Pregnancy Comparison

This pregnancy with Baby Girl is TOTALLY different than my pregnancy was with CJ! I thought I would do a comparison...

CJ: 2009-2010	Baby Girl: 2011-2012
• Slight nausea. Snacked on ginger snaps and preggie pops. Never threw up.	• Morning SICKNESS! Throwing up in mornings, lack of appetite lasted entire 1st trimester, part of 2nd.
• Heartburn	• Acid Reflux
• Regular bowel movements (TMI, but true)	• Constipated!
• Gained a LOT of weight! (38 lbs by week 30) (50 lbs total)	• Gained a little weight (20 lbs by week 30)
• Boobs: sore and grew a LOT (went through multiple bra sizes)	• Boobs have not changed at ALL (still in pre-preg bra)
• No headaches	• Chronic Headaches!!
• Linea Negra on my belly	• No Linea Negra on my belly (yet anyhow!)
• Bad Acne the entire pregnancy	• Acne cleared after first trimester
• Baby had a defined schedule, and I felt him moving regularly	• Baby moves ALL the TIME!
• Felt no contractions until induction	• Braxton Hicks contractions frequently
• Overall felt “good” "Easy" pregnancy.	• Overall feel TIRED! Tougher pregnancy.

Probably the biggest difference in the weight gains (Besides having BAD morning sickness this time) and part of the reason for feeling so tired is in my occupations. During my pregnancy with CJ, I worked full time. I sat at a desk for at least 8 hours a day (sometimes longer!) and just snacked and ate. HA HA. This time around, I am a Stay-at-Home Mom chasing CJ around approximately 10 hours a day. So I'm burning a lot more energy and not snacking nearly as much as I probably should be. CJ was born at 41 weeks, and I genuinely enjoyed his pregnancy for the most part. I was ready the last couple of weeks for him to move out. But this pregnancy has really been wearing on my body, so as soon as we are full term on April 28th (not counting down or anything) she is MORE than welcome to come!!!!!