why am i knackered?

[biglips]

since xmas - im feeling absolutely frazzled as i sleep 9 hours every night whilst baba is asleep. im ready to go to sleep now but baba is awake and iver got to go and do couple of things. my baba is 16 weeks old. am i sleeping too much or am i unfit?

Are you perhaps aneamic?

Mind you with a 16 week old you sound pretty normal

go to your doctor and ask to get your thyroid function checked. It's a simple blood test and underactive thyroid leaves you feelingn permanently knackered. It is very easy to rectify however
hth

are you depressed?

hi fio, did you get your roid checked in the end?
(sorry to out you)

I have an overactive thyroid which wears you out too... was diagnosed when ds was about 12 weeks, I was permanently tired, when I woke up in the morning I'd cry because I actually couldn't get out of bed! Couldn't bring myself to play with him, or walk anywhere.. feel much better now on the meds for it.

hello lunavix, the thyroid club is growingin numbers I see here on MN, it's terribly fashionable you know - and isn't it wonderful when you get diagnosed

anyway sorry to hijack biglips but the best thing is to go and talk to your gp and ask for some blood tests

well im deffo not aneamic as ive had it tested couple weeks after i had baba as when baba was born (had c-section) i was very aneamic and took iron tabs. I have been properly awake since i went on maternity leave in sept 04, then xmas came and since then im (yawns) tired and drained, also im struggling to get out of bed. i will ring docs now and get some blood tests taken.

no i havent yet suzy....they keep sending me letters about my smear and I keep forgetting to go, I really should make that appointment but I have turned into a recluse in this weather

well just been to the docs and ive got to have blood tests next week for aneamic and thyroid. he did ask me few questions and one of them which i started a thread "my shrunk appetite after given birth" was the possibly main source of why i am tired since xmas. My appetite had shrunk, i weighed myself yesterday and ive lost a stone in a month - i thought i would've of piled it on but instead i lost it. so overall ive lost 2 stones in 16 weeks.