I'm 22 weeks and starting to accept that I will have to do less and less for the remainder of this pregnancy. So far I have been active, doing normal activities, lifting things (within reason), staying on my feet quite a bit when things come up, but after a really busy weekend I'm still hurting! My ankles have started swelling by evening if I stand for too long, my uterus feels like it's weighing me down, which is kind of painful (though I bought a support band today and it's AMAZING!), and at work it's harder for me to motivate myself to get up and get things, whereas before I left my desk as much as possible. Boooo....how long before you really had to change your lifestyle while preggers?
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About the third trimester. But it was a slow decline the entire time. But now, at almost 36 weeks, I am REALLY, REALLY slow. LOL. Like insanely so.
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I'm 26 weeks and just starting to slow down regularly. I've had some fatigue creep back in. I mean, i haven't tried to be superwoman in the 2nd tri, but I have been really lucky to feel good. But any time I did a lot, I made sure I took frequent breaks and drank lots of water.
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Around 32 weeks is when I noticed that my body was telling me to SLOW DOWN. I'm 35.5 weeks now and have continued to slow down a little more each week. I'm scared to see what my energy level might look like at 40 weeks..
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I am now 38 weeks and I have to admit that I have not slowed down as much as I should have, in response to my body's exhaustion. It feels like the closer I get to the end of this pregnancy, the more there has been to do and I have really struggled just sitting down. We moved at the very end of the summer and we are still (OK, I am still!) obsessing over where things should go. Also, still working so have not had a lot of time to get myself adjusted, so I have done my body a disservice of late.
I can now feel the physical exhaustion, and it really started around 36 weeks.
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I'm 24.5 weeks and I'm definitely slowing down already. I'm a little nervous about the third trimester!
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I was put on bedrest at 30 weeks....prior to that I was working full time, doing normal chores, working out......
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Last time I remember around 32 weeks it hit me like a ton of bricks. This time I'm already having more trouble (22 weeks) but I think that's because I have an LO that won't stop moving all day!
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The first half of my pregnancy was really hard on me, and I never got the second-trimester respite that people talk about until 25 weeks. From 25-31 weeks I felt amazing and energized (comparatively), and then became even more exhausted than before. Now I can't go more than 5 hours without laying down.
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I still felt well enough to function at 95% through week 36. In hindsight, I was probably pushing myself too hard and should have started gradually cutting back closer to week 30.
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