I cannot keep my eyes open... Help please

[Anonymous]

I am on #3. Number 2 was when #1 was only 3 months old, and I didn't feel like this.

1 and 2 are in elementary school and it's not like they need me 24/7 like last time. But I'm sleeping 10-15 hours a night and absolutely miserable. (I'm 7 weeks or so). ANything I can do?!?

[Anonymous]

Eat more. Choose high energy foods. And frankly, sleep now while you can.

[Anonymous]

Give it a few more weeks. I found that the sheer exhaustion got better around 9 or 10 weeks.

Give in to the exhaustion and sleep when you can.

[Anonymous]

You’re sleeping 15 hours a night? How is that even possible.

[Anonymous]

I was so tired with #3, and my first two kids were in school too. I caved and had caffeine daily. My energy didn’t return until about 20 weeks. Hopefully yours will come back sooner! They say the exhaustion is supposed to end by second trimester.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re sleeping 15 hours a night? How is that even possible.

It's absurd.

I get off of work and lay down, and often miss dinner / sports / anything with my kids and don't wake up until morning.

[Anonymous]

Thyroid? Anemia? Get your labs done if you haven't already.

[Anonymous]

I'm 9 weeks along with #2, and I am way more tired than I was the first time around (mainly because, between work and a 3yo, napping is out of the question at the moment), but...sleeping up to 15 hours at a time seems a bit odd. I agree with a PP to talk to your provider about getting labwork done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thyroid? Anemia? Get your labs done if you haven't already.

This. 10-15 hours sounds excessive

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thyroid? Anemia? Get your labs done if you haven't already.

This. 10-15 hours sounds excessive

i was sleeping a lot for a few weeks in the first tri as well. 10 -11 hrs. All my labs were normal. The days i did not exercise in the mornings or teleworked (i walk to the metro etc) i did not feel as tired and slept less.

[Anonymous]

How much older are you now in this pregnancy than with the first 2?

[Anonymous]

Iron. I had this too. It got better around week 13. I kept falling asleep in my chair at work. Narcolepsy basically.

[Anonymous]

Yeah check on the anemia. I regularly slept 8 hour nights + a 1 hour nap during first tri but 10-15 seems like a lot to me.

[Anonymous]

OP how much do you sleep usually? I needed 9 hrs pre pregnancy. First tri - there were days when i would sleep 12 hrs.

[Anonymous]

NP- I'm 7 weeks with my second (first is only 9 months though) and this is me. Sleeping 12 hours a night and I feel like I have the flu during the day. Waiting on OB results but I've really been craving red meat so maybe it's iron, I will try that.