Serious lack of energy

[MyBreadIsEggy]

I'm 32 weeks pg tomorrow with DC2. I also have a 16 month old Dd.
I remember late pregnancy tiredness from last time, but not this soon and not this bad!
Yesterday, Dd woke at 7am which is normal for us, but I felt so drained and unusually tired all day, until it got to 3pm and DH sent me to bed for a couple of hours. I slept until 4:30pm, and still went to bed feeling absolutely exhausted at 9:30pm. Dd slept solidly last night, so I had completely undisturbed sleep from around 10pm until 6:30am....but I am still feeling completely knackered and drained this morning making myself a cup of tea this morning felt like running a marathon! I can feel DC2 pushing up and into my ribs quite often which is making it harder to breathe - could this have anything to do with it? I'm probably just being really pathetic and need to be handed a grip, but the thought of another 8 weeks (potentially more!) of feeling like this, while chasing my crazy, feral toddler is such a horrible one

Hi,

I'm 34 weeks and in exactly the same boat as you.

I've got three weeks left at work, can't even pick up my toddler anymore, and walking up a flight of stairs makes me want to cry!

Not feeling the love this morning

Thenorr I can still pick her up at the moment, but it's getting harder! And when she wriggles to get down, I almost drop her sometimes
I feel like I could go to bed, and not get out again until I go into labour!

I've been the same for the last couple of weeks, I almost expected my iron levels to be at rock bottom when my bloods were taken, but they were actually normal. Frustrating as it means there's little I can do about the tiredness. This is my first so don't even have a toddler to run round after - you have my sympathies there!

Kariana my first thought was low iron levels, but my last lot of bloods were fine too!!
My Dd is a climber too, so I spend most of my day bringing her down from various pieces of furniture, or being used as a trampoline/climbing frame myself

I have got low iron levels and low platelets too (which I didn't even know was a thing until a couple of weeks ago!) but I have to say the tablets don't make much difference.

I thinks it's been particularly hard for us because it's been so hot lately too - here's hoping summer is finally over and we all get to spend the last couple of weeks feeling a bit less swollen!

Thenorr I'm so happy to be seeing the back end of summer!! It's decidedly more autumnal here today it's lovely!