Is the second pregnancy earlier than the first?

The belly of a woman who is two months pregnant is bigger than that of others who are five months pregnant. Although this statement sounds a bit exaggerated, there are indeed many expectant mothers around me who have joked that their belly becomes visible earlier when they are pregnant with their second child. I searched some information and consulted friends who studied medicine, and found that the second child is often shown early, probably due to the following reasons.

The abdomen becomes loose

Generally speaking, when pregnant with the first child, the mother's body is in a relatively young and tense state, and the flesh on the body is relatively tender. Both the facial skin and stomach are still firm. However, due to the growth of the baby in the belly, the abdomen will gradually bulge, and the elastic fibers and fibroblasts in the skin will inevitably rupture or be damaged. In this way, even after loading and unloading, the fat on the abdomen is reduced, but the skin on the abdomen will become looser. To put it simply, your stomach will feel loose.

Fat left from first pregnancy

When pregnant with their first child, some pregnant mothers do not pay attention to controlling their weight and only focus on supplementing nutrition. As a result, I had a normal weight when preparing for pregnancy, but I gained weight after giving birth, and the three layers of white fat on my abdomen will never go away. If this type of woman accumulates too much body fat, after getting pregnant, her abdomen will appear larger than normal if it is slightly exposed. In other words, it's all because of the belly fat that deceived you.

Of course, if the second baby's belly is visible too early, it may also be that after giving birth, the uterus is generally slightly higher than before giving birth. A friend of mine who came back from overseas told me that there is a saying locally that the bigger the baby is, the faster the belly will appear, because the uterus tends to grow larger (this sounds a bit weird).

Here, I have to mention that when pregnant with a second child, in addition to the early appearance of the belly, the expectant mother will also feel the baby's movement earlier. Generally, when you are pregnant with your first child, you will feel fetal movement at 18-20 weeks, while with your second child, you can feel fetal movement as early as 16 weeks. Even some expectant mothers of second children say that the fetus in their stomach is no longer obedient at 12 weeks of pregnancy (okay, is this too early?). In addition, when pregnant women give birth, the second child will be much faster than the first child, and the pain time will be shorter.