what to do about this draining pregnancy fatigue?

[dreamymum]

my parents are with my dds and i need to get some work done, but i cannot drag myself out of bed, and i cannot think...
any advice? what helps beat the fatigue?

[beansprout]

You can't beat it!! You have to accept it and rest! Are you in the first trimester? It tends to pass by the 2nd....

[dreamymum]

i am 13 weeks. i feel so useless....

[tribpot]

It will pass - and quite soon hopefully. God it's a nightmare isn't it? If I ever manage to conceive number 2 I'm dreading the first trimester with a 3 year old running about the place. Last time I wasn't even working, so spent the whole time with my feet up watching The West Wing

[MrsTittleMouse]

I couldn't do anything during my last pregnancy and to be honest this one is going the same way. Most people start getting a bit more energy at 13/14 weeks (which then vanishes at the end as they get big and uncomfortable!), but I'm not one of the lucky ones. How were your previous pregnancies?

I would recommend resting as much as possible, and using any energy that you do have wisely. My to-do lists are tiny, DH does the washing up, we eat ready meals all the time, you get the idea. And you have my sympathies, it really is a bit grim isn't it?

[dreamymum]

it's number three, it is awful you just cant fight it and you can't take care of anything!

[kyd]

i found taking iron tablets helped loads with my fatigue - it really perked me up... try n eat well too, difficult i know. im on my third pregnancy and i felt sooo tired and the iron tablets helped so much... try to only do wot u really need to do in the day, stuff the rest it will get done when it gets done...it does pass..keep going mate

[tribpot]

kyd, I can't remember but isn't too much iron a risk in pregnancy? (Or is that Vitamin A? Why do they tell you not to eat liver, even if a person wanted to?)

[Pidge]

The liver thing is vitamin A.

And iron deficiency is quite common in pregnancy - worth getting checked out for.

I'm still exhausted too - 3rd time round at 21 weeks. Though my bedtime has been pushed out from 8pm to 9pm these days, so I guess it has improved slightly!!!

[tribpot]

Oh good, just checking. It's been a while since I had to worry about all that, alas.

[hermia]

Interesting about the iron. I had a breeze with ds1 I now realise. Not so with this one so far. Very early days.. week 6/7 and boy its different. Sensitive to smells, no energy and nausia. Hoping it will go as fast as it came.

[littleducks]

try spatone it is an iron supplement that doesnt give you an upset stomach (as it actually poncey mineral rich water ) cant taste it at all in a glass of tropicana

eat well

just accept the tiredness, it is to be expected, you are after all GROWING A WHOLE NEW PERSON and so need to rest a bit

[Twinklemegan]

Pull yourself together. You're just malingering. Pregnancy isn't an illness, it's a normal female process. Just get on with it... Blah, blah, blah.

Thankfully I don't believe any of that bollocks. You need to rest, my love, and that's all there is too it. You can't fight the fatigue - your body needs you to conserve your energy and that's what you have to do.

But then you have children already, so you know this. I was signed off work for two weeks at around this stage because I just couldn't function any more. Hang on in there.

[popsycal]

resign yourself to it
lots of reverse lie-ins (early nights )

[accessorizequeen]

second spatone, and also sepia helped take the edge off for me in first trimester - homeopathic medicine avail from boots and perfectly safe in pg. I found if I had the chance to rest as often as poss during the day (e.g. I stole 10 mins here and there) it helped a lot. I think at 13 weeks you're likely to feel better pretty soon though, I hope! I got soooo frustrated with it aside from anything else I like to be active!

[tillergirl]

Oh my, how I sympathise
I'm on preg # 4, and I feel guilty as sin watching Thomas with my nearly 2 year old, trying to keep the 6 and 4 year old occupied when not in school.
Thank God hubby has been around this time, or I would have fallen down in a molten heap. I don't remember feeling this exhausted with the others, but perhaps it's just because I'm older now (40) and I have all these other little people chasing around.
I have faith it will pass, we'll all hang in together. I know I have at least another 5 weeks or so of feeling this way
Hugs to all.

[amytheearwaxbanisher]

im about 6/7 weeks gone with ds 2.9 running me ragged it doesnt seem to matter how much sleep i get i never feel rested at all atm!dont remember being like this with dscant wait untill it passes