Wow! I cannot believe how tired I have been so far this pregnancy. It is crazy! I feel as though I am drugged...really. I wake up, get kids off to school....make Chloe breakfast, and beg her to let me lay back down :( so I try...which never works, because she comes in a million times....so then I get up and go on with my day...but the second she is at preschool, I am asleep. Then, I am in bed VERY early...I could sleep ALL day. Not having too bad of morning sickness....but the tiredness is horrible. The other morning, I paid a neighbor girl that is off track (11 yr. old) to come play barbies w/Chloe so I could lay down...i'm not kidding....Chloe had a blast and the girl thought it was great to earn a few dollars just to hang out and play!
I went to the Dr. and found out that I am VERY anemic....so I am on Iron supplements, starting tonight...I am praying that this makes a little difference...otherwise, I remember it does get better in a few weeks...ugh.
Anyway... I feel like kind of a crappy mom right now because I feel so yucky :( but I know it will get better....but blah...it's not much fun.
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I wonder if I used to have an iron deficiency. Reading your blog completely reminded me of my last pregnancy. Try not to feel guilty about sleeping - you're taking care of your baby! Sleep, darn it, sleep! Get all the rest you can while you can!
Yes, but how are you going to get enough sleep while orienting at the new hospital? I'm worried about you. It takes a while to build up the iron stores. Also, could have a B12 deficiency so it isn't absorbed. Add lots of high iron foods too - heme iron is the best absorbed (the kind from animal products) so eat red meats, other meats too, egg yolk and then some non-heme like cream of wheat and other whole grains, spinach, beans, etc. And take a prenatal!
I feel the EXACT same way. I always get anemic during pregnancy, so I'm taking iron too. Every day I curse them to work faster!!
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