healthier lifestyle immediately prior to getting preg 2nd time (was actually trying to lose weight to get on IVF waiting list!) so i think being much more careful made the difference for me. This time around I had JUST got back to starting weight with #2, and so far have managed to keep it down to 4.5kg gain, aiming to gain no more than 10kg by the end! ------------- Brandon - 05/12/2003  
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Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 01 December 2010 at 7:04pm
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forgot to mention put more weight on with DS1 about 20kg . Put less on with DS2 about 15kg.
But showed heaps sooner with DS2 and he was a bigger baby. but i put on 5 kgs less ! -------------
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Posted By: pikelets
Date Posted: 01 December 2010 at 9:34pm
Oooh liking this! Hope that works for me  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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LJsmum wrote:Posted By: kiwimum2010
Date Posted: 02 December 2010 at 1:43pm
| I think I'll exercise a lot more this time and watch what I eat so I dont put the 20+ kg on. Then when baby is born I will go hard out to loose the weight as I feel soo uncomfortable carrying the weight and I want to get back to fit and healthy. My stomach is really popping out...def baby bump going on! |
Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 02 December 2010 at 9:53pm
You couldnt tell I was pregnant at 20 weeks with number two but then this happened...
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Posted By: AuntieSarah
Date Posted: 02 December 2010 at 10:47pm
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Oh my gosh raspberry jam, where are your stretch marks!?!? You lucky thing!
I also showed wayyyyy earlier with this pregnancy, I thought I looked ridiculously pregnant at 8-9 weeks. Now at 21 weeks I've only had one of those annoying 'god you're big aren't you' comments (which I just think are so RUDE!) |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 03 December 2010 at 8:49pm
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I showed alot sooner with #2 as well. The way I see it everything is already stretchy and your body doesn't have to 'fight' to expand. You might find that it evens out later in your pg ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: Limochick
Date Posted: 05 December 2010 at 7:40pm
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I've been pregnant 4 times (currently on my 4th) and m youngest was only 10wks when I got pregnant so I deffinetly showed alot faster. I think it depends on the person but when I'm pregnant I just eat and do whatever I want and try to enjoy it
Raspberry Jam - that is a very impressive bump, how far along were you?? -------------  
 
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Posted By: Raspberryjam
Date Posted: 06 December 2010 at 5:49pm
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that pic was about a week before I had her limochic
just saw you are having a girl!! congratulations!! ------------- http://lilypie.com]
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