https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 06 May 2026 04:59:58 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224231 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 16:48:54 +0000 MsLipGloss 224231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: It *is* exhausting! I seriously underestimated the impact that pregnancy would have on me (physically). Even though I could close my door and nap at work, I never did . . . but I did constantly worry that I was going to fall asleep! Several times, usually after work, I fell asleep mid-sentence (and fully upright) during conversations with DH. &gt;.&lt; </p> <p>I just tried to sleep as much as possible - I modeled the behavior of my kitties (sleeping/napping as much as possible!). Caffeine had little to no impact on my alertness/ tiredness. I was just so stinkin' tired all the time! It finally got better right around 14 weeks. Hang in there!</p> <p>@MrsKC: Ditto with the early bedtimes. Sometimes I would come home and go straight to bed (around 8:30/ 9:00), and sleep straight through. No matter what time I went to bed, on the weekends, I rarely woke up before 9 a.m. (I usually wake up around 6:30ish on the weekends). </p> <p>And now, at almost 33 weeks, I find that I am starting to need to shut down earlier at night, too. Not quite as much as the first trimester, but boy do I love to get my sleep on! :P </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224083 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:40:24 +0000 ladyfingers 224083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Maybe a little of both. In the beginning for me it was definitely a lack of caffeine. But now I'm way more tired than I ever was anytime I ever cut out caffeine, and normally things would equalize for me after being off it for a few weeks. Not this time! Little bean is definitely sapping my energy all on its own. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224076 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:37:03 +0000 Adira 224076@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: haha, I know what you mean! It's so hard to get through a workday without falling asleep, and then when I get home, all I want to do is nap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224072 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:32:43 +0000 Smurfette 224072@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Pre-pregnancy I was drinking one Diet Coke with lunch and I am still doing that (my doctor told it me is more then fine). So I guessing it is the whole growing a human inside of you. Amazing how something so tiny is wiping me out. What I wouldn't give for like 5 more DC's a day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224065 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:27:37 +0000 Adira 224065@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: haha, that sucks! The couple times I've had morning sex, I was all "Do you mind if I sleep through it?" I'm sooooooo tired in the morning, although now I'm tired all the time, which sucks. I'm curious if it's the pregnancy that makes us tired, or the sudden lack of caffeine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224060 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:25:18 +0000 Smurfette 224060@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@skipra: I am getting up a minimum of 2 times during the night to go to the bathroom. I can usually fall asleep pretty good but then I am not sleeping good, so that isn't helping the situation. I have to get up every 30 mins to use the bathroom at work, so that is helping me from falling asleep at my desk too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224055 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:22:43 +0000 Smurfette 224055@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: LOL! All we have had lately is morning sex. I am asleep before he comes to bed. I hate it too, he is actually home this week and not traveling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224054 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:22:05 +0000 sorrycharlie 224054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ladyfingers: lol, that would freak me out too. i don't like anyone watching me sleep..it took me weeks to be able to fall asleep easily with DH! (when we moved in together years ago) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224046 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:18:11 +0000 skipra 224046@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I didn't have the option to nap at work either because I sit in a cube and take public transportation - plus first trimester was during winter so I couldn't just find a spot outside. To cope I went to bed early, took a nap after work if I had to, and tried to get outside for some fresh air and a walk whenever possible. I found morning walks to be especially helpful. Getting up from your desk and taking frequent short breaks might also help. I think my biggest problem was the fact that I started waking up in the middle of the night to pee and sometimes had difficulty falling back to sleep. I don't know if you are also experiencing that, but a glass of milk worked every time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224038 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:13:31 +0000 Adira 224038@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: hahaha, just one of those days I guess! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224036 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:12:14 +0000 Alivoo01 224036@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: you are full of hilarious stories today! love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224025 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:04:25 +0000 Adira 224025@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tried to take a nap on Sunday afternoon while my husband was trying to have sex with me... he didn't seem to mind though, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224024 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:04:21 +0000 ladyfingers 224024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The funny thing is, there is a vacant office with a couch and people have totally taken naps in there. I'm just too nervous to do it myself! I hate knowing that people would be walking by watching me sleep lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224023 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 14:03:05 +0000 ladyfingers 224023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: I've done that!! </p> <p>I have taken to sneaking in cat naps at my desk, too. I'll close my office door (it's glass, but still) and turn on my fan and turn my desk around so nobody can see me. It's not at all restful, but it's something. I can't really sleep in my car, it's too hot plus it's in the employee parking lot and I'd be paranoid somebody would walk by and see me. Only a couple of people at work know!</p> <p>DH has been so awesome about letting me sleep, Saturday night I felt so lame but not only did I take a nap in the middle of the day, but I was asleep by 8! And I took a big ass nap in the middle of the day Sunday while he did laundry. He actually made me do it, because I was huffing and puffing I was so tired lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224014 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:59:16 +0000 mrskc 224014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: LOL! Yeah the lights will go off in our work bathroom after about 5 minutes. But I know that I can wave my hand and they'll come back on, so someone will know I'm in there in case they walk in. I did walk in on someone one time and they were in there with the lights off. I totally had no clue anyone was in there until I was washing my hands. My first thought was good thing I wasn't talking to myself in there. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224012 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:58:41 +0000 Adira 224012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: I don't know for sure, but I think they'll stay on for a good 10-15 minutes after they stop detecting movement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224004 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:49:13 +0000 Smurfette 224004@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Wow! How long do the lights stay on for? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224003 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:48:34 +0000 Adira 224003@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: haha, yes!!! I'm always like "Oh my gosh, I hope I didn't wake them!" and then I pretend I don't know that they are there, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-224000 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:44:21 +0000 Alivoo01 224000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: LMAO!! No way!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-223998 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:43:21 +0000 Adira 223998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: haha, there's someone here at my work that does that. Occasionally I'll walk into the bathroom and the motion sensor will turn the lights on and then I'll realize one of the stalls is occupied and the person has been there long enough for the lights to turn back off! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-223993 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:40:13 +0000 Smurfette 223993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: LOL!! That is getting creative. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-223990 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:36:08 +0000 DillonLion 223990@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrskc: Haha brave! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-223986 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:33:07 +0000 mrskc 223986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Sometimes I would go to the bathroom and try to nap on the toilet! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-223982 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:32:00 +0000 regberadaisy 223982@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Walks at lunch (fresh air), juice, snacking helped me stay awake! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-223981 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:31:13 +0000 DillonLion 223981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Once the systems are all in place you'll get a big break. Plus the placenta will start to take over so the baby won't be leeching from your body as much anymore. I bet you'll feel like a brand new woman soon enough! I really couldn't believe how exhausted I felt, but today and since week 11 I've felt almost totally 100% normal. </p> <p>There were days at the beginning when I went to bed at 6:30 PM and didn't wake up until it was time for work again the next day. I occasionally would take a walk or do light exercise and that did give me a little boost if I absolutely needed it. Otherwise I just rested. I promise you will get your energy back soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-223970 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:24:47 +0000 Smurfette 223970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am in a cube, so I don't see how I could sneak a nap in. My desk chair is high so I might be able to just slouch and try and sleep with my head up. Problem with cubes is you never know when someone could just walk up. I thought about my car at lunch, but it is so hot out I would have to have the car running the whole time. Then I would worry I would run the battery out. </p> <p>@highwire: I told DH this growing a baby business is exhausting. He is being really supportive about me going to bed so early and all. I hope I get my energy back at week 10 like you!</p> <p>@MamaMoose: Last night I will say the gym gave me more energy so I didn't fall asleep at 7! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-223960 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:21:59 +0000 mrskc 223960@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Cat naps didn't really help me. They made me feel even more tired. I honestly don't know how I made it through those days. I was SO tired &amp; sick. I would make sure to get to bed early. I remember knocking out before 8 sometimes. Try to rest up on the weekends. I would take super long naps on the weekends. Maybe try sucking on some mints or hard candy through out the day. Hang in there!</p> <p>ETA: Oh and listen to your body. Don't try to do more than you can. Just rest if that's all you feel up to. Your body needs the rest during this time. It's working overtime right now! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-223957 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:18:53 +0000 LuLu Mom 223957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Some as previous posters, I napped in my car on my lunch break! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-223953 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:17:33 +0000 DillonLion 223953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would come in a few minutes early and nap on my office floor and then go sleep in my car at lunch time. My exhaustion only lasted until week 10. I just slept all the time that I wasn't at work, and didn't worry about doing anything else. You're making organs and bones and a brain! It is no wonder you are tired :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/exhausted#post-223952 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:17:06 +0000 Mrsbells 223952@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would splash my face with cool water and nap during my lunch hour. I was also sleeping very early each night. Once the 2nd trimester starts you will feel much like yourself again </p>