tips for energy

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Hi,
I'm currently 10weeks pg with dc2 and feeling soooo lifeless. Feel nauseous a lot of the evening,but more than that is the crippling tiredness!I'm eating much less than normal,drinking less too which I suppose is influencing things.anyone found anything that helps them get through the day without feeling like a zombie?don't remember feeling this rubbish last time around (but I suppose then I wasn't up at night with a one year old!)..

I'm 9 weeks and it's the tiredness that's getting to me too - in fact I've responded to another post on here this evening saying the same thing. I just can't seem to get past about 3pm without needing a sleep (which is what I do at the weekend with my DH around!). Other than taking sleep/rest when you can I have no other solutions to offer but can totally sympathise. Fingers crossed it passes soon.

Snap. I would love to know as I'm a total wreck. It doesn't help that my DH is mega busy at work and can't help out much, and that ds is waking for bloody ages in the night.

I felt sicker last time but I don't remember the exhaustion being quite so bad

During the first trimester I found that bananas gave me energy boosts, also I didn't really crave them but once I had one I had to have another lol they made me feel great for a little bit.

I think diet has a lot to do with it because during the first trimester I barely ate a thing, too tired too nauseous I just couldn't cook and DH works long hours. In the second trimester I didn't get that renewed sense of energy that you read so much about but as I said my diet wasn't great. Now I'm 28+3 and eating a lot better, I still need the occasional nap from time to time or just a little sit down between tasks but I'm managing my housework and looking after our very excitable 1 year old labrador and currently unwell cat so I guess I'm not the zombie I was in early pregnancy

Oh also, if diet isn't a problem it's worth having docs check your iron levels (while they're doing routine bloods anyway) just incase