soooo exhausted

[sharon137]

Hi - I am 37 weeks and have just hit a wall. Absolutely exhausted, uncomfortable, dont want to leave the house, etc.
I work from home for myself so I get no maternity leave as such, but cannot bring myself to do my work, am meeting deadlines by the skin of my teeth, cannot bring myself to cook, clean, talk to anyone except DP who is about the only person I can stand at the moment - all I want to do is eat and sleep. I am just shattered and a bit confused really as I had heard that at this stage I should be getting an energy boost and be nesting like mad, cleaning and being all Earth-mother-like... Am I letting the side down here???
I also should mention that I am in AUstralia, arounf 33 degrees during the day and 29 at night, so the actual amount of sleep I am getting is negligible. I just tend to lie there in the air conditioning, squirting myself with a spray bottle of water, feeling uncomfortable and useless and no good to anyone... Please tell me I am not alone!!

Hi Sharon, you are def not alone!! I wanna be in Australia!!! I feel so tired that I can't sleep/so uncomfy and then when I try to drag myself out of bed I just want to get back in again, but it's as if all my muscles have given up the game. I feel like my wee knees can't take my weight to even get me off the couch!! I don't want to leave the house as there is only one pair of very stretchy mat trousers that fit me now, and my large shoes are no longer large, they are skin tight, or should that be ankle tight!!! No nesting for me yet and am 38 weeks this week, still there is still time I guess.

Thanks, indigobarbie! Nice to hear that someone else feels it too! I also dread the thought of getting dressed and leaving the house for work meetings or even grocery shopping, because I am JUST SO HUGE, not to mention there is a reasonable chance I will sit down and fall asleep straight away!
Have even broken my "no coffee" rule (I know it's ok to drink a bit, but I am addicted so wanted to go cold turkey) to keep me going through the day..
Dear Unborn child: Please, please GET OUT!!!

Hi Sharon 137 - you certainly aren't alone. I'm 36 weeks and am so tired I could cry. Apart from waking every hour during the night, I have a pelvis that feels as though it's on its last legs. It literally takes me about 2 hours to get the energy to get dressed in the morning - let alone think about house work / cooking. Haven't even thought about nesting!