Is it normal to be THIS tired??

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Expecting DC2 in December this year. I am 6 weeks pg . I am just soooo tired though! I don't remember feeling this last time. With ds I was sick a lot but other than that I felt fine. This time I have no sickness but I litterally have no energy at all!

I am already feeling guilty for ds (3yrs old) who is being left to play on his own more and I am relying on TV way too much. Please tell me this will get better! Baby's not even here yet and I feel like ds is already missing out .

I just don't seem to have any drive or will to play with him to be honest I am finding him quite draining which is horrible to admit so early on. It's not even anything he's doing, his behavious is same as ever but I have no patience to deal with him. He's at pre school every weekday morning from 9am til 12 so there really is no excuse for me being such a bitch. I'm not being snappy with him as I am biting my tongue a lot but I just can't seem to get motivated to do anything.

Last night I fell asleep at 8pm and didn't wake til 7 this morning and already I am wanting a nap on the sofa. Will this pass?

Well I am about 9 weeks and I have times where I feel "normal" and then suddenly I am exhausted! Properly bone tired! I feel like hibernating! So don't know if its normal but you are not alone!

Yes, it's normal to be absolutely flipping shattered in the first few months - the books refer to your body as doing the equivalent of climbing a mountain every day and it's particularly tough when you're already looking after a young child.

Repeat to yourself - "this too shall pass" - and congrats on yoru pregnancy!

Thank you! I hope it passes for u soon. I really don't rememebr feeling this way at all last time but I suppose I didn't have a 3 yr old to entertain back then!

I couldn't have said it better.. I feel like hibernating! That's exactly it. I don't even want to talk. I just want to curl up and close my eyes!

I'm taking my Pregnacare Vitamins with iron so I assume I am getting correct nutrients etc. Maybe it's just that I'm older this time and my body is not coping with it as well as it did last time!

I am now 13 weeks and, though I'm still tired, I'm nothing like as bad as I was from weeks 5-8 or thereabouts. So I hope it gets better for you too!

25 weeks now and still shattered........it did ease up a bit between 18-22 weeks, those were some glorious days...... ;)

I wish I'd found your post when I was about 6 weeks pregnant with my second. I was so horribly horribly tired and unable to do or want to do anything with my dd (who was 13 months at the time) I even googled anti-natal depression thinking that must be what I had!

I just want to reassure you that in a matter of a few weeks time you will be feeling completely different. Yes, you'll always feel tired during pregnancy but I certainly didn't have that dreadful all-consuming tiredness after about 9/10 weeks. And, just to add a bit of perspective to it all, my dd is now 3, my ds is 18months and I'm tired for a whole bunch of other reasons. Having two little munchkins around is the best best best thing ever. Focus on that and how much your ds is going to love having a little brother or sister! Best of luck with it all

I do not remember this with DS1 but with DS2 I was the same, dog tired. Luckily DS1 was happy to sit and watch cebebees all day while I slept on the sofa. (I work evenings) so I only had to do breakfast and lunch. I feel awful for him but he was quite happy.

Now pregnant with DC3 and I was the same. From 4 weeks I just wanted to curl up on the floor and sleep. Unfortunately DS2 needed a bit more looking after than DS1 and so I could only nap when he did. I started feeling better at 11ish weeks. I certainly haven't had a nap for a couple of weeks and I am 13w now.

So what I am trying to say is yes it does pass but it feels like it lasts forever as you never get as much sleep as you want!

ooh, yes.
I'm 10 weeks now, and I feel like I've never slept.

in the day-time, I feel like i'm only just making it through, and would quite happily fall asleep right now, if I weren't at work.

I think i'm a zombie.

I was the same - I was basically asleep from week 5-8. Now I don't seem to be sleeping on the sofa/train/in the car quite as much but now feeling more physically exhausted than anything else. I honestly cannot get up and do anything.... its just too much.

I am praying for an energy boost after week 12!

phew this is all very reassurring tank you all so much. Think I am a bit hormonal as I am now crying at how kind you have all been! just so good to know I'm not alone. I'm also very weepy and emotional this time round. I cried my heart out at the Royal wedding last week! Ahhh the joys of pregnancy! so strange how different i feel this time. Last time I couldn't stop being sick for the first 15 weeks, this time I'm either snoring or crying!

Ha ha - I know that too. I cried at Friends the other day... there is no hope for me.

Yep, normal. I was like that until about 16 weeks, then I got flu + complications so was pretty much out of it until 20 weeks. Since then though it has been much better. I'm now 36 weeks and it is getting worse again but the end is in sight so hopefully it wont be too long.

It was horrible for DS and DD though as they couldn't understand why Mummy was such a bitch. Their behaviour hadn't changed, I just didn't have the patience for them. They even got bored of tv and movies, so it must have been bad!

ernie, don't buy the boxset of Friends, I did a few months ago and cried a lot ha ha ha

I was like the walking dead until about 14 weeks - straight home to bed after work and up for another day of desperate struggle to keep my eyes open - and I am a teacher!!! That is all behind me - just an emotional cry bag now!!!!

The tiredness has only just set in for me at 14 weeks and Im still being sick. Feel so rough this pregnancy!

Just a few more weeks of Uni and then time off!

Hard to believe it but it will. I am now 16 weeks and joy of joys feeling really quite normal again - bit tired but not the dreadful exhaustion and morning sickness of the first trimester.

I know I am feeling better as like an idiot I have already started thinking that if this baby is a lovely DD2 we can always try again in a couple of years and perhaps have a DS1!

4 weeks ago I was telling all and sundry that I was NEVER getting pregnant again....

I also hope that the all consuming tiredness passes. I'm 8+5 and just sooo tired and drained and no motivation for anything. I have so much respect for those with other DCs to look after as this is my first...think my duvet may be calling me again soon...put my pjs on as soon as I got in from work though!

Dog-tiredness was my first pg symptom in September and didn't recognise it as had been working really long hours for the first 6 months of the year so was used to ploughing through syrup... couldn't quite understand why I was still so tired whilst the workload had lapsed a bit! BUT it did pass, prob around 12/13 weeks as I tripped into trimester 2, as predicted. Then came back with a vengance around 30wks, just sitting out the first few but at least I'm at home with time to rest. Much respect to those of you battling through with toddlers!

I've just hit the magic 12 week mark and starting to sleep a bit less. my standard day between 4 and 12 weeks was that I was sleeping 12 hours a day. I work full time so I'm out of the house for 9.30 hrs each day getting there etc. there was minimal time for ANYTHING at home.
I found I could sit down at lunch and get 40 minutes deep deep sleep.

but yes I think it's perfectly normal to be this tired!.. I'm sure you're little one won't really mind! Apparently I used to watch bluepeter every afternoon on my mum's lap and when it finished ask if we could make the model.. every day my mum said we'd just save up some (toilet roll/washing up liquid bottles etc) having no idea what we needed as she'd slept all through it!