so TIRED!

so i'm in my 19th week. almost to my 20th. and i have stayed SO exhausted. i mean, i can't catch up on sleep for anything in this world. is anybody else having this problem? and what are you doing/what did you do for it? i take prenatals, but maybe i need iron supplements? i've never had anemia or anything like that. but i literally CANNOT get through the day without taking a nap. help!

Quoting aileenie - it's a girl!:“ so i'm in my 19th week. almost to my 20th. and i have stayed SO exhausted. i mean, i can't catch up on ... [snip!] ... i've never had anemia or anything like that. but i literally CANNOT get through the day without taking a nap. help!”

you'r pregnant it's normal wait til the kid gets here!

Quoting aileenie - it's a girl!:“ so i'm in my 19th week. almost to my 20th. and i have stayed SO exhausted. i mean, i can't catch up on ... [snip!] ... i've never had anemia or anything like that. but i literally CANNOT get through the day without taking a nap. help!”

exercise will help

My first trimester and most of the second i was so tired...i was anemic actually i found out later, and i did end up getting heavy duty iron supplements. But literally i was sleeping so much and so exhausted that my hair got matted from me sleeping and not brushing it! And i had to cut a big chunk out !

im 26 weeks and im still always tired. i dont think it gets better until the baby starts school lol

Quoting MelissaMommy2:“ im 26 weeks and im still always tired. i dont think it gets better until the baby starts school lol”

haha that's what i'm scared of! i'm afraid my days of sleeping late on the weekends are OVER for the next few years! well, at least they will be in about 5 months.

Quoting Mama Pearlz:“ My first trimester and most of the second i was so tired...i was anemic actually i found out later, and ... [snip!] ... so much and so exhausted that my hair got matted from me sleeping and not brushing it! And i had to cut a big chunk out !”

how did you find out you were anemic? it's just a blood test right? i don't go back for another few weeks, but i guess if this is still going on, i'll talk to the doc about it.

Quoting aileenie - it's a girl!:“ how did you find out you were anemic? it's just a blood test right? i don't go back for another few weeks, but i guess if this is still going on, i'll talk to the doc about it.”

Yeah its just a finger stick if thats all theyre checking for.. they gave me additional iron supplements that i was supposed to take 3 times a day on top of my prenatal. The iron made me nauseous and ridiculously constipated so then i had to take stool softeners twice a day with them. It was a good thing i did because i had an emergency c-section and lost alot of blood and had i still been as anemic as i was before the supplements i wouldve needed a transfusion.

I feel the saame way. Now I have entered into this stage where I CANT sleep, no matter how tired I am. I hope you dont go through that!

Cat naps are your friend, embrace them. 

Quoting big moms:“ I feel the saame way. Now I have entered into this stage where I CANT sleep, no matter how tired I am. I hope you dont go through that!”

eww i hope not either! is tylenol pm safe to take? it's the same active ingredient at benadryl...honestly, i know NOTHING about being pregnant and what i can and can't take.

i BELIEVE it is. im not sure. i know tylenol, or main ingredient acetominaphon ( lol i know i spelled that wrong) is okay to take. so i dont see why it wouldnt be with a little sleep aid. but im def no doctor lol