No energy what so ever. Low iron?

[xAmiixLouisex]

I'd love to be able to do the housework right now or even MOVE at all. I'm so out of energy these days. I spend most of the day just sitting down. The other night I had around 12 hours sleep. Woke up at 2pm! (Lazy, I know). By 5pm I was totally exhausted. I fell asleep again till 8pm and still had no problem sleeping that night.

Friends are saying this could be low iron? Do you think so? Or just generally tired due to pregnancy?

 

[kat2504]

It is probably just due to pregnancy. The tiredness in the first trimester is awful! Some people say inactivity makes it worse and you should get some light exercise. I am all for putting your feet up on the sofa!
If you have a reason to think it may be low iron you could take a pregancy multivitamin like pregnacare as they have extra iron in. Or eat a nice juicy steak with some broccoli. Your midwife will test your iron level when you have routine blood tests I think.

 

[mrsirish]

i feel exactly the same dont worry its normal! shud pass in in 2nd trimester

 

[roxursox302]

Could be low iron but like others said probaly just pregnancy tired. I had the samee thing and my iron was fine. In bed by 8 up at 7ish. Nap around 2 lol. I can't believe I slept that much! Its gotten a lot better the past week or so

 

[AngelUK]

If it is low iron you'd be anaemic. One little home test you can do to check on it is to pull down your lower eyelid and see if the tissue inside is very pale (unless you just rubbed your eye due to tiredness hehe) and see if your gums also are pale. This is not a sure fire test but can give you an idea.