So I'm 3rd trimester, 34, first baby. Before pregnancy was energetic, fit, capable, could do 50 things at once.
From 5-15 weeks pregnant bad morning sickness - exhaustion, constant nausea, often not able to get out of bed. From 18 weeks I developed pelvic pain and sciatica - less mobile, plus exhaustion never went away in the 2nd trimester like everyone said it would. Then from around week 20 until now, constant bouts of sinusitis, plus the SPD, the back ache and...yup...the exhaustion.
I just about manage. I have to go to work because I don't get paid if I don't go in but as soon as I come home I have to lie down. Fitness? Ha! I was doing yoga once a week and trying to walk (slowly) for about 30 mins a day but even that has been shelved of late.
What I want to know, from any mums out there, is do I go back to my old self once the baby is born? People keep telling me "if you think you're exhausted now, just wait" but, seriously, I can't understand how I'll feel as bad after the baby is born as I have done all through the pregnancy. Obviously for a few weeks I'll be wrecked but I'm not sure I can cope if this is just 'it' for me now...forever!! I want to be well again!! I feel like a 90 year old woman.