No energy

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I'm currently 24 weeks pregnant. Had awful sickness until around 17 week mark which completely debilitated me. Although the sickness has gone now (thank god) I haven't received this 2nd trimester burst of energy people talk about?

I wake up every morning feeling like I've been hit by a train, I find it so hard to get out of bed every morning. I'm tired all the time, most normal tasks I find exhausting or draining.

Does anyone else experience this? It's really getting me down. I just want to have a burst of energy in the days as I have so much I need to get done before baby arrives. I assumed my lack of hangovers during pregnancy would be a huge benefit to my productivity, but I feel like I have a hangover without the sickness most days :-(

I felt really like this throughout my pregnancy. Mornings felt awful and very hard to get up, afternoons felt like I was barely moving and I felt like I was aching all over with how tired I was. I spoke to my midwife and found my iron levels were low and my blood pressure had dropped. Maybe check in with your midwife to let her know!

With my first I didn’t feel ok until my third trimester and then I felt great! Now in my second I still feel rubbish 😂 I find tiredness comes and goes. I feel really lethargic atm, like I could just sleep all day, but I think the weather and time of year isn’t helping either!

sending hugs!

Yes, it got better after I started taking iron supplements

I felt like this until I took iron supplements, which helped a lot. Now I have good days and bad days but just don't think pregnancy agrees with me tbh 😬

Well, I'm 13 years in and STILL feel like I have been hit by a bus every day 🤣 I dont think I have woken up feeling refreshed since 2008.

Thanks everyone! Looks like I need to buy iron tablets immediately 🙂