Does your uterus move up sooner in subsequent pregnancies?

[corduroybear]

Or is it still around 12wks that it moves up?

Am 8+1 with #3 and have a little bump already. Surely I can't already have popped?? I assume it's just weakened stomach muscles getting ready to house my uterus???

I think it's unlikely to be the baby just yet. I think the uterus stays within the pelvis before 12w. Could be bloating caused by water retention. Could be that your tummy muscles/body generally are more used to pg hormones.

Congrats on #3 - I'm hesitating to the point of despair as to whether to try for our #3!

That's what I thought - thanks.

Thank you. First trimester is incredibly tough. Definitely not having a #4: can't imagine dealing with feeling like this and having three kids to also look after. Looking forward to second tri and am pretty much in denial about having an actual baby!!

My youngest is almost 2yo: potty training, doesn't want to be carried, prefers to walk everywhere; tantrums like crazy atm ...

She was difficult to conceive (2y and Clomid on 6th cycle). I had an ELCS with her and would for another. We would have to move house. I am completely back to my pre pg self, figure-wise now. I worry about rocking the boat in every way.

Yet I am really broody and almost cried when dd2 said 'no pushchair!' yesterday. I realise I prob have only another 6 or so months of a baby.

Gah ...

I'm from a big family (four of us) and so having more than the 'standard' two has always been normal for me.

I'm not a massive baby fan (particularly the newborn stage) but I really love the idea of having big family gatherings when they're all older: I love the craziness of having lots of people there.

Unless ttc becomes a total nightmare, I think you're more likely to regret not having a baby than having one. Once it's born it's a person and you can't imagine life without him/her.

Maybe you won't know your true feelings until you actually start to try (as in, literally, start to have unprotected sex)...?? One of my friends told me that she thought she was ready to have a baby until it came down to it (in bed, about to go for it), and then neither her nor her DH could go through with it!!

Yeah, I think you could have a point there! I'm an only child (so is dh), so our children don't have aunts, uncles or cousins. There seems to be a big pull in my mind to having 3 (I wouldn't choose to have 4 - I wouldn't have more than 2 csecs) for the exact same reason of big future family gatherings, and of having another sib to turn to. I think I am conflicted between personal selfish short term reasons and wider,
long-term benefits.

If we don't try, I'll always wonder, I think. Dh really wants another and has tild me so since dd2 turned 1yo last April.

I find it difficult when my 5yo and 2yo bicker and hit eachother. I never experienced this growing up, and I worry what it would be like with more than 2 in this aspect. But I guess I'd cope better, having had this
experience?

Ha, as if asking about your fundal height has created this conversation! I wish you all the best with your pregnancy

And I have already thought to just forget about contraception for a year or so. I wouldn't seek fertility treatment again. If I get pg, I get pg, if not, then we have 2 beautiful girls.

Anyway, good luck with (from my calculations!) your Christmas baby :)

I could feel my uterus above my pelvis early on....turned out to be twins . Sorry!