As far as how it feels, there's a lot no one prepared me for.
I'm convinced that there are two types of women: those who don't particularly care for being pregnant and women who lie.
I was prepared for morning sickness but received very little of it (I think I only threw up about once a trimester and only felt nauseous when I didn't eat).
I also didn't have the food cravings I heard so much about.
I did get a lot of pain in my sciatic nerve, and a burning sensation in my skin as it started the stretching.
My hips also hurt a lot.
I also didn't handle the extreme hormones that came in the last month.
I'm not much of a road rager but I did follow a woman into a parking lot to scream at a woman for cutting me off once.
This second pregnancy is a bit easier for me in a lot of ways, oddly enough my symptoms are stronger with this one.
My right hip and left sciatic nerve are really getting to me already and I'm only at 15 1/2 weeks.
I've also gotten sick a bit more often this time around.
My nose is also super sensitive, and it drives my husband crazy when I complain about things like the Target parking smelling like corn husks or my fingers still smelling like the bleach cleaner I used three days ago.
The hormones were a lot worse, but the mood swings from that were likely exacerbated by the stress of being both pregnant and engaged.
I think I'm just enjoying the pregnancy a bit more because of my situation.
I have a lot more support and involvement from the father this time.