Was your second or first pregnancy and birth harder?

Question

Obviously there’s a lot of factors that go into whether a pregnancy/birth is hard like support system, mental health state, working/not working, caring for other kids, how your body healed, etc. but considering it all, when you think of the overall difficulty would you say first or second pregnancy was harder?

Answer

My first pregnancy was super complicated (unexplained bleeding, bad IBS flare up, no weight gain, prodromal labor etc.) I pretty much lived at my OB office. I also delivered like 10 days after Covid lockdown so there was a lot of unknown for everyone involved. It was pretty scary at that time. 
Im currently 19 weeks and while my pregnancy has been completely uncomplicated, it’s been so much harder. I had COVID at 5weeks and 15 weeks and I’m now 19 weeks with the flu. I’ve also had awful morning sickness so I’m still throwing up daily. And I now have a 4 year old I’m chasing around and I just can’t get all the rest my body is telling me I need which makes it hard physically and mentally.

Answer

Compared to my first, My second pregnancy was much harder but labor and delivery was quicker and easier. Baby was also much bigger second time

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My second pregnancy was harder & labor was harder, but I was induced with both babies. My first baby I was 39 weeks & he was definitely ready to come out, so the induction only took a day. My second baby was induced at 37+5 and he definitely was not ready to come.. that induction took 3 days & it was just sooo mentally exhausting & painful.

Answer

Well my second pregnancy was harder but labor was super easy. My first pregnancy was easier but labor was a lot harder.

Was your second or first pregnancy and birth harder?

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