Extreme tiredness like no other

[marjragu]

Hi, I'm 15 weeks and feeling soooooo tired. It's so debilitating. I can't look after my own 1yo child, I'm struggling to eat and drink and it takes everything I have to have a shower or spend a couple of hours sat on the sofa. Then I get these crazy headaches and feel like I'm about to collapse and I have to go back to bed again.

I've had hyperemesis and I think I've been able to manage the sickness the last few days (it's looking good but I daren't raise my hopes too high). My husband thinks I'm not trying to get better and is putting pressure on me to do things that are too much for me as he's 'trying to help'.

I don't know what is wrong with me at the moment now I've hopefully been able to manage the sickness but I can't do anything. I've got a midwife appointment soon and I nervous about getting myself there and I'm terrified that she is going to tell me that this is a 'normal' part of pregnancy and there's nothing to be done so I'm just going to have to put up with this for weeks to come.

No this is normal you need more help, not being told to get better isn’t helping you. I’m 10 weeks and feeling so tired too it’s so debilitating I agree. I should be doing stuff now just sitting on the sofa!

I never suffered with tiredness but did have hypermesis which was medicated. Are you on meds for it? Could be a side effects of the the meds or you could have a deficiency. Are you taking your vitamins? Could your iron levels be low? Ask your midwife.

Yes I've got meds - when I take them I'm so zombied with tiredness that I'm in bed all day. I'm extremely fatigued without the meds too but manage to upgrade myself from bed bound to sofa bound. I know fatigue is normal but this feels a step above. Thank you for letting me know your experience with hyperemesis. Maybe I need to get some checks done.

You could come over to the HG thread for more advice but as an HG veteran I'd suggest you should definitely have your bloods done, you might be low on several things if you've been throwing up a lot for the last 2+ months. Absolute exhaustion is also part of HG and it might be that for you the actual vomiting is lifting before that symptom. I think everyone who's had HG has had that experience of being so relieved to feel a bit better and then overdoing it. It takes a long time to recover from such protracted serious illness, and even more so while your body is simultaneously growing a baby.