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Is this normal????

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 26 July 2011 - 17:49

Need some more advice sorry I keep asking lots of questions. I am 12 weeks today and have scan and loads of blood tests tomorrow at conceive.

Want to ask though I feel ok in the morning little sick but I get to about 2 o clock in the afternoon and I feel pretty tired but as the afternoon goes on I feel totally exhausted difficult to explain but like my body does not even want to move. I feel so bad it actually makes me want to cry. This has only really been for the last 2 weeks before I just felt sick 24/7 so but so exhausted.

Did other people feel like this at this stage as this is my first and IVF so everything worries me?

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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 26 July 2011 - 23:13
oh, tell me about it... with the 1st and 2nd... i canot believe that i used to leave the 1st DS watching tv and sleep beside him with all the mess around the house.. of course, it got better in both pregnancies later on... I read once that the changes in your body and hormones makes u tired and exhausted equal to climbing a mountain effort!!!!! dont worry, sleep as much as u feel like (trust me, there will be days u wish u have done so) :D enjoy pregnancy... i miss these days
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 26 July 2011 - 22:55
Yep, with myself and my friends who have had babies, it's actually more of afternoon/evening sickness than morning sickness. It's also very normal to get more and more knackered as the day goes on, even if you don't feel like you're doing much. If you can stomach it then try to snack little and often to keep your energy levels up, take plenty of water (pop and cups of tea don't cut it!) and don't over work yourself, if you're getting a bit tired take a break for 10mins then start again. It does get better as you get further along, bubs is just draining so much nutrients out of you right now and your hormones are still raging =) Then you'll hit about 26weeks and start waddling, having cravings and needing the loo all the time .... a whole new ball game!
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 26 July 2011 - 22:20
Yup, I was exhausted, much better in the second trimester though.
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EW NEWBIE
Latest post on 26 July 2011 - 19:50
I was soooooo tired for the first 3 months, from getting up to going to bed. It will get better, I promise :)
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EW EXPERT
Latest post on 26 July 2011 - 19:17
Yup - I was knackered of an evening with my first (haven't got time to be knackered with your second) to the extent that I would get home from work and go straight to bed. Don't worry about it - just follow your body. If you feel the need to sleep, then sleep, if you are hungry or thirsty, then feed yourself.
 
 

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