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honestly, I snuck 10 minute cat naps in. I so badly wanted caffeine, but coffee made me SO sick. If it was a really bad day, I'd have a can of coke - I had over an hour commute each way, so that was the lesser of the two evils to me. then when I got home, I'd sleep from 6/7pm-7am the next day. It was tough..but it ends eventually!

I don't have the flexibility to sneak in a nap at work. But I would go straight home and take at least an hour long nap every day during the first trimester. I wanted to keep up with exercising but between the exhaustion and the nausea it just didn't happen for me. Hubs and I do often try to go on walks after dinner though.

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

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 & 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!

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!

@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.

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!

@Smurfette: Sometimes I would go to the bathroom and try to nap on the toilet!

@Adira: LMAO!! No way!!!

@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

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.

@Adira: you are full of hilarious stories today! love it!

@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.

@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!

@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!

@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. >.<

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!

@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).

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!