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Lessons learned during the 2nd pregnancy*

I’ve been meaning to write this blog post for a while, and tonight I finally have time to write it. Only problem is….now I think I’ve lost all the points I wanted to make for this particular post. Ah well, here’s hoping it’ll come to me as I write.

So, here I am, 32 weeks along. The baby is, according to the doctor, doing well; we’re going in for another ultrasound this coming Monday to make sure he’s the right size and that everything is as it should be. I’m pretty sure already that my belly is bigger at this point in this pregnancy than Michael was my first go-round, so that’s good. Hopefully, Mikey’s brother will be to term — although, I’m sure it will be highly uncomfortable for me and I’ll be wishing for bed rest and an early delivery during the dog days of September.

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30 weeks pregnant with the second baby

As I did with Michael, I Google each week of pregnancy that I’m approaching, just see what I should expect, and how baby should be growing. But this pregnancy is totally different from my first, of course. For example, I could feel the baby making a ruckus, as I was rocking Michael to sleep, and worried a little bit that Michael would feel it and look at me, wondering, “why is your belly moving, mama?”

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