16 weeks and still feeling terrible and exhausted..

[MyFavSurprise]

Am I the only one? I am so out of breath all the time, I feel sore all over and I'm soo tired! I can't do anything.. I feel so useless. My mother is moving and I get up the stairs with a tiny box and I have to lay down...it's awful. I feel like I'm 8 months along, what am I going to do!

 

[pradabooties]

I know exactly how you feel! Especially the breathlessness; walking up a flight of stairs does it to me when it never used to. It's basically impossible to walk and talk on the phone at the same time without gasping for air. We moved house last weekend and luckily my partner and his family did most of the lifting and moving but even just moving a couple of boxes had me exhausted and gave me a sore back. Our bodies are doing a lot on the inside! Building a human is a lot of work, try to be easy on yourself and patient x

 

[MyFavSurprise]

Thank you, it's so true.. I just can't believe how much harder this pregnancy is than with my first son.. im entirely worn out, and today while everyone is moving stuff around me all I can do is lay on the couch :/

 

[LockandKey]

feeling quite awful as well I'm still nauseous so I haven't been able to eat much, only gained 1lb back from the 4 I lost in first tri, too exhausted to get up and go to the gym as I planned, and I keep forgetting EVERYTHING, for example, doing my kegels to prepare for a healthy and efficient birth.

The only thing keeping me from dying right now is caffeine, but I'm limiting myself to one cup per day so I'm not napping numerous times throughout the day whilst my kids are awake.

 

[MyFavSurprise]

hehh the only time I remember to do my kegels is when I read the word, then I suddenly start hahha. Pretty much was the same in my first pregnancy and it went well and I only tore 1cm..enough to sting when I'd pee..I have high hopes this time too heh. Still have some nauseated days and ughh I can't believe how easy my first son's pregnancy was..now I'm wishing it hadn't been easy so I would have known what I was in for this time!

 

[LockandKey]

Well that's encouraging! Thank you.

I did kegels, sat on my yoga ball, worked out, and was so dedicated during my son's pregnancy, and his birth went so well that in comparison I feel like I'm failing this time in a way. But maybe I'm just mounting too much pressure on myself. It would be nice if I didn't feel like crap constantly.

 

[flipporama1]

I was just saying the other day, "whoever said the second trimester is better, is a LIAR!". I didn't get the "burst of energy", or anything else other than not having to wear Seabands 24/7 in this trimester. LOL. I'm exhausted constantly and now that I'm getting bigger I'm achey.... YAY.