Why am I so tired? Is there anything that anyone knows of that could be causing my exhaustion besides just the pregnancy? I'm not anemic and I don't have high blood pressure. I just always feel like I haven't slept in a week. I can sleep up to 12 hours at a time and then be tired again within a couple hours of waking.
I had a checkup a couple days ago and everything was right on the money for me being 24 weeks. I also feel the baby move a lot.
Other than exhaustion the only things I also experience that are new is that my stomach is very uncomfortably bloated all the time (probably just a normal growth spurt) and I have small weird circle on my skin that I don't know what it is. It's on my right arm. It's raised, puffy, itchy, pealing, and has been here about a week.
Thanks for any advice.
Pregnant, not anemic, why so tired? I'm sleeping up to 12 hours at a time!?
exhaustion is a sign of pregnancy and not just for anemia, so be cool, everything goes well.
Reply:Obviously, you should get a complete blood count taken by your physician, but I'm thinking perhaps the extreme fatigue could be due to low blood sugar. Really, see your OB/GYN guy again.
Reply:i have the same problem,,, i sleep any where from 10-15 hours at a time, and just don't want to get up..... and i have no heath problems, i just think its the pregnancy.
Reply:its just the baby using up your energy i sleep like 2 hrs a day also ...... 32 weeks
Reply:Thing on your arm? Go to webmd but sounds like ringworm. I could have slept through every single one of my pregnancies I was soooo tired. Try light exercise - walking for 30 minutes a day, eating healthy and are you taking your prenatal vitamins? Seriously though, even in pregnancy, exercise actually will give you more energy and will help your body get ready for childbirth. My harder births were when I was out of shape!
Reply:Of course you're tired...you're growing a baby! Okay, seriously, most of the time women experience extreme exhaustion in the beginning, but everyone is different...some women are nauseated through the entire pregnancy too...If everything checks out at the doc, then this may just be how you handle all the changes! As for the bloating...you may have some gas, that tends to happen a lot during pregnancy, as long as it isn't really causing you too much discomfort it should be okay...but if it is making you worry, ask your dr...as for the spot on your arm, you may want to have that checked...you may need a cream to help with the itching etc...best of luck to you!!!!
Reply:I felt like this and i took a multi vitamin and mineral suppliment called Elevit just for pregnancy. It works wonders. Gives me the extra boost i need to be active again.
Usually in your first trimester you do feel tired cause your body is changing. But you should be feeling a lot better now.
I would also try not to sleep too much. Sometimes when i do, i get more tired. Maybe try sleeping 10 hours only.
See how you go. Maybe doc has to give you a blood test to check for other things.
Reply:It is normal to feel tired and breathless during pregnancy (my wife had similar experience during her first pregnancy). The pregnant woman supports an extra life and needs more oxygen for this purpose.
What you should do is go for slow walk daily. This will make it easy for you during last days of pregnancy and help you breathe easy.
Reply:With my first pregnancy I was exhausted the WHOLE time. Your body is going thru alot of changes and working really hard so you may just need the extra rest. Enjoy it while you can get it because after your baby gets here you will miss it! lol.
As for the circle thing....that sounds alot like ringworm. Its a fungi that can come from many things. Best thing to do is go to a drug store and get a cream for it and put a bandaid over it because it tends to get bigger the more you mess with it.
It wont hurt your baby so dont worry about that. I had one on my back that I must have gotten from my cat and it clears up within a week or two depending on the size.
http://www.medicinenet.com/ringworm/arti...
Good luck!
Reply:ur baby is very active and taking up ur energy. try to keep up, by eating the rite food and excercising a bit. ur fine, and congrats
Reply:Enjoy all the rest you can get for now. When you get further along it will be harder for you to sleep. I'm 36 weeks and I'm lucky if I get to sleep 2 hours at a time. As for sleeping 12 and waking up tired its cuz you are sleeping too long. I know its weird the more you sleep the more tired you are when you get up. Pregnant or not its like that. As for the thing on your arm it sounds like ring worm to me. I would talk to you doctor about it, and see if there is anything you can take for it. Don't just assume that its ring worm and take some meds cuz whatever you take your baby takes too. So make sure you find out for sure what it is and what you can do about it safely.
Reply:Sleepy, tired and dizziness are pregnancy symptoms and are very normal..I feel sleepy all the time and I always want to sleep in the afternoon
Don't worry
Reply:Exhaustion occurs more in the third trimester. Im 28 weeks today...and I feel like Im never rested..and most of the time I do sleep all day.
Reply:It's normal to feel very worn out during your pregnancy. After all, your body has a baby inside of it that is using up all of your energy and perkiness.
As for the thing on your arm, you may want to get that checked out because it could be anything from ringworm to a bug bite or anything in between.
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