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Posted: Aug 24 2007 at 9:11am | IP Logged Quote amyable
Any hints, tips, things I should be looking out for?

This doesn't seem to be the "general tiredness" I remember but a full on "if I do one little chore (make lunch, take laundry out and hang) I am totally wiped out and need to sit and rest for a looong time". I'm napping most days (which doesn't seem to help), but night time sleep is choppy as is normal in late pregnancy! I'm a day shy of 35 weeks (but always deliver 1-3 weeks early if that makes any difference).

I did a search on this but found nothing - I am surprised!

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Posted: Aug 24 2007 at 10:12am | IP Logged Quote Lisbet
I don't have any solutions Amy, but I am RIGHT there with ya. I get wiped out so easy. I was so tired yesterday after one load of laundry, a few diaper changes and boiling a pound of pasta, that was it, seriously, that is ALL I did all day yesterday. I was so tired my husband came home early from work to help out and he brought dinner with him because just thinking of making so much as a sandwhich did me in!

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Posted: Aug 24 2007 at 10:51am | IP Logged Quote Willa
Is your blood pressure within normal limits? That's the only thing I can think of offhand.

Oh, and also, iron level. Anemia will wipe you out fast.

I am sure you must have already had the glucose test for gest diabetes.

The final thing that occurs to me is thyroid levels.



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Posted: Aug 24 2007 at 10:54am | IP Logged Quote Willa
Also, when I look online, it says intense fatigue is very common for late pregnancy because of hormonal shifts (I didn't know that or I would have given myself more of a free pass during my seven) but that again, anemia should be ruled out.

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Posted: Aug 24 2007 at 10:57am | IP Logged Quote amyable
Ah, blood pressure - mine is usually low, and even lower in pregnancy. I had forgotten that that can contribute. There probably isn't a good way to make it go UP is there. You'd think with how aggrivated my girls are making me this cloudy/rainy week I would have at least a *normal* reading.



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