
When I saw those pink double lines on a pregnancy test eight months ago, I thought I knew what was in store.
I've been here before after all.
A two-to-three-year gap between siblings is pretty common nowadays, and I was joining the club.
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I knew this time was going to be different because of the whole 'running after a tiny human thing' — less rest, less time for myself, more carrying around of a wriggly toddler.
But what I wasn't expecting was just how physically different a second pregnancy would feel in my body.
I've lost count of the number of times my physio or my midwife has said to me, "mmmm, yes, that's because it's not your first," and sorry what? Why did no one warn me?
It's not just that your bump gets bigger, quicker (that at least, is pretty common knowledge), it's that any aches and pains you might've felt first time around also arrive much, much sooner.