I had an early scan on Tuesday which dated me at 10+5 (had really severe abdominal pain) so after 3 hours my OH took me to the Early Pregnancy Unit at our hospital. It was all a bit of an emotional rollercoaster - we were worried about it being an ectopic pregnancy, so when the sonographer said "No, everything's in the right place) I was overcome with emotion!
Anyway, apart from that scare the only really rough thing I've had to deal with so far has been extreme tiredness. It started in about week 6 and it actually seems to have got worse in the last couple of weeks. I've got to the point now where I'm shattered from midday, I'm pretty unproductive at work in the afternoons and when I get home in the evening I can barely function. I'd normally meet up with friends/family or watch TV etc with my OH or study (I'm doing a part-time Master's), but I haven't done anything more than make a very quick dinner and crash out for the last few weeks.
Is this normal for this stage and when can I look forward to it ending? I guess it varies a lot but I would like to hope I can have a bit of a life outside of work again soon, even if it's just to catch up on the housework and stop neglecting my friends and family!
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11 weeks - when will the exhaustion end...?
sassylassie · 30/06/2011 18:16
In about 19 years when he moves out 
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Seriously, pregnancy can be tiring yes, but if you are that tired I'd be getting yourself down to your clinic to have a blood test to check for anaemia. In the meantime start taking a supplement, it can't do any harm even if it isn't needed. Spatone is a good one as it doesn't cause constipation like iron tablets do!
JennitL1977 Wow, so only 10 weeks respite then! 
supadupapupascupa I'm SO with you there. Are you getting sickness too? I've mostly escaped that thankfully, although there was a moment at work last week when I had to excuse myself from a meeting to go and get up close and personal with a toilet bowl. Luckily it seems to have been a one off.
First pregnancy so it's all a big unknown for me!
Extreme fatigue seems to be lesser known symptom of early pregnancy, but I think it's like MS.
I had it really bad with DD, like you're brain can't function and you can only things on auto pilot. (at work I could experiments as it was a routine I had done for years but writing took stupid amounts of effort). I don't think it compared to the last trimester tiredness as that felt more physical in origin, my brain was still fine and I wrote loads (was finishing a thesis). I felt more mentally normally around 14 weeks.
This time I didn't have the same issue so when regular pg tiredness started to hit I was a bit taken back with it as my point of reference was the 1T being the worse.
sassielassie this is DC2 for me and i don't remember being this tired last time. I get the metallic taste and feeling mildly sick although I haven't been sick, all same as last time. Just feel pretty rough in general. I think I was about 14 weeks before i felt much better with DC1 but can't really remember. But it DID get better 
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Thanks everyone. Sounds like it's a good thing we've planned our holiday for August. I should be about 16 weeks by then, so hopefully I'll be able to enjoy it! Then again, I have no idea how I'm going to get through the next few weeks at work until then... At least it's only a couple of weeks til we can start telling people, which should hopefully take the pressure off a bit. I have a really demanding job (and demanding bosses...).
PenguinArmy - encouraging that you could work on a thesis in your 3T - perhaps there's hope for my Master's after all! I've completely neglected it for weeks now. 
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