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The dog tired bit of early pregnancy - how did you get through it?

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ChukkyPig · 08/11/2008 14:40

I've just hit the knackered bit and am feeling v sorry for myself. Just put DD out in the garden for a runaround while I watched from indoors - I just couldn't raise the energy to go with her. Feel really bad about it she's only 15mo. I think it's going to get worse before it gets better - last time was dire and I didn't have a toddler then.

So how did you get through it? I just have to grit my teeth and get on with it don't I ...

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dinkystinky · 08/11/2008 14:45

Eat little and often to keep your energy levels up. Try and rest when she rests - or stick dvd on with her for a little bit (if she doesnt have day time sleeps). It will pass by around 12 weeks and you'll be back to normal. If you have friends/family who can help out by taking her off your hands for an hour here and there do so, so that you can rest. Try to go to bed nice and early and get as much sleep in as you can.

Nbg · 08/11/2008 14:46

Yep

Try and watch what you eat. Go for foods that slowly release carbs. Bananas are a great food to snack on and they are full of energy.

Thats if you haven't got MS

How may weeks are you?

PinkTulips · 08/11/2008 14:55

lock doors, turn on tv and doze on the couch while they watch tv and your house turns to shit

it's only a few months, it won't turn them into serial killers to have a bit too much tv for a while until you're more able to deal with moving parenting and the house will be pristine once you start nesting so it won't hurt for it to be a bit grubby for a while.

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ChukkyPig · 08/11/2008 15:39

I'm just 6 weeks so guess another 6 weeks to go!

I put DD in the bath after her efforts outdoors and then down for a nap - bliss - apart from my neighbour tunred up and nattered away! So my resting and MN time has been cut short - hopfuelly she'll stay asleep for a little while yet and DH should be back from work at 4...

Maybe I should eat a curly wurly? Mind you that goes against nbg's advice

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RhinestoneCowgirl · 08/11/2008 15:45

Just do what you need to do to get thro it - DS watched more tv than normal in early days. Fine to watch them play on their own (if they're happy to do it).

I'm at the opposite end to you now, am 34 weeks and DS is still thankfully sleeping most afternoons, so tend to stretch out on the sofa and let the housework slide. Have been bullying DH to do his bit too.

Hope you get your energy back soon

TrinityWino · 08/11/2008 15:47

on my knees and barely

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ChukkyPig · 08/11/2008 16:04

I think the balance of opinion seems to be in favour of my having a curly wurly.

I can't face work on Monday, only doing 3 days a week but dreading it. Also have only been there about 7 weeks so not looking forward to breaking the news.

DH still not back but thankfully DD still asleep. She may have to get used to a drastic change in parenting style from mummy - from sitting on the sofa doing very little to lying on the sofa doing very little .

Ooh I think I can hear DH maybe he will fetch me the curly wurly and i can have a little lie on the floor...

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Nbg · 08/11/2008 16:06

Oh Curly Wurlys must be eaten.
As does any chocolate

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ChukkyPig · 08/11/2008 16:12

i just told DH about DD in the garden and how afterwards I put her in the bath as hopefully she'd play quietly there for a bit.

He said "oh without any water" obviously thinking i was that desperate that I'd penned her into the bath fully clothed!

LMAO!!

Going to get that curly wurly now I think...

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Nbg · 08/11/2008 16:14

LOL

tinkisexcitedabouthavingababy · 08/11/2008 16:33

i just sat on the sofa and dd had to get on

stayinbed · 08/11/2008 18:49

i also posted similar question at beginning of my pg a few months ago! most of the responses were supportive but the main message was - stick it out and don't beat yourself up over it....
i am due in two weeks, the tiredness has gotten better but still comes back here and there, making me feel totally useless especially to my two dds.
i just let the girls sit on the couch and watch tv while i rested next to them and tried to be as friendly/fun as possible while exerting as little energy as i could.

taking iron supplements may also help

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ChukkyPig · 08/11/2008 19:20

I am babysitting for a friend tonight, i hope it is considered appropriate for babysitters to doze on the sofa, as that's what'll be happening.

Looks like she won't be returning the favour for a few weeks - 9pm bedtime for me for a good while i think.

Blimey i can hardly keep my eyes open...

Thanks all for the lovely advice I kmow it won't be forever I'd just forgotten how consuming it is!

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MrsMattie · 09/11/2008 06:05

I got through it with great difficulty.

  • Roped in my DH and sister and mum as much as possible to help out with my toddler and housework and shopping and everything else that required energy

-DS watched lots of CBeebies while I dozed on the sofa!

  • I was in bed by 9pm most nights, if not earlier
  • I had long, lovely baths every day

Poor you. It will pass soon hopefully xx

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ChukkyPig · 09/11/2008 11:58

Well today I have managed to put some socks on and move downstairs to the sofa! DH popped home to make me some food and DD is having a long sleep as she has a cold.

I have work tomorrow - really dreading it...

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naomi83 · 10/11/2008 12:09

also important, surprised no one else has mentioned it-routine for your DC. If you can get them to nap at around the same time every day and flexible but early bedtimes, ie-between 6.30-7.30 depending on how much activity during the day you can get some time for yourself in the evening, and kids with routine wake up less in the night, so that by the time baby comes along you'll only have one up all night to deal with. If oyur already doing this one, well done!

TeenyTinyTorya · 10/11/2008 12:15

I sympathise - I'm 7+3 with a hyper 20mth ds, and am finding it a struggle to get out of bed in the mornings. I can't nap during the day unless I go to my mum's house, as ds needs quite a bit of supervision to avoid him climbing/jumping/breaking/eating dangerous things. I'm also working part time, so just waiting for 12 weeks so I'll feel a bit better!

qumps · 10/11/2008 12:30

32 weeks with ds 17 months and coping - just! agree that more telly been watched than usual. one day i felt so bad i wrapped my arms around him so i would know if he jumped off sofa and fell asleep for an hour while he watched wonder pets. felt so guilty but it was either that or die!! lots of book reading too and lying on sofa talking encouragingly while he plays. have days when have bursts of energy when we go out and do lots so hopefully that makes up for rubbish times.
agree with routine. had a wobbly phase where i thought he was going to drop his day sleep but just kept putting him in his cot and let him play there even if he didn't sleep. luckily he seems back in the habbit as def couldn't cope if he was on the go all day.
find it easier to have bath with him rather than try to bath him. he loves it and thinks my belly button is the baby!
also sounds random but having a friend over is actually easier as they entertain each other.

christiana · 10/11/2008 12:47

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wolfear · 10/11/2008 14:55

Oh God, I totally sympathise. I'm 9 weeks with a 15mo DS and work 4 days per week. Thankfully I'm able to work from home some days and have still been sending DS to childminder and MILO so I can get some rest and puke in peace. It seems so much worse this time. I can't even go near my kicthen as the smell of last night's chilli is still in the air. UUUrrrgh

christiana · 10/11/2008 15:29

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dinny · 10/11/2008 15:31

slept everything evening on the sofa before bed

mrsbabookaloo · 10/11/2008 15:33

Can I just chime in and say I feel absolutely dreadful too?

I'm 8 weeks, got dd who's 2 and a bit. Work 3 days a week.

How I feel is directly related to how well I've been able to eat. Had a bad couple of days and there was nothing I could face available for lunch at work today. Been eating crisps and chocolate all day and feel exhausted, sick and headachey.

Honestly, when you get pregnant, there should be a system where you go and tell the doctor and then get signed off work for 12 weeks and sent somewhere to rest with a pile of trashy novels. Your loved ones can come and visit.

christiana · 10/11/2008 15:40

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only1malteaser · 10/11/2008 18:11

Have my support too! I am 11 weeks with a 3yo and a 1 last week yo! I am finding it really hard going this time round. Tbh I really don't like pregnancy but get through by thinking about the end result, so worth all that vomit and constant crap feeling.
Hope you ate the curly wurly, if you can't eat choc guilt free when pg, all is lost!!