How was your journey of second pregnancy?

So here I am, 11 weeks along, with my second baby and I'm pretty sure this is when I started sharing all of my symptoms the last time around. So let's just get right into it! I hope I can remember everything #Babybrain #symptomnumber1. read more

Terrence and I had been trying to get pregnant for months, and I was starting to feel discouraged. I wanted to have another baby so badly, but it just wasn’t happening. The first time I got pregnant, I didn’t even try, so I never expected it to be difficult to have a baby the second time around. read more

“Your ligaments and muscles have stretched and your pregnancy will show earlier.” Coolen jokes that she once made a comment to one of her best friends, also a mother of three, about how fast she was showing with her second pregnancy. read more

Whatever happened the first time around– with the pregnancy, birth and newborn period– will set up a huge range of personal, idiosyncratic expectations for the second. This is a highly personal journey, but from my experiences, there are a few common themes with subsequent pregnancies. read more