Wiped out at 23wks - would sleep on sofa all day if I could (winge alert !)

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Hello
Sorry for doing ANOTHER thread on this.. having a bit of winge so feel free to ignore

Im 23wks and I'm wiped out. Fortunately Im working at home today (thank god not travelling to office!) but Im just feeling sad and pathetic, feel achey and tired like I've got the flu, but I havent. Did have a busy-ish weekend but nothing major phyiscally (unless walking around IKEA counts as cardiovasular exercise )

I know I need to slow down with pregnancy but I already feel like Im being slow to the extent that I feel like Im not being anywhere near active enough (getting unfit cant be good??) but equally the need to sit on my arse is huge! Really wanted to be one of those women "who just love being pregnant" but its not happened...

Anyone else struggling with the fulltime work/ feeling tired/ carrying on regardless balance issue?

Read so many threads from women who have gone on working, with a long commute to work til 38wks Im wondering if Im just being pathetic really....

Hi Lula- think that its Monday makes it so hard!

Have you got other kids?

Treat yourself to a sickie...

I've got to be at work tomorrow but there is some training course on Wed/Thurs Im thinking of ditching...

Oh yes, me too, I'm 23 weeks today and all weekend I've been knackered and today at work pretty much useless! I'm also really teary and cry pretty much at the drop of a hat, my poor other half, he is so over it! But yes the tiredness is getting hard with working full time and I'm lucky that I drive just 15mins to work, I couldn't imagine commuting and not falling asleep under my desk...

Just out of interest how much movement are you both getting from baby?!?! I feel it lots sometimes and nothing much today at all, i'd love to be a fly on the wall in there...

Hello LittleBok

Sorry you are suffering too

Agree about DH's- I dont want to mention it anymore!

Re movements, some days I get so much it feels like its about to pop out! other times its quiet. Definately seems to have very active and non active days. It probably gets tired after a day of somersaults and then nees a rest!

We definately need a wombwebcam!

Do either of you notice huge movements if you are stressed?

WOman had a go at us in IKEA carpark yesterday for no good reason and baby went mental in the car after... like it gets the flight or fight response...

I'm getting shattered too. I have a 2.5 year old DD and it's exhausting looking after her, and she's particularly clingy so she wants hugs all the time and I just can't deny her those!
I'm working full time but it's the commute that gets me tired, not my job

Lets all have a mass sickie tomorrow!

And yes GYo, we were very nearly hit by another car on saturday and the baby went ballistic, i think it's something to do with the adrenalin when you're stressed....

Any little squidge is keeping me up at night as I think it's the only time she gets to wriggle around... it's the only time I'm sitting still !

GYo - me too, any form of work/excerise wipes me out too. Went pottering round the shops on Sat and spent the rest of the weekend recovering, am def pathetic right now.

As for working till 38 wks, no chance! Not quite decided exactly when I am off but it will be at 36 wks at the latest! TBH, would be quite happy to go now, but thats not going to happen

yes, adrenlin, isn't it? makes them go bonkers!

Gyo - I'm shattered too - I have to have a nap and then go to bed early too! I'm still working - but the commute (1.5 hours ish) is knackering although I only have to do it on the way into work (get car home late at night) - the day after I have worked (two days a week) I feel dreadful though, very sick, headache, moody, tired (more so than uusal!)

btw, I finished work at 35+4 with dd (my first baby) and had her the next day!

I'm going at 29 weeks this time - have wised up after leaving it late the previous two times!

Oh Auntyspan, that sounds stressful about the other car hope you are ok. Can be quite shocking that kind of thing.

Hi Playing! shopping is bad isnt it! if i do town for an hr on a sat AM but the evening Im stiff and sore and completely wiped!

I too wish for Mat Leave now or holiday but Im saving both so i can get as long as possible with the baby after birth. Though currently due to go off early Feb at about 35wks I think....

i was the exactly same, was taking pregnacare and about 20 weeks started doing a sachet of SPATONE(natural liquid iron for pregnant women) with OJ in the mornings and it perked me up big time what with working and juggling a toddler!! worth a shot even if you aren't aenemic... i can't recommend it enough.

our baby arriving by planned c/s this week and i plan on taking spatone to try avoid the heavy iron tablets they give you as no side effects with spatone, infact helped me go!

Boots doing 3 for 2 on all vits right now too!

all the best ladies x

could be low iron and/or blood presssure - have you had them checked? Completely wiped me out in my 3rd pregnancy. Took floridex to increase iron levels and drank loads all the time as seemed to help with dizziness, tiredness

Sigh, I'm 30 weeks today and have never stopped feeling tired.

dp has been brilliant looking after ds. I now have 5 full weeks but none are really 5 full weeks, then we're going to my mum's for Christmas where I'll be even more looked after but hopefully dp will have some of the strain taken off him too. Then I'm coming in for a couple of days before going off on annual/maternity leave - on my last day I'll be 37 + 1.

Good luck surviving the next few weeks/months all.

Hello
Thanks for advice there re iron levels. BP is fine but not had iron checked since 10wks.
Spatone sounds good will look at it, in the mean time I've got some regular iron tablets- are they ok to take?

Ha! Me too me too

23 weeks and just want to lie down on the office floor. Although covered in crap so probably wont.

Slept from 9pm and didnt get up to 8.20 today and only just made it into work on time and STILL feel shattered.

I empathise!

regular iron tablets are a bit heavy on the system and can cause blockages which can be uncomfortable for some!!

Ok thanks Prada- might just go for the spatone stuff.

I am tired as well, luckily i am a sahm so i dont have to worry about work, i do have to look after my 4 year old an 2 year old though so napping time is limited!.

my baby is also active after rushes of adrenalin. I get pretty much daily panic attacks and the baby always kicks hell out of me afterwards - as though its saying" run woman run !"

I have been assured many times that it is harmless however and baby is always pretty healthy in appointments and scans

sophie

gosh, so glad to read this thread. I'm 22 weeks and feel like a bloody zombie most of the time and have started moving really slowly like an old lady. I thought I was just being pathetic.

Hi ladies

I'm with you. I'm 23+3 and very tired. I am still a bit sick, teary and miserbale, I was convinced something was wrong with me so GP did loads of tests all came back fine so now thinks I had emotional issues and I'm seeing a psychologist - who is quite cool so I don't mind.
Why can't they just say - pregnancy is exhausting for some, take it easy on yourself.
Luckily I have now got wednesdays off work to have more rest and me time.
Daytime sleeping is an issue for me as I still worry about being sick and eating. Next topic for the shrink!
Hang in there all

I have bought some spatone to hope that it will perk me up a bit. I'm such a moody cow at the moment I'm surprised DH hasn't buggered off