Remember, the entire process of your pregnancy will be the same. However, if you first pregnancy was a good experience overall, don't think that the second will also be a breeze!

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Make sure you do all the necessary routine checkups once you find out you are pregnant. This includes the routine blood tests, tests for sugar levels, tests for any genetic problems etc.

During your second pregnancy, there are a few things that could be a little different. Consider the following:

During the first trimester, nausea levels may be a little less for your second pregnancy. However, this is not a thumb rule.

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Remember, the second time around, you are not getting the ample amount of rest that you got during your first pregnancy. So, chances are, you will get fatigued quite easily. According to Dr. Dhanu, your belly may start showing earlier than your first pregnancy, and also as your baby grows inside, her movements will also start earlier. So, be careful about your posture, while you sit and while you sleep.

The good news is…

Labour time reduces the second time around. Your cervical muscles will dilate sooner and faster, giving you an easier and relaxed delivery. However, if you had a C-section as your first delivery, your labour time will not reduce for the second.

Your Braxton Hicks contractions may or may not reduce the second time around. While some mothers claim they have decreased, some have complained worsened contraction during the second time.

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You Need Emotional Help

Why? What goes wrong?

Remember, your pregnancy and lactation hormones will make you go through an emotional rollercoaster throughout and after your pregnancy. This may leave you in tremendous stress. In this kind of scenario, if you don't have ample communication levels with your husband, it may just leave you drained and unsatisfied.

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Make sure you have the support of your husband. Your husband should be as involved as you are. He should always be there for you. According to Dr. Dhanu, "Some women I know opted for divorce just after she had her baby. And I am talking about women who have been married for eight years."

So make sure you and your husband have all channels of communication open while you plan for you second child. He should not be any less interested in your second child than he was for your first.

Apart from that, you may be feeling a little guilty that you are not spending enough time with your first child. In fact, you could also be feeling a little estranged from your second child because you have not the same excitement as you had for your first. Your husband also may not be as thrilled for the second as he was the first.

In this case, you need to make sure you and your husband work out these problems by helping each other through the pregnancy. Make sure you are never alone during this time.

Stay with happy company. Teach your first child about the second. Encourage her to be excited about her new sibling. You could do fun things together, like decide a name for your unborn child.