Hello ladies,
This is my 4th pregnancy. Everything went well in my 1rst trimester. I've barely been sick or tired during that time.
At the beginning I had a problem with low blood pressure but that has gone.
I'm in my second trimester, 17 weeks.
About 2 weeks ago the extreme tiredness and fatigue started. It got only worse. My midwife couldn't find anything wrong with me.
By now I really need to set my alarm clock. Because when I don't I sleep for about 12 hours. Then wake up and in the afternoon feel so tired that I need to sleep for another 1 or 2 hours.
I feel like I can sleep forever.
I also forget about everything. I need to write everything down. Most terrible thing I forgot was the age of my own kids.
Seriously, I felt so terrible about this.
My eldest son was busy with something that didn't went very well. I said to him:
Don't worry you're only 7. You're just learning. You can't expect things to go right from the start.
He said to me:
Mum, I'm 6, not 7. Your baby is being naughty again and makes you forget things.
Next day:
Mum I'm 7. With a smile on his face.
Me: No, you're 6. I do remember now. But he went on so I started to doubt myself. Checked his age and yes he's 6 and becomes 7 in October.
Husband asks me from time to time if I remember the appointments that we've. (work and other appointments) I need to write them all down, I can't remember them.
Is this still normal? I never had it this bad.
Last Monday I was doing my shopping and without any warning a MASSIVE pain in my right side. I was in real bad pain. Then I started to feel sick and very faint. I don't think that I lost my conscious But at some point I did feel someone holding me when I felt very very faint.
I was taken by ambulance to the hospital, but they couldn't find anything wrong with me.
Today it was for the first time that I felt out of breath when I walked up the stairs. I'm only 17 weeks. I wasn't out of breath around this stage with any other pregnancy that I had.
Picking something off the floor is also rather difficult. Thank goodness the kids are helping me with my physically and even mental problems.
My eldest made a drawing of the scouts for in the kitchen. So I wouldn't forget the parade this Sunday. I put it on the fridge. So sweet and so smart of him. He thought of that all by himself.
I don't know if I should call my midwife again tomorrow.
Maybe it's normal this time. They say that every pregnancy is different.
I don't know for sure if it's all ok and normal. But I don't want to go to quickly to my midwife, either.
In the hospital they couldn't find anything wrong with me, my midwife couldn't find anything wrong and neither could my GP.
These problems do make work difficult. I'm self employed. I'm a therapist and I've had to cancel some appointments and had to say to some people that I couldn't help them. I can't handle as much as I was able to. I forget so much.
I need to write everything down and I'm so careful that I don't ask the same things twice to my clients. But it doesn't go always that well. Or I'm yawning, because I'm so tired.
Not very nice for my clients.
I do my best, but things aren't going so well with me.
Is it possible for someone who's self employed to start the maternity leave before 29 weeks?
I try to work, but it's not going well and I'm not earning enough at this moment. This makes me worried and probably more tired, because I'm worried about my health and finances.
Anyone who can help me with this? Any one who had similar problems in her pregnancy or knows what it might be?
Is this still normal?
Any help and advice is welcome.
Sylvia
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Is this normal? extreme tired, extreme forgetful and quickly out of breath
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syl1985 · 18/04/2013 21:14
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