Help I need energy!!

I’m 13 weeks pregnant and very very drained and tried all day everyday and I have a 2 year old I have to take care of as well but all i wish I could do is nap all day.
Any tips to get more energy natural or not ?

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Weldone Mama. First check with your Doctor if you want to change your prenatal vitamins. Also get lots of liquids. Water and crackers. Also get some naps at intervals

Check your iron levels just in case you might need supplements. I was borderline on the low end so I would just eat a slice or two of meat when I was feeling low and needed to be present for something

I do have low iron so I take 25mg of iron every day and it doesn’t make a difference

I have low iron and take 300mg a day. My Ferritin went down when pregnant. When I need an energy boost I do a Smoothie of oj, strawberries and spinach. Spinach has iron and oj helps with the absorption.

Do you take it with vitamin c? And not near a time when you consume dairy/calcium?

oh wow very interesting, that’s alot of iron holly! It doesn’t make you nauseous, I wouldn’t be able to handle that much 25mg already is tough.
Love the idea of the smoothie though I’ll try that

yes in the morning

It's just one pill of palafer or ferrous fumerate a day. My stomach handles it well. I've been taking it for 4 years now!

okay I’m willing to try it, where do you buy it?

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