by Melissa Willets posted in Pregnancy

A quick internet search for "fifth pregnancy," "fifth baby," or "baby #5" doesn't turn up too many results. But I'm expecting for the fifth time, and have so many questions about whether what I'm experiencing is normal. For instance, I'm pretty sure I felt my baby move around 8 or 9 weeks. Is this possible" And now that I'm starting my third trimester, is it weird that I honestly look and feel like I'm 40 weeks pregnant"
Since there aren't too many answers out there for women having a fifth baby, I thought I'd share my experience, in the hopes of helping someone else in my shoes. So here are some things I'm noticing are unique to a fifth pregnancy.
Everything happens earlier. As I said, I felt teeny, little flutters low in my pelvis really early on in this pregnancy. No, this wasn?t just indigestion, because it was lower than my stomach, and the sensation was like something itty-bitty poking me from the inside. Similarly, I started to show super early, around 6 weeks or so. I've also felt stretching in my lower tummy for months now, much sooner than with my other pregnancies. I'm bigger than ever. Not only did my belly expand nearly the instant I found out I was pregnant with baby #5, but now, at 27 weeks, I am about as big as when I went to deliver previously. My husband says this is all in my head, but I don't think so. I feel huge, cumbersome, and uncomfortable already. Man, the third trime...