Anyone else feeling exhausted in second pregnancy

I’m 20 weeks with my second baby and have a two year old which is obviously having a massive impact on tiredness but does anyone else feel they’ve got a lot more tired and fed up quicker with their second pregnancy than they did with their first 🫠

Tuesdays are my non working day and I usually take my daughter to visit my aunt who lives like a 25 minute walk from our house so I’ve always just walked there and back with the buggy on Tuesdays to get steps in. The last 3 weeks I’ve found myself really really struggling to push my toddler in the buggy and it’s left me feeling seriously unfit. I know I should slow down a bit but honestly just getting annoyed at not being able to do things I normally do without breaking a sweat 😂 and just feel like weight gain and tiredness has come on thick and fast this time round

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Yes! 21 weeks with a 3 year old, working 4 days a week, finishing off a degree and moving house and I feel like I have o e braincell to share between it all 🫠 hopefully two of those things will resolve in the next few weeks/months, then I'm on the countdown to annual leave before maternity 😀 but this second pregnancy is definitely a game changer!

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This is my second pregnancy and I have a 2 almost 3 year old and work full time plus hubby is a dr so I have a lot of solo weekends and evenings and it’s KICKING MY BUTT. I’m so tired lol it’s been so hard to find the motivation to move

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I feel you. I also have a 2 year old. Some days, I can take him for a 2 hour walk around a nature reserve. 6 days out of the week, I'm surviving off of a coffee (which I never have) and just sheer will power 😂 and we're in the middle of potty training and some kind of behavioural regression so love life rn

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21 weeks homeschooling my five-year-old with not a single break I am exhausted. Getting into the habit of napping once a day if needed and learning my limits. I can’t walk to town and back anymore or I’ll be paying for it for two days 😂 it really is difficult going from having so much energy to having to learn what you can and can’t manage.

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Thanks for all your replies ladies making me feel less alone in my sheer exhaustion. My toddlers off to sleep in half an hour and I won’t be far behind her 😃 x

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Yes 21 weeks with a 2 year old and it’s hitting me hard in the evenings I’m so done! I was still working out with my first but this time is a struggle

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I could have written this 😂 first pregnancy was so enjoyable in comparison, I feel so guilty but I’ve had enough already 😅 trying to stay fit as well is so hard, I love exercise and managed it right till the end last time but like you now even walking with the buggy is a mission x

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Yep!

20+ weeks with a 2 year old toddler and I’m exhausted.

I work 5 days a week, 8 hour days with an hour drive each way and lately I’ve found myself falling asleep at my desk.

We also recently moved so I spend my weekends unpacking boxes and trying to decorate the house 🙃

The physio I am seeing for PGP has put some recommendations to my employer for workplace adjustments, one of which is a WFH arrangement so I’m hoping they’ll implement that and it’ll help with my exhaustion 🤞🏼

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Yes 22 weeks with a 1 year old I struggle to walk half way down street

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