https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:42:55 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-484555 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:26:10 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 484555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ugh, the exhaustion! I TRY to drag myself out to do a few things here and there, but all I really want to do is curl up on the couch with a blanket and nap. I can only stay in one spot for an hour or two though - my lower back and knees are giving me issues. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483725 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:04:54 +0000 ALV91711 483725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think our bodies know what we need. If they are telling us to sleep and rest then we should. I've definitely learned to let some things go around the house and just relax and soak up this down time while I can. And days when I have energy then I do things. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483696 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 10:33:48 +0000 regberadaisy 483696@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It is normal but I would caution against doing it too often! Your joints will hate you afterwards :(<br /> Try to get up every so often if only to get a drink from the fridge :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483514 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 04:49:28 +0000 Cherrybee 483514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Over Christmas I slept in every morning (til lunchtime!) then had a nap a few hours later! Going back to work on the 2nd was so hard - I had to take Friday off! I feel your pain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483509 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 04:20:48 +0000 Sweet T 483509@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had to take a nap every day during my first trimester. I was so exhausted! Take advantage of it and be lazy, mama! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483487 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 02:22:48 +0000 Boogs 483487@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So normal. Don't feel bad about it, just enjoy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483461 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:28:53 +0000 shopaholic 483461@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Normal! Guys have NO idea I think! I would tell DH I felt so bad that I was being totally unproductive and wasting the days, so I think it was a reverse situation. He would just tell me I was lucky I was able to sleep and to rest while I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483453 Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:09:23 +0000 HLK208 483453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very normal! But it stinks, huh? I have major sympathy. I spent a good month on the couch with my second pregnancy and I felt so bad that DS had no one to play with :( I would color with him and what not but I wasn't as involved as I usually was. It was rough! </p> <p>Growing a human is hard work! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483282 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:18:57 +0000 prettylizy 483282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Loved couch days!! Enjoy them. I figured my first pregnancy was the only time I'll be able to indulge like that, so I soaked it up. When I'm pregnant with #2, I'll still have a little one to chase around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483275 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 21:16:09 +0000 Meridian 483275@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Phew, seriously relieved that's it's not just me... well, since my initial post, I got off the couch to bake chocolate chip cookies! But now I am firmly planted in the couch again... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483217 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:35:07 +0000 dewdrop 483217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was so exhausted my entire first trimester, and there were definitely days that I barely moved. It got better at around 12 weeks for me. Hope you get past it soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483210 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:30:55 +0000 Foodnerd81 483210@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: Me too-- exact same timing. I'm almost 11 weeks and I'm almost remembering what it feels like to be normal again. </p> <p>@sweetchic: I say totally normal. I spent SO much time laying down over Christmas-- I feel really lucky that the most tired weeks coincided with a week vacation with sympathetic people who didn't judge me for my laziness! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483206 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:27:30 +0000 sslm 483206@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely normal! I couldn't do anything but lay on the couch for a number of weeks in the beginning! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483203 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:23:38 +0000 .twist. 483203@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>the other week while sick, and pregnant, i think i spent 4 days on the couch playing lego lord of the rings and finished it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483201 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:22:33 +0000 sunny 483201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was probably more exhausted weeks 6-10 than any other time during pregnancy! I didn't know how I was going to go to work at month 8 if that continued! Luckily it got better for me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483200 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:21:40 +0000 Grace 483200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh dear, if that's bad, then I am terribly terribly screwed. I've done nada either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483175 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 20:00:02 +0000 Bookish 483175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hehe...I was off for xmas for 9 days, and didnt leave the couch for probably 5 of them. No worries :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483172 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:57:12 +0000 lawbee11 483172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I napped on the couch for 5 hours today and I'm still tired. I feel your pain! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483169 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:56:08 +0000 pinkcupcake 483169@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So normal! Growing a little person takes a lot of energy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483165 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:54:26 +0000 MaisyMay 483165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My LO is 12 days old and I've done that every day since Wednesday. Literally I wake up, pump, feed her, change her diaper, nap on the couch. Wake and repeat. </p> <p>Pregnancy is exhausting! You're creating a person, not a task for the faint of heart! Get rest while you can. (I hated people telling me that.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483164 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:54:25 +0000 autumnlove 483164@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely normal! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/is-it-wrong-that-ive-spent-2-days-on-the-couch#post-483161 Sat, 05 Jan 2013 19:50:15 +0000 Meridian 483161@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think I lay on the couch yesterday for 8 hours yesterday, and even longer today (yay, Indiana Jones marathon). I literally do not have the energy to do ANYTHING. DH is starting to wonder if I'm lazy and not just pregnant, haha. </p> <p>Please tell me someone else has spent this much time doing absolutely nothing, and being TIRED from doing absolutely nothing... </p>