How do you cope with the tiredness?!

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Hello - I'm new to the list so hope I don't mess up any rules or anything.

I'm pg (7 weeks) and could just cry with tiredness, especially in the afternoons. I have a dd (3)and when I was pg with her, I just came in from work and slept for an hour or 2 every night.

My question is, how the hell do you 'put your feet up' or 'relax' as they keep telling me to if you've got a hyperactive, attention-hungry threenager, who appears to have picked up that something is going on and is now adding 'unbearably clingy' to her repertoire?

Worst times (when I worry I will throttle her) are between 4 and 6.30 (when dh comes in).

Any tips very gratefully received!

hi
soryr hun no tips just sympathy. I am now 38wks pg with my second and my son is just 2. Tiredness is the hardest thing I have found this time as I have been mentally and physically exhausted, more so than when I worked fulltime. There is however a lull in the tiredness from around 16-32wks..not much help I know but at least its a bit of a break.

Hi I know what you mean, I am 6 weeks preg with a 16mnth old who is very active, working full time, traveling 2 hours a day and studying at college. Utterly exhausted !! If you get any tips I would love to know.

Disney is the god of pregnant women .

My DD can probably recite most disney films by heart (quite a feat for a 2 1/2 year old ) from being plonked in front of dvd while mummy dies on sofa. Dim the lights, and hopefully she'll get the gist that we're being quiet now!

Oh, and make sure DH knows that at 6.30 you are crawling into bed, even if it is just for 30 mins, and he is in charge. It doesn't matter that he has been "at work all day" - its his fault you're in this mess , your DD is his child too, and you need sleep more than he needs quiet time.

Agree with FR if your partner is around..unfortunately for me dh works 7.30am-9pm most days so no chance of that snooze but on his days off i used to go for an afternoon kip just to feel a bit more human.

Sorry, I didn't read the rest of the people on the thread .

For Jersey who seems to be doing way too much in general - I'd go with sleeping in your lunchtime (if you're not studying)... They used to tease me at work when I was pregnant with DD - there was a little box room off the toilets, and I would curl up in a chair in there and sleep .

I have no idea how people like you cope Nemo - I'd be a rocking messing a corner if DH worked those hours

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I agree FR, but I took a break from course when preg with DS and pre-eclampsia so determined to finish the course this time round. Finishes in June so hopefully will be out of the way before the last few weeks.

MM - I was starting to think I was the only person who is "naturally sleepy" - My friend always talks like there is something wrong with me just because I need more sleep than most people

Thanks guys. I'm pretty lucky to have a dh who actually TELLS me to go and sit down and watch crap tv or whatever as soon as he gets in. He might not be so understanding if he finds dd bound and gagged in the corner though

Dd is watching more tv than ever, FR, but seems to have a pretty short attention span and feels that bouncing on mummy would improve the situation.

She does go to preschool, but that's supposedly my work time (am a life coach and work from home). Think it may have to get sacrificed or cut short earlier than I'd anticipated...