Guilt over lack of energy in the first trimester

[Sparksi]

I’ve been feeling completely drained recently and just feel guilty to everyone.

Definitely not giving 100% or close to it at work, I’ve had to cancel dinner at a friend’s as all food is making me pukey, my house is a tip (DH has been cleaning but there’s other jobs I personally would like to do) and finding it hard to go easy on myself! Is anyone else like this?

@Sparksi I completely know what you mean but don’t feel guilty! I found the first trimester exhaustion / nausea so much harder than expected - ended up cancelling plans left right and centre, couldn’t do hardly any housework, and felt pretty down about being so useless for a couple of weeks - all I could manage after coming back from work was collapsing on the sofa. You just have to keep telling yourself it will pass and you won’t feel this way forever! It’s so hard though, I hated how much it felt like my world had shrunk; luckily my DH was super supportive and really picked up the slack, but yeah I don’t think women are warned enough how tough it can be, we are just expected to carry on like normal which is madness…

Yup! Only 4+1 and SHATTERED all the time! Napped for three hours yesterday afternoon then slept for nearly 11 hours last night. Still tired! How far along are you?

Congratulations! 7+5 today xx

Omg my entire first trimester I was so ill and tired. Everyday after work I left as soon as I could, went home, stripped off
all my clothes and went to bed. I was exhausted like I never thought possible. Stop feeling guilty!

Congratulations to you too 😌 But sorry about the exhaustion. Any other symptoms? I feel a bit sick and my back hurts which feels stupidly early!

Feeling massively sad that I can't give my toddler as much energy as I'd like to, finding life pretty boring atm as I'm not up to much except work and sleep.
I don't feel guilty though, I'm growing a human, it's not like I'm not putting the effort in.

I was knackered throughout the whole pregnancy, never got that 2nd trimester ‘boost’, and I just had to accept that and cut back on things as my body demanded rest. I was less tired with a newborn despite the sleepless nights. It feels like a long time to be ‘lazy’ but in reality it goes very quickly, be kind to your body x

Please don’t feel guilty! Here’s how my day has been so far:

• Woke up early to watch the Grand Prix
• Fell asleep half way through the Grand Prix
• Husband woke me up at the end to tell me who’d won - I told him off and went back to sleep on the sofa
• Woke up and vomited everywhere
• Went to meet up with DH’s family by the coast - 2 hour drive, fell asleep in the car
• Lovely walk around by the sea
• Fell asleep in the car on the way back
• Ate a pasty
• Went upstairs to “rest” - fell asleep
• Just woken up

I’m 15+4. Honestly, the exhaustion is so real and completely makes sense when you think about how hard your body is working.