Will I be less tired when baby arrives?!

[HanPanPeg]

37 weeks plus DS 2.5 years.

I’m exhausted! DS is in nursery 3 x a week so I know other people have it a lot worse. Can I expect to feel better when the baby arrives?

I don’t remember feeling this tired before!

In my experience, yes.

Obviously does depend on if they're a good sleeper or not as well.

It will be a different sort of tired, but generally yes you'll feel better

When I was pregnant with my second I was really fatigued. Much better when the baby came.

Yes, in my experience of two DCs. Of they don't sleep well, you'll be tired, but it's a 'I've not slept well' tired, not a 'every fibre of my being is so exhausted I can barely move' tired. If that makes any sense!

I gave birth to DS2 two weeks ago at 39+5 and I have DS1 who is 17 months. I didn’t realize just how exhausted and heavy I was in the third trimester until I had the baby.

Baby sleeps well though so maybe I got lucky but I feel so much better energy wise since he was born.

Yes, again, a different type of tired, less eyes wont stay open, more am looking forward to bed!!! Best of luck OP!!

Depends on loads of things. I felt much worse with a tiny DC and toddler.

I found parenting a newborn extremely easy (and one of them was the hardest baby I’ve ever come across). The reason being that I felt so shit during pregnancy that looking after the baby was easy compared to that. I was so exhausted during pregnancy that I had to give up my job, I literally only moved when I had to

All it takes is one champion non-sleeper and you're screwed. Let's hope you have a champion sleeper.
Try some Floradix. Your nutrients are being leeched from you (for a good cause! ) and Floradix can't hurt.
I was so tired at the end of all of my pregnancies and then, after delivery, I'd have a two-week blitz of looking and feeling fantastic, a sort of runner's high before turning into a sleep-deprived troll for the next couple of years.

I think your hormones mean you feel less tired after birth..?

I like the hormones theory! I’m not expecting a brilliant sleeper but these replies are giving me hope it won’t be as exhausting - or at least not in the same way.

From how I was on my first DD, yes! I was a walking zombie from 35 weeks. I didnt sleep. I got more sleep when DD was born ..... in that I actually slept.

I am now 34 weeks on DD2. Starting to feel the same. Trying to remember it's just a phase.

Yeah I’m my experience pregnancy fatigue is just a horrible slog. Having a baby you feel tired and probably get less sleep but it’s different somehow. I had an awful sleeper with number one. My mental health was pretty shitty at points but physically I coped much better. I’m hoping I’m owed a better sleeper this time around 😂

Yes. I remember crying when I was pregnant with my second because I didn't know how I would cope with that level of exhaustion alongside a newborn baby. But after he was born I could almost feel the exhaustion that deep down, bone tired exhaustion lifting from my body. Granted, I was still tired with a newborn -- but not THAT tired.

So glad to read this - I'm nearly 34 weeks with a 22 month old. Struggling so much with feeling tired. I'm trying to revise for an exam and it's feeling so difficult. I'm glad I'm not alone!

I've found it so much easier to be tired and have a newborn and a toddler than be pregnant with a toddler.

Ah I was wondering this. I said to dh ‘I keep thinking this tiredness will all be over in 9 weeks but not likely with a newborn’.
I’ve got a dd 2 years 4 months and 31 weeks. I’m so tired. I don’t remember it being this bad with dd.
Hoping it’s not as bad as I imagine.

Yes, being pregnant is exhausting especially towards the end IME. I have 2 under 18 months and it is much easier than being pregnant and having a baby to run about after.