First trimester exhaustion

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I'm currently 10 weeks pregnant for the first time and I'm struggling with extreme tiredness. I also have morning sickness which is tough but I just didn't expect to be so exhausted in the first trimester. I have the luxury of being able to sleep 9/10 hours a night at the moment which is great (one of the few plus sides of lockdown) but I still wake up so tired. Has anyone else felt this way and did it wear off later in the pregnancy? Thanks everyone

God yes the exhaustion, there is nothing like it! My DC are 14 and 15 now and I still remember it. Think mine went around week 13 ish. Hang on in there

Yep! It's not like just being tired from lack of sleep is it? It's like a full body exhaustion I've never had before. It really took me by surprise - I'd expected nausea etc but not the exhaustion. I used to get home from work, crawl to the sofa and lie there all night with zero energy. It felt like an endless hangover. It honestly does get better once the placenta takes over and I felt so much better through the second trimester. I'm at week 35 now and I am getting tired again but only because sleeping has become more uncomfortable and I'm waking up a lot through the night. I haven't felt anything like that first trimester exhaustion since!

I'm completely the same, I'm 7+4 and have never felt exhaustion like it!!! I feel useless, even the smallest tasks seem challenging at the moment!

First timer, also Coming up to 10 weeks and I feel really quite crappy. Had nausea and sore boobs pretty much since the very start, started getting really tired around 5/6 weeks with some nausea but this last week, week 9, really feels like it’s stepped up to a new level of gross. Horribly Nauseous all day and all night, aversions to loads of things I used to like and have to force food down, though thankfully I have never actually been sick. Also very very tired(not like any tiredness I have experienced before) but also struggling to sleep well. Really hoping it gets better for us soon!

I just turned five weeks so my symptoms are still pretty tame atm but the fatigue really hit me yesterday. Just randomly felt like I needed to lie down felt so exhausted . Needed to get all this housework done and I literally had to make myself do it felt like such a task. I loved my nesting phase in my last pregnancy so looking forward to that and this passing

The first trimester exhaustion was awful and I still remember it so clearly. PP described it well as full body tiredness. Mine got better around 12-14 weeks.

I feel like I may have got off lightly so far with this... although I was diagnosed last year with chronic fatigue syndrome and thyroid disease so maybe that put me in training for always being exhausted 😂

So far there hasnt been any change with my fatigue and I expected it to get much worse with pregnancy. I'm only 9 weeks so it may still kick in

Yes. It's like being hit by a bus. I think a lot of it is your volume of blood increases rapidly and your iron gets depleted (by average volume at least). It does pass. But yes, it's very grim.

It does pass but it is tough. Listen to your body and enjoy those early nights :). I found it easier to eat dinner around 5pm so I had enough time to digest before I was asleep at 8pm.

Yes!! I remember the week before I got my BFP I was convinced I had a virus or something working on me! I would sleep 12 hours at night & need to lie on the couch all day. If I brought the washing down from upstairs I had to sit on the couch before I even put it in the washing machine, it was a nightmare. I was also so nauseous with no appetite, wasn’t sick thankfully! These symptoms literally all evaporated for me at 12 weeks lol, I was so worried that I wasn’t pregnant anymore for the fact it was so quickly. I’m now 20 weeks & everything is healthy. I’m even starting to get a second wind & find myself on my hands & knees scrubbing the skirting boards lol

Thanks for all of your responses ladies! It really does make me feel better knowing that you have all experienced/currently experiencing the same thing. My husband does try and be supportive but I think he thinks I'm being dramatic.
My morning sickness seems to be easing off slightly which is amazing, I was throwing up quite a lot. I'm normally a vegetarian but I've been craving so much meat, I guess my body needs the iron and protein so I'm just eating it at the moment.
The tiredness almost feels like the kind of full body tiredness when been I've exercising all, it's such an odd feeling.
To everyone that is still feeling rubbish I hope it passes soon!

@Lolxx @Chanel05 it’s so encouraging to hear from you that symptoms do pass. when you are in the think of it it feels so relentless and hopeless. The nausea thing is especially grinding - I have tried every trick in the book other than prescription meds and nothing seems to help. I bought loads of ginger tea and ginger sweets at the start as so many ppl swear by it but even typing the word ‘ginger’ makes me wretch 🤢

Yes I also have this i have been a bit teary with it tbh i have other little ones to look after and it’s awful feeling too tired to get up and cook and clean etc! It’s more than just feeling tired it’s like I couldn’t get up if someone paid me. Make sure you are eating well and drinking plenty of water and taking vitamins it helps a bit !

The first trimester can be HARD!! I'm remember how those first few weeks were filled with tears, sleep and a lot of sick! I feel great now at 24 weeks but it really does feel like it won't ever end when you're in it but it will!!

@MadameDePompadour the nausea is horrific and relentless, I had it for ten full weeks and then at 16+1 I woke up without it. I kept expecting it to return but I'm 18+3 now and it hasn't.

As all the other ladies have said, it really is exhaustion like no other. Its my first pregnancy too and i'm 31 weeks now, but I remember honestly feeling like I would never feel normal again. I would get home from work and just lay on the sofa until I went to bed, it was awful. Like you I also had horrific morning sickness and had to be prescribed cyclizine so I think feeling and being so sick and unable to keep much food down also adds to the tiredness. Mine didn't start to wear off till around 19 weeks, but now I do feel almost normal so I promise it does get better! Hang in there :)

To add to being pregnant for the 1st time and being exhausted, I was living in the middle east teaching full time and the doctor would not give me time off so I had to drag myself in to classes everyday. It was grim.

Oh goodness yes! Only 7 weeks here and totally exhausted all the time. Working and looking after a toddler not helping. Oh and the nausea. Just want to cry. Hope it passes for us all soon.

It was like I had run a marathon every day. Just exhausted but it gets better

It will pass

I'm in the 3rd trimester now (36 wks) and the 2nd wave of exhaustion has hit.

It’s the worst tiredness ever- even when I had a newborn and then a new newborn plus a toddler who both didn’t sleep- I still found that tiredness more bearable than early pregnancy tiredness. At least with a baby when you DO get a chance to catch up on a bit of sleep you feel better, whereas with pregnancy tiredness I could have a whole amazing nights sleep and still feel utterly shattered the next day. I’m pregnant with number 3 at the moment and it’s just starting to lift, I’m about 14 weeks.

Yes. I described it as being on a reverse intravenous drip. It wore off in second trimester