Exhaustion in first trimester..does it get better?

[Cherryblossom200]

Hi everyone,

I'm just over 8 weeks and eating and sleeping ALL the time, I know I shouldn't complain because so far I've been lucky and not had morning sickness. But the lack of energy is getting me down as I struggle to do anything and having to sleep most afternoons if I can. It just seems to be getting worse?! Last night I slept throughout the night from 10-8 and by 11 I needed to sleep again for almost 2 hours! Does it get better by the 2nd trimester? I hope so :( x

It did for me. Ds1 is 27 now, but I still recall the overwhelming exhaustion I felt every evening, after a day at work. I'd just fall asleep on the sofa for a couple of hours, didn't even have the energy to eat. It got much better in the second trimester. :)

I hope so! I keep reading about the 2nd trimester being easier, but I worry I'll be exhausted throughout! I can't even exercise which is the worst past for me. Anyway I'm going to stop complaining, just today it's really annoying me!!

Yes, it really does get better.

For me it got worse and worse until week 9/10 and then suddenly improved. I literally went from not being able to drag myself through the day during week 9 to being mostly normal in week 10 :)

Hang on in there, you'll wake up a bit soon!

Cherry I'm the same as you. I'm so tired all of the time and any afternoons I have off are spent in bed! I'm hoping I won't feel so tired so and I know it will all be worth it in the end! X

It really is doing my head in at the moment! Everyone keeps asking me how I'm feeling and I just keep complaining about how exhausted I am! I feeling like a moany old woman ha. Today I went to the bank in some kind of zombie daze trying to put in my card sec number at the cashier desk, I put it in wrong twice. I almost had an argument with the poor woman about how her machine was wrong. I then realised I was the whole time putting in a differrent code and promptly apologised. I don't think I have baby brain I'm just really tired :( x