Anyone else exhausted near the end?

[addler]

I'm 36 weeks and feeling as tired as I did in the first trimester. Physically I feel really good and I think I've been quite lucky, but the last few days I've been sleeping for 10-12 hours at night with a few loo trips in between and then feeling like I could fall asleep again a few hours later.

It feels the same as when I was severely deficient in Vit D, B12 and iron, but I've been taking all my vitamin supplements so can't be low again.

Just feel like all I want to do is nap!

Yep! Turned out my ferritin was low, I’d had a course of iron mix way through pregnancy and it had dipped, midwife rechecked my bloods and I needed more iron tablets. They definitely helped me feel more alive. I’m 41+1 now and like a slow whale moving around the house

Oh yeah. With my first I'd have a nap every day, sadly with a 2yo those glory days are now few and far between. Growing a person is exhausting, get all the sleep you can I say!

Hmm I wonder if my ferritin is low again then? It was low before I got pregnant and I've been on the same dose since then, so could be a possibility? I'm trying to save up Netflix shows to watch after the baby's here but running out of other things I want to do while slobbing around!

Yes I’m exhausted at almost 37 weeks. I have a 2 year old to entertain as well so no rest. Luckily, I’m still working so I get a break there

And I'm so so hot! I'm sitting next to the open window in a vest and leggings and feel like I'm just radiating heat. DP is working from home and is wearing a hoody and slippers

It might be worth asking your midwife to recheck your bloods, I’m sure they won’t mind.
I’m a human radiator as well, I sit on the sofa of an evening in my bra and pants, DP is in hoodie and trackies with a blanket on him!