We’re tired

I have more energy being a sleep deprived new mom than I did while pregnant! I swear I was beyond exhausted for 9 months straight 😭

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This gives me strength lol

I don’t know how I did but I can say I never want to do it again.

Don’t push yourself if your tired listen to your body. I planned on working til my due date and ended up getting pulled at 38 weeks and I’m glad I did- I had her 9’days early and was able to use the time to sleep and relax and mentally prepped for delivery and got some stuff done around my house.

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Was she your first?

I’m doing the same, planning for 38 weeks. Hoping she comes early.

Don’t push yourself. I also had plans on working all the way to the end but my body literally started giving up on me once I hit 34 weeks, so I had to stop. If it’s really that bad ask your doctor to write you a note to take time off.

Make sure your doctor is testing your blood for anemia. It is very common to become anemic towards the end of pregnancy. Keep up your vitamin intake. You could also as your OB or General for B-12 shots.

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I have a physical job with lazy people in my team so I’m usually pulling a lot of the weight. My energy is great but it’s a combo of being pregnant, heavy and working 9 to 10 hours, 5 days a week.

I worked up until my 37 week appt when my Dr decided to induce me. Literally walked into work and said "cya in a month, I'm having a baby!" got so many weird looks, people were trying to finish phone calls to talk to me and say good bye, but I can definitely relate. I used a yoga ball a lot but had a chair that leaned back a lot and had pillows. It was hard because everyone though I was having twins I was so huge.

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Lol all my girls were huge so that's the only way I could sit. When I was induced she was 8lbs 4oz and she was my second smallest. Her 4 year old sister was 9lbs 4oz but is a pixie right now, can blow her over with a stiff wind.

Lol I love my yoga ball! I’ve started actually sitting back with my belly all out. It’s much more comfortable. I feel like I’m not squishing her either.

Im 36 weeks and i feel your pain. I never want to go to work or do ANYTHING. Maybe the nesting instinct will kick in and youll get a burst of energy. If not, no worries! Youve been growing a human and youve been working hard whether you think so or not!

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im in the same boat right about now haha!

I am definitely nesting! My days off all I want to do is get her stuff ready, double check my hospital bag, clean and clean. I’m trying to baby proof stuff, buy softer blankets. But when I have to work I’m like “Nooo please don’t let me go to work” lol

I hear ya girl. I took the last month of my pregnancy off of work. Its your last time to sit around, relax and enjoy the silence! I was able to relax and also get last minute things done when i felt up to it

I worked up until 38 weeks and couldn’t do it anymore. I was falling asleep at my desk lol

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Lol I wish I had a desk. I wish I could sit down.

i’m 36 weeks and i planned on working til 38 but i’m done this week, i can’t do it anymore!! and it sucks cause we need the money but your health and baby’s is most important

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That’s exactly where I am!! We need the money. We weren’t planning for a baby. We both just got new cars, a place, I’m going back to school, he’s in the middle of switching professions. A lot of money is going somewhere else. Now we’re trying to scramble everything

I'm scheduled to work up till the week before my baby is due but I'm 29 weeks right now and have felt a sudden drop in energy. I just moved all our (hubby, daughter and me) stuff into our new apartment, I'm working 40 hours a week and maintain the house while hubby travels for work. I don't know if the lack of energy is normal or if I'm just sleep deprived from the busy past 2 weeks but at this rate idk if I'm gonna make it till my maternity leave

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I agree!! A lot of women at work are telling me I’m going to have her early because I still work nonstop. Sometimes stay longer. Last 2 weeks I worked 107 hours. 😵 I am definitely not doing that anymore.

I work till about 36-ish weeks and I just couldn’t do it anymore! Don’t push yourself!!!

I’m 35 weeks and still working also and everyday I go into work I literally have the worst attitude I just want to stay at home but I have to provide for my family 😩🤦🏽‍♀️ I just want to eat and sleep all day .

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Yeeess!! That’s where I am!!!! I literally just sleep and work rn.

It might just be how your pregnancy is affecting you. I’m 38 weeks pregnant and I have lots of energy still and will be working until I go into labor. Hope you get some energy back 🙏🏼

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I’m jealous. Give me your energy energy lol.

I can relate to that and I can’t do anything at all I’m taking a break from work but still have to go to school and I can’t do it anymore

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Good luck darling! We all need it. I keep having to remind myself “This isn’t forever” but this last month is LOOOOONG

I’m being induced in 8 days and still able to work thank god. I didn’t really have any problems during this pregnancy. No swollen feet or anything I was really tired in the first trimester though.

All I wanted to do was sleep, I was uncomfortable, hot, it was summer/fall but it was the fall where it would 50 one day 80 the other. Nothing fit me. I didn't want to work until my due date but my job made me, otherwise I wouldn't get maternity leave. But it was also not job procted so now I've been jobless for 8 almost 9 months now. And my daughter has more money than I do.

I stopped working 3 weeks before my scheduled c section because I just couldn’t get out of bed anymore. Literally & figuratively! 😂🤣

I worked until the last day. I struggled the last few weeks, but most of it was because I wasnt sleeping well. I would go to the bathroom at least 4-5 times a night.

I just hit 31 weeks. This is my third pregnancy and probably the easiest minus the EXTREME fatigue. Physically and emotionally. I usually take a couple naps a day. I work full time and go to my car to sleep. It’s times like this that I wish employers offered a rest area or a quiet room with a sofa. Ugh!

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Agreed! I slept on my lunch break for the last 6 weeks

Lately I’ve started taking an hour break (which I never took breaks before due to random spurts of business) and it’s helped a lot. We have massage chairs at work so I’ll usually get in that and fall asleep.

I think each pregnancy is different. My first one I worked up until the day before. I had too much energy. Second, I was taken out of work (high risk) but still felt like I could and my last pregnancy I was also high risk but was super exhausted all the time and sick. I gave up being a property manager and took a work from home job because of that. Made it a lot easier and I worked up until I went into labor. Had I stayed at my other job I wouldn't have made it. To sum it up, it's absolutely okay to just not be okay and be tired. You're doing something no man walking this Earth can or ever will do -- creating a life inside of you. Listen to your body and best of luck!

I worked until 38 weeks and then took time off b/c it was February and I was uncomfortable driving to and from work in potential white out conditions... one day it took me an hour and a half to drive what normally takes 25 min

Every pregnancy is difference and beautiful in its own way. I worked till day before getting induced. I wasn't tired but I was mean ass hell. Everyone stayed away from me🤣😂

I worked until the day before i gave birth and trust when i say it was the struggle every single day to get up and go to work 😂 but I didn’t want to start my maternity leave early and just waste it.

I was falling asleep at work and I had no control over it! Thankfully nobody minded, also in the end my baby turned and rubbed my back so hard I couldn't walk so I had to take 8 weeks sickness :(