First trimester fatigue for me (both times)!
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Newborn sleep was harder the first time around. Honestly, this time newborn sleep doesn't feel so bad compared to third trimester/toddler going through a sleep regression exhaustion! I feel more rested now that she's here (even though obviously that's as rested as you can be with a newborn haha- definitely not even close to 100%).
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Good Q. It was a tie! I felt like death both times. I was a walking zombie for the first 20w of pregnant and the same for about 8w PP.
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First trimester fatigue, 100%. I feel like those first few newborn weeks you have some sort of magical energy and you're running on the high of a beautiful baby!
I don't know how moms of 1+ deal with being preggo and tired while chasing after LOs.
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@Running Elley: I neeeeed the low down on life with 2 under 2!!
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@Mrs. Taco: yes! That newborn high made me feel like sleep was nothing! But I'm hoping I can take naps when both LO's nap during this pregnancy...I don't know how WOHM's with more than one do it!!
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Definitely newborn sleep. I was barely even tired my first trimester, by some miracle. I did, however, feel like my nausea was going to be the end of me.
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Newborn sleep until I got pregnant with a one year old running around!
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Definitely first trimester (and well beyond!) fatigue and morning sickness. At least with a newborn, I was home on maternity leave and could sleep when she did, or just veg out.
While pregnant I still had to work full time and be "on" work wise, even when that meant sleeping in my office on my lunch break and calling into meetings because I was too sick to leave my office.
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Definitely first trimester fatigue both times! Newborn sleep was a breeze, but LO was a great sleeper from the start so I never really felt the sleep deprivation everyone seems to talk about. We'll see how it works out with baby #2!
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First trimester fatigue. I couldn't keep my eyes open. With the newborn I adapted to no sleep really quickly, and like @Mrs. Taco: said, I had total new baby high. The sleep deprivation didn't really start hurting until like a year pp!
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def newborn sleep! I was energetic and going going going my entire pregnancy, I didnt have any exhaustion really. but newborn sleep was brutal!
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Newborn sleep! DS only catnapped 30 minutes or less so I could never sleep when he did
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I had such horrible morning sickness! With nb sleep I was motivated!
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Newborn sleep.
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First trimester fatigue was the worst for me - I had horrible morning sickness and just wanted to sleep all day every day.
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Newborn sleep is way easier for me. I felt like crap first trimester. I'm lucky to have a LO who has slept well in her first three months. I sleep a lot better now than I did pregnant.
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First trimester fatigue was pretty bad with DS and milder with DD...and only lasted like 12 weeks or so...newbord fatigue lasted forever!
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Newborn sleep by a long shot. I could deal with first trimester fatigue because I could sleep when I got home from work. Don't ask me what I'm going to do when I get pregnant again!!
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If we are strictly talking in terms of tired-ness, definitely newborn sleep. Having to feed a baby every 3 hours when it takes at least an hour to convince the baby to sleep SUCKS.
But if we're talking overall how you're feeling...well, I threw up constantly when I was pregnant. It was absolutely horrible. I wanted to die, I spent all of my time working while super nauseous, with my head in the toilet, or curled up in a ball crying about how awful I felt.
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Um, newborn sleep. First trimester was NOTHING compared to that.
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Newborn sleep hands down
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First trimester exhaustion was worse. With my newborn DH and my parents could help by watching the baby while I took a nap. No one could help when I was pregnant. Plus with newborn sleep deprivation, naps could lessen the fatigue. With the first trimester fatigue, no amount of sleep made it better.
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Newborn sleep was waaaay worse. It's just the control factor. When I was pregnant I could sleep in until noon on a Saturday if I needed to catch up. Now.... I feel like I never get a chance to get catch up on sleep. Even if hubs takes her on a Saturday morning I still need to wake up enough to nurse her before he takes over.
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Newborn sleep X 2 for DH as well!! Atleast I was the only one nauseous during first tri and it wasn't tiring otherwise.
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Newborn sleep!
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First trimester fatigue! With newborn sleep, I got into a routine of pumping and got used to not sleeping. First trimester fatigue threw my body for a loop!
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Nb sleep
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Neither. 8 month old (lack of) sleep is the worst thing ever!!
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Definitely newborn sleep.
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Wow its incredible to see the strong responses on either side! I'm 25 weeks pregnant now so can't answer yet. I will say, although I was exhausted in the first tri, the fact that i wasn't responsible for anyone or anything besides myself and my work made it pretty easy to cope with...
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I was actually more exhausted in my third trimester because I had horrible circulation so my arm would fall asleep. Between that and waking up to pee, I was up almost every hour or so from 34 weeks on. By the time LO arrived, I got 3 hours of sleep in a row and I was pumped!
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NB sleep is worse, but I have to say, the first couple of weeks weren't so bad, because I had crazy adrenaline and hormones keeping me going. It was (is) the few months after that wore off that's the worst.
@MamaMoose: I agree about the control. I could go to bed early, sleep in on the weekends... How people have babies back to back is beyond me!
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First tri fatigue
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Newborn! I'm one of those bitches you hate, who was tired but not exhausted in both 1st and 3rd trimesters.
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I was just thinking about this - I would say first trimester, though I agree with @MamaMoose: that not ever being able to sleep more than 5 hours max (and it's usually more like 3) takes a serious toll in a different way. But overall I was more tired when I was pregnant.
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What?! Newborn sleep was crazy bad! Hardly slept for 2 months. I'd take pregnancy fatigue over newborn sleep deprivation any day!
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Newborn sleep was way way worse for me. When I was tired in the fist tri I could go to bed early or take naps/sleep in on the weekend. None of that with a baby!
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Definitely newborn sleep. Horrible.
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I was exhausted during the newborn period. Pregnancy fatigue was a walk in the park compared to that.
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