Soooo tired.......

[mysonshine]

<- This is all I want to do.
I've been having back issues but yesterday I actually had energy and my back didn't bother me so I got some laundry and dishes done. I did more yesterday than I have in a week or so I've been in so much pain.
But now back to work...... after an hour here my back is hurting. And I am so tired I'm having trouble keeping my eyes open. I just want to go home and back to bed!
I'm trying to remember if I got this tired at the end of DS pregnancy.

Is this normal? Anyone else so exhausted off and on all day long? Ready for bed at 7pm? What do you do if you can't take a nap?

[e123vg]

for some reason every time i start getting true contractions, my body just wants to shut down and i fall a sleep. when i wake labor is gone. i don't know why this happens, maybe my body isn't ready for baby yet.

i can't help you out with not being tired because i'm a SAHM so i get to nap whenever dd does. if i were you i might just ask my boss if i could take a short nap somewhere. hehe, it's worth a try.

[bdoody11]

I'm tired too, although it still take me a while to fall asleep. I think it comes from getting up one time per hour to pee. I'm not exaggerating. I've not slept a full 2 hour block in weeks. I guess it's just prep for the baby...

I can't nap as I work full-time, but I do still drink caffiene : Sometimes a little hot chocolate pick me up in the afternoon can be just the thing.

Not much advice, but s for you mama. I know what you're going through.

[timneh_mom]

I'm all pooped out too. And sleep doesn't seem to make it much better for some reason!! Although if I don't get it, I feel worse!

I try to nap with DS (fortunately he still naps once a day) but I can't always sleep or crash as hard as I feel I need to. It would be really hard if you had to stay at work and NEVER got a chance to nap! Fortunately we're all almost done...

[umami_mommy]

the last two days i am SO tired too.

this morning i went back to sleep for an hour at 9:30!

i hope this means labor is soon... my pubis is hurting so bad today i can't barely walk!!

[kaybee]

I feel it, too. I'm still working, but I moved a huge chunk of my work home, so I'm working from home now. I have a number of things that really need to get done before baby comes, but it is sooooo hard to focus because I'm sooooo tired.

I'm exhausted by the time I get my son to bed, I just want to collapse. And then by 1am, I'm usually uncomfortable and wide awake, so I can't sleep. If only I could get work done at 1am, I'd be set...

[ekblad9]

Yes - I'm very, very tired most of the time. Except at night, of course, when I have insomnia. It's awful. I have been drinking two packets of emergen-c in the afternoon and that seems to get me through until dh comes home at dinner time. I live for the weekends when I can sneak a nap in.

[lanielayne]

I am exhausted all the time now. It is actually the worst about an hour or two right after I wake up. I SAH too so I get to rest when I like though I rarely nap but I have been sleeping long stretches at night with many bathroom and turn over breaks in between! Yesterday I actually slept until almost 12!! (Thanks dh!)

[FireflyFan]

Originally Posted by mysonshine

<- This is all I want to do.
....
But now back to work...... after an hour here my back is hurting. And I am so tired I'm having trouble keeping my eyes open. .

I can relate! I'm trying to work right up until, so as to maximize time off with new baby. For the past 2 nights in a row, I think I've gotten 4 hours of sleep each night. I'm afraid to nap when I get home because I'm afraid that will make the insomnia worse, but maybe not.

Also, my kids and DH will trash the apt. while I nap, but what else is new. :