Tiredness???

Just wondering from other people experience did anyone have the 2nd trimester tiredness. I'm about 16 weeks - probably more and the past few days I have been as tired as I was in the first few weeks. I have my scan booked for beginning of October and I know it is quite late as i'll be more than 20 weeks. Also does anyone have any ideas for the tiredness, Andrew is in daycare at the moment due to my study commitments so he's not tiring me out. Could I possibly have more than one in there??

I didnt start feeling energetic until after 20 weeks - before that I was just so tired... Sorry cant suggest anything - I just did as little as possible but I guess thats hard when you have another child

I was really tired too...turned out I needed an iron boost which helped.

Becks I found that too.. coupling study with motherhood is no easy feat.. then add another wee leech inside you sucking that last little bit of energy you have.. and TIREDNESS just invades your life.

It took me forever to get over it.. It was there from 8 weeks, with a little reprieve of a couple of weeks around 25 weeks, then about 28 weeks it kicked back in, and SPD followed soon after. It lasted up until long after i had Ayja.. as she was not a great sleeper (in fact, it creeps up on me sometimes when she is being more wakeful than usual.. is still waking 2 times a night anyway).   I think after a while you learnt to function even if you are clearly in sleep debt.

All you can do is sleep, rest up a bit more (especially with that BP!!) and Make Nigel run after Andrew when he's not in daycare(andrew that is. lol)

I've noticed that I am more tired now than I was at all in the first trimester. I have started going to the pool three times a week though so have put it down to that. I yawn all the way through bedtime stories with Christopher at 7.50 and find it incredibly difficult to get up off his bed and make it to my own in time to coma out for the night be 8.05!!

I wish I could bring it forward, but its the only time that DH and the specialist can be there together. I see my MW next Thursday and will have a chat with her. If I drop a paper it may help, so i'll see what she says. If I drop the paper I need her to ok it as I would have to do a fee appeal to get my fees back and not get a DNC (did not complete) on my academic record.

mummy_becks wrote: Just wondering from other people experience did anyone have the 2nd trimester tiredness. I'm about 16 weeks - probably more and the past few days I have been as tired as I was in the first few weeks. I have my scan booked for beginning of October and I know it is quite late as i'll be more than 20 weeks. Also does anyone have any ideas for the tiredness, Andrew is in daycare at the moment due to my study commitments so he's not tiring me out. Could I possibly have more than one in there??

I was really bad with Bailey and this pregnancy isnt much better I had a couple of good weeks but now im really tired again

Hope you start feeling better soon

Trish

So next question: I'm taking Iron tablets have been for a while, what else apart from red meat, silverbeet, spinich and liver should I eat to get the iron levels up again?

Thanks Janine, I have now stopped DH drinking my juice so there is enough for me in the morning to have my tablet with it. After much debate in my head as to which paper to drop I finally decided today which one and have now done it. Hopefully it will make things a lot easier only doing 3 papers. And now only 2 weeks and 2 days till my scan!!!