Is this normal pregnancy symptoms - help I'm exhausted

[lockdownmummax]

hello,

I have a 2 year old and do not remember feeling so rubbish when I was pregnant with my first born

I am 10 + 2 and absolutely exhausted, my iron has came back slightly low so getting tablets for this hoping it helps

But I am so exhausted all the time, for example I collected my daughter from nursery today and headed to Tesco for a small shop, by the time I was finished in Tesco I felt like I was going to faint, had heart palpitations and just so exhausted,
I'm feeling sick and vomiting every day or two it's just a nightmare I feel so so crap it's effecting my life mt house has never been so messy because I don't have the energy to clean it

Honestly I had a very hard first trimester and felt at my absolute worst around the 9/10 week mark. It will get better, which doesn't help you much now, but yeah, I remember feeling like I wanted to lie down on the road and puke after a short walk on a warm day. You can speak to your GP for something to help if you need to, but it will start to improve over the next 3-4 weeks.

Completely normal. You're right at the worst bit. There's nothing like that pregnancy exhaustion - it's like being hit on the head with an anvil!

Remember, you're chasing after a 2 year old this time and your body has also already been through one pregnancy and is just that bit older. I'm 24 weeks with my second and have an almost 2 year old and I was absolutely exhausted at the start as well! Finding it harder this time around with a little gremlin to chase round

With your first pregnancy you didn't have another child to look after!

@LolaJ87

That is exactly how I feel it's so terrible! hoping it starts to ease up for me soon! Thank you for replying

@Oneforposy7
oh I'm hoping I get some energy back soon is woman are super hero's lol! Thank you for replying

@bogoblin
Yeah your totally right my toddler is full of energy so I'm chasing my tale with her lol, I'm also a student nurse now and man at the end of a 12 hour shift I'm like a zombie,
Hoping it eases soon and I get a bit more energy back! Thank you for replying

Very normal. It started for me around 6 weeks and ended around 10 ish weeks (the worst of it anyway) since then I've been slowly getting better. I'm nearly 13 weeks now and starting to feel more human again

Totally normal OP although it really sucks so you have my sympathy. I'm pg #3 and have a 4 and 2yo. Today was as hard as it gets in this heat. Don't beat yourself up over the cleanliness of your house, you just need to survive this bit. I started to feel human at ~14 weeks but with my first and second slightly earlier so fingers crossed for you. It's no mean feat what you're going through. Hang on in there 💪

I felt exactly the same in my second pregnancy. I just lay on the couch all day in the living room and let DS watch cartoons - it was terrible, but I couldn't physically move. Literally could barely dress myself and get out the door. Total opposite to my first pregnancy!

The extreme tiredness did eventually pass but it was brutal. Btw I ended up having a girl.

Low iron can do all sorts. Including dizziness and heart palpitations

have you got a multi vitamin and are you taking folic acid yes?

Sadly yes. Completely normal. It was my only symptom up until 10 or so weeks, then lasted the whole way through pregnancy. It was at its worst in the first trimester though.

As others have said, it's all about survival right now. Let your toddler watch all the TV, only do the bare minimum amount of housework, and rest, rest, rest at every opportunity!

I had a boy.

You have my sympathy too. I spent the whole of the first trimester and the first half of the second trimester vegetating on the sofa. My partner even had to take several weeks off work to help look after our 2 year old. If I said I was completely drained all the time it would be a huge understatement. I was FLOORED and housework was out of the question. I had a virus at one point as well and was so ill I ended up in hospital. It wasn't even Covid.

I'm now 30 weeks in and just want to say hang in there. It does get better. The general view is that pregnancy makes women glow and look more beautiful. The reality is it can be an utter shitshow, extremely hard work and is anything but glamorous.