Anyone feel like they're just EXISTING???

[MamaJ2005]

I am happy to have all the preggo symtoms. I joyfully welcome this new little life. I can't imagine going back to where I was almost 7 weeks ago. But... I am so exhausted all the time. I try to exercise and eat right, but I still feel so drained and cruddy!!! My moods are horrible. I feel like I'm not really living anymore. My poor DD watches tv constantly because I have no energy to play with her. I read to her, but I feel that's not enough. Doing just the basic necessities to care for her is all I am capable of and very little extra. I'm just counting down the days til the 2nd trimester... Does anyone else feel like this?

[*Aimee*]

I do. And I apologized to DH last night. He's working 9 hours, 1.5 hours in driving time, going to the store, and when he gets home the house is a mess and DS is crazy. I feel bad, but I really cant help it. I'm just exhausted. And having to do all the grocery shopping with DS's help is well, not helping! I'm going today though, we'll see how it goes.

[Molliejo]

So.....tired.....can barely........type.

[blizzard_babe]

Yup... I'm not sleepy-tired, in fact I'm having trouble sleeping. I'm just physically exhausted. I could lay on the couch staring at the boob tube or vacantly kinda-reading a book for HOURS.

And it's a good thing that this is my fourth year teaching the same subject... I can't imagine being a first year teacher and not having a good stock of activities for all of my units. My brain is just NOT in creative mode.

[Molliejo]

Originally Posted by blizzard_babe

Yup... I'm not sleepy-tired, in fact I'm having trouble sleeping. I'm just physically exhausted. I could lay on the couch staring at the boob tube or vacantly kinda-reading a book for HOURS.

And it's a good thing that this is my fourth year teaching the same subject... I can't imagine being a first year teacher and not having a good stock of activities for all of my units. My brain is just NOT in creative mode.

I really like your signature!

[merry-mary]

Originally Posted by MamaJ2005

I am happy to have all the preggo symtoms. I joyfully welcome this new little life. I can't imagine going back to where I was almost 7 weeks ago. But... I am so exhausted all the time. I try to exercise and eat right, but I still feel so drained and cruddy!!! My moods are horrible. I feel like I'm not really living anymore. My poor DD watches tv constantly because I have no energy to play with her. I read to her, but I feel that's not enough. Doing just the basic necessities to care for her is all I am capable of and very little extra. I'm just counting down the days til the 2nd trimester... Does anyone else feel like this?

Hugs. Your pregnancy sounds exactly like my pregnancy with DS. The exhaustion was palpable. I couldn't function.

This time, I am fine in that respect, but I have awful nausea. A non-pregnant woman must have dubbed it "morning sickness" b/c I am sick all day long. I feel OK in the morning when I get up for an hour and then BAM. Sick. Sick until dinner. I eat and feel OK and then head to bed and then the cycle repeats.

But like you, I am happy to have the symptom. And honestly, the nausea is easier for me to deal with than the exhaustion was. I give you major props for dealing with it while you have a toddler - do whatever you have to do to get through this and do not feel one bit guilty about it!

[blizzard_babe]

Originally Posted by norajane

I really like your signature!

Thanks.

[Shanana]

Originally Posted by blizzard_babe

Yup... I'm not sleepy-tired, in fact I'm having trouble sleeping. I'm just physically exhausted. I could lay on the couch staring at the boob tube or vacantly kinda-reading a book for HOURS.

That's it exactly. I'm still having insomnia, although not as bad as a week ago, but I feel like I'm dragging lead weights around all day. Just so tired. The lack of sleep isn't helping, of course, but it's more than just that.

I was working while pg with dd, and I remember how miserable I was, and how I fell asleep at my desk all the time. I was taking a class at work, and spent one whole day a week at class for pretty much my whole first trimester. It was horrible, because no one knew I was pg, and I obviously wasn't showing, but I was so tired I would sleep through the whole day. They passed around samples every so often for us to look at, and periodically I would crack open my eyes only to find a big pile of them on my right, waiting for me to look at them and pass them on . It was horribly embarrassing, but I just could not keep my eyes open.

This time around I'm at home, but I'm not sure if it's better or worse. With dd there is no break. I can't escape to the bathroom and sit by myself for 10 or 15 minutes. I can't fall asleep at my desk . We are TV-free, so I can't count on that either. I'm also hormonal and short-tempered, and definitely not having my finest mothering moments. I figure I'm just going to hunker down and hang tight and we'll make it through one way or another. I expect the fatigue to lift in the next 6 weeks. In the scheme of things, that's not very long, even though it feels like an eternity .