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.
Please tell me someone else has spent this much time doing absolutely nothing, and being TIRED from doing absolutely nothing...
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6703 posts
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.
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.)
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
I napped on the couch for 5 hours today and I'm still tired. I feel your pain!
GOLD / cantaloupe / 6581 posts
Hehe...I was off for xmas for 9 days, and didnt leave the couch for probably 5 of them. No worries 
cantaloupe / 6730 posts
Oh dear, if that's bad, then I am terribly terribly screwed. I've done nada either.
coconut / 8430 posts
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.
pineapple / 12802 posts
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.
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
Definitely normal! I couldn't do anything but lay on the couch for a number of weeks in the beginning!
wonderful cherry / 21504 posts
@sunny: Me too-- exact same timing. I'm almost 11 weeks and I'm almost remembering what it feels like to be normal again.
@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!
pea / 24 posts
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!
pomegranate / 3716 posts
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...
GOLD / papaya / 10206 posts
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.
pineapple / 12234 posts
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!
Growing a human is hard work!
bananas / 9973 posts
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.
pomelo / 5321 posts
I had to take a nap every day during my first trimester. I was so exhausted! Take advantage of it and be lazy, mama!
papaya / 10570 posts
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!
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
It is normal but I would caution against doing it too often! Your joints will hate you afterwards
Try to get up every so often if only to get a drink from the fridge
pomelo / 5621 posts
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.
blogger / honeydew / 7081 posts
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.
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