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 😅) 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! 💪😎🤣
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 😅🤣 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 🤔
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 🤣
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 🤔🤗
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" 😬
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! 🤗 I love God!