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I am sooooooo tired, is it normal?

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suziewoozie · 05/06/2010 11:27

I am 10 weeks pregnant, and have not had much sickness, but have this unbelievable tiredness! I am struggling to get myself out of bed in a morning, and find myself heading up the wooden hill by 9.30!

Does this make up for the relative lack of sickness

How can I give myself more energy, or should I just try and give in to it? I do work full time, so the mornings are a real struggle, no matter what time I go to bed! Any ideas?

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mountainmonkey · 05/06/2010 11:30

Yep, I remember being reeeeeally tired at about that stage too. It doesn't last forever though- you'll get some energy back eventually.
Just sleep as much as you need to, however excessive it seems.

Alicetheinvisible · 05/06/2010 11:31

I was the same this time round. I would fall asleep if i sat still anywhere. Got much better at 14 weeks though. I thought that it might be my iron levels as i struggle a bit with it generally but that came back fine.

I would suggest that you have your iron checked and then just make sure you are eating healthily and it should pass

nymphadora · 05/06/2010 11:35

Yes it's normal. I was in bed at 7 at the stage and sleeping for 12 hours + napping but that turned out to be abnormal and am still sleeping loads & napping at 20 weeks but they may have sorted me out now

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suziewoozie · 05/06/2010 11:36

Thanks! Will ask about the iron - am eating healthy, do anyway, but making more of a conscious effort. Hope it does pass soon, feel pretty useless being so knackered! Looking forward to getting the bloom I'm supposed to get lol!!!

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ImSoNotTelling · 05/06/2010 11:51

Yes I was the same, going to bed at 7 every night and waking up feeling exhausted.

However it was only the first trimester - the second trimester I got the whole happy hormones thing going on - so hopefully will be the same for you

For now just go with it, sleep when you can.

sparklyrainbow · 05/06/2010 12:01

I feel like this (also 10w just about) AND have horrible nausea EVERY evening. I am so tired and spend most of the afternoon/evening feeling sick.... count yourself lucky

WickedWitchSouthWest · 05/06/2010 12:03

Sounds normal to me! I'm now 37 weeks and back into the tiredness but the second tri and first half the third I was full of beans

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suziewoozie · 05/06/2010 12:54

Sparklyrainbow, I do! I really have a "thing" about being sick, so am somewhat relieved lol! I have had a little bit of nausea, but not much, and it comes and goes. Sorry you have both! Roll on second trimester is all I can say, if what you other lovely ladies say is true - just not looking forward so much to the end bit - first time, and have no idea what to expect, everybody seems to have such different tales to tell! Oh well, its gotta come out one way or the other!!! Just not thinking about that part just yet!

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sparklyrainbow · 05/06/2010 18:07

Yep, bring on the second trimester!

berrycravings · 05/06/2010 18:25

Am 10w too. Tiredness seems to be going on forever (started before my BFP)! At times I find it harder to cope with than my sickness (sick every morning before work then nausea for the rest of the morning and the evenings and sometimes all day) Some days I really am worried about falling asleep at my desk. I get into work and people joke that I must of had a late night (as a yawn and look half asleep)they don't know yet so I suppose it can be excused. Roll on the second trimester

brennannbooth · 05/06/2010 18:28

Yes but hopefully it will be better by 14 weeks - sorry! Look after yourself.

CheeseChomper · 05/06/2010 18:32

Suziewoozie- I know EXACTLY what you mean! I'm 6/7 weeks and feel shattered all the time at the moment!

I was tucked up in bed at about 10 last night, and slept until 9.30 this morning. Felt great, went out for lunch, and then about 2pm I started going down hill, and have felt pooped ever since, even though i've done bugger all really today.

Now set up home on the sofa for the evening to watch the BGT final, and I don't plan on moving anytime soon! I feel like i'm i'm hungover, without actually having drunk a drop. It's a weird and horrible feeling to be this tired, and usually i'm a bit social animal and i'm always on the go, but at the moment I feel too tired to even have a decent conversation with anyone.

Chuck in the hormones which are making me burst into tears at nothing, and i'm sure my DP is finding me a joy to live with!

Dee36 · 05/06/2010 19:39

Cheesechomper that's exactly what I just said to my DH that I felt hungover and just have zero energy (I'm just 6 weeks).

Mornings are definitely better and I start to feel myself going downhill after lunch. I'm even thinking I might not make the BGT final as bed is calling me.. and I'm a never in bed until midnight kind of person... sigh

CheeseChomper · 05/06/2010 20:55

I'm actually waiting for my DP to go out with his friends so I can go to bed without feeling like a complete loser!

I must admit that i'm a bit concerned that i'm going to turn boring over the next few months. I know I'm lucky to be expecting and all, and I have an amazing partner, but at the same time it's starting to get me down a bit (already!)

Mookymoo · 05/06/2010 21:03

I felt like that too, I'm 36 weeks now and still don't feel as tired as I did up to about 14 wks. It was sheer exhaustion, sometimes felt so tired I could've cried. Work was a nightmare as I just felt as though I could've put my head on the desk and dropped off, but it does pass. Hang on in there, there is a light at the end of the tunnel!

CheeseChomper · 05/06/2010 21:18

Is it also normal to cry at practically anything?! I'm not normally one for turning on the water works, but the last few days i've felt miserable and grumpy, having negativeand irrational thoughts about EVERYTHING, and consequently bursting into tears. I think this is unsettling my fella, and in turn making me paranoid.

Someone please tell me they went through/ are going through the same thing, along with the tiredness, and that it will pass soon?!

ImSoNotTelling · 05/06/2010 22:05

Yes I had this, again quite normal.

Darned hormones

I also became ultra-sensitive to anything upsetting on the TV/news, and more or less couldn't watch anything apart from, um, gardeners world

Wonderstuff · 05/06/2010 22:14

During my first pg I would go to bed as soon as I got home, dh, god bless him, would wake me up when he had cooked tea, I would eat, stay up for about half an hour then go back to bed.

CheeseChomper totally normal, you aren't going mad - I used to cry at any advert with children in it. Didn't pass until after birth though - in my third trimester I accidently knocked over a small child whilst running to the loo in Ikea - he cried a little bit, I was inconsolable for a lot longer. I think it is linked to the tiredness, for me pregnancy is like the worst pmt, but obviously for longer- I did feel amazing after I gave birth.

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