How was your second pregnancy?

Question

How did your second pregnancy (and labor and delivery) differ from your first? 
Was it relatively the same? Or was it different? Did you have more or less symptoms or complications? Was delivery longer or shorter? What was it like having one child/toddler/baby already with another on the way? I could ask a million questions but I’ll just ask a few and leave it open ended. 
I just began ovulating again after 15 months breastfeeding sooo while we’re not planning on having another one so soon, we know accidents do happen haha. So I’m curious because my first pregnancy was nice; labor and delivery took only 8 hours total. But I’m nervous about a second pregnancy. What if it’s not as smooth as the first? What if something goes wrong? TW: My great grandmother died during her third labor/delivery when she was 32 years old (so did the baby). I’m 28 so it makes me a little worried about having a pregnancy later.

Answer

My second pregnancy definitely felt more painful. Round ligament pain was worse, worse cramping at the beginning, Braxton Hicks earlier that hurt and I felt pressure like baby was going to fall out of me from 36 weeks on. Plus her kicks hurt much worse despite having an anterior placenta. That said, I had no complications (and none with my first). I gained an extra 3 lbs comparably so not bad at all. 
I had my first at 39+3 with 19 hours from first contraction to baby in my arms. My second born at 40+3 and was about 6.5 hours from first contraction to baby. I ended up calling my OB after 2.5 hours of contractions feeling like I should come in. I was indeed 6 cm already. Both births were med free and I feel like contractions were more painful with #2 but labor was much quicker. I literally pushed 3 times when they told me I was 8 cm and she was here despite being a pound heavier than my first.
So overall, did not love the pregnancy with my second because it hurt worse but labor was quick. However I did have way less anxiety knowing what to expect. They are 2 years 3 months apart in age.

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My second pregnancy was like my firdt, just amped up. So more tired more sick, more hurting.
My birth was a lot like my first one, except my body clearly knew what to do this time so it halfed my labor time.
But pretty much the same really.

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My 2nd pregnancy (age 33) was very similar to my 1st (age 30). Both low risk and complicaton free. Labour was much quicker (2 1/2hr compared to 12hr) and far less painful. Both were med and intervention free.

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I haven’t given birth to my second yet but with my first pregnancy, it was so much worse due to morning sickness! I do feel more tired this go around but I also have an 11 mo. my first labor only lasted a little under 4 hours, so I hope I get lucky again😂

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