To have no energy to clean the house

[brownpaperbag1]

I'm in my first trimester with baby #1, due in spring next year. I've been feeling quite sick and also very tired and lethargic. The house is getting more and more untidy as the weeks go by, as I can't muster the energy to sort it. DH does what he can but he works long hours and to be honest, has lower standards than me (!)

How did you manage to keep your house looking decent during the exhaustion that is pregnancy? Some friends wanted to come over recently and I had to invite them to the pub instead as I was too embarrassed to have them round. A cleaner's not an option unfortunately as money is quite tight at the moment.

Just little and often as you can. You will start to feel better around 12 weeks for most people. The first trimester is very hard I remember just wanting to sleep! I'm 19 weeks now and can do much more but in not breathless so again I have to go for little and often. I try and do an hour a day or one room a day

I went for ‘little and often.’ The exhaustion is difficult, so don’t beat yourself up if the house is a little untidy! I keep trying to remind myself that it’s going to be a mess when baby arrives so I might as well get used to it! 🙈

But in all seriousness, if you can’t face it just do something smaller. Like the idea of cleaning the kitchen made me want to cry, so one day I’d just wipe the sides down. Next day do the sink. Same with the bathroom etc. If you just do a quick job each time (like I just wipe the bathroom when I go for a wee) it doesn’t feel so bad. Sure it’s not spotless as you’re not doing it all at once, but I figure it’s better than nothing 😂

Hello lovely. My first 15 weeks was spent feeling so sick, so tired and so not bothered about any of the house !
I really am house proud and like you, husband tried his best.
It's did stress out at times and I did cry a few tomes too!
However to be honest there where also times I just thought oh blow it I'm not doing it!
And now I'm 18 weeks and I have so much energy compared and sickness is practically gone!
So basically what I'm trying to say is. ....
rest! Leave it! Look after yourself and in a few weeks you can do all those things when your feeling better
Xxx