Extreme Fatigue...Is it normal?

[studymum]

I am almost 34 weeks and for around the last few days I have been experiencing extreme fatigue, I can only do little bits at a time before I need to sit back down.

I wasnt like this with my first pregnancy and was charging on like a bull at a gate till I was in labour.

I am finding it extremely frustrating because I am the kind of person who does not normally sit down except to eat during the day, and I cant get everything done I want to.

Can it be normal this late in pregnancy and has anyone else experienced it?

[fourthontheway]

I am like that with all of mine. How is your iron level? Maybe that has something to do with it.

[nellnell]

Are you getting sick? Maybe got a virus?

I know I went downhill at 36wks, really tired (more so than normal) then lots of BH contractions, nausea. Ends up I had a virus and found myself dehydrated and on an IV overnight.

Check with your dr.

Hope all is well.

[Spring Angel]

I'm with you. My iron is fine but I will fall asleep at any opportunity I can. Just soooooo tired. I wasn't like this with any previous pregnancies either.

I think it is a very busy (and hot) time of year so it's just plain exhausting.

[studymum]

I have an ob/gp appt next Tuesday so I will be asking then if it is still the same. My iron has always been really good but she will probably check it anyway, apart from the fatigue I dont feel physically sick and its not really sleep that I want. I sleep well through the night and I have tried during the day when DD is asleep I just dont, but the rest is good. Its good to know though that others have felt the same. DH is having a heart attach over what the electricity bill is going to be because I keep turning the air-con on when it gets to much for me, which according to him it aint that hot half the time, oh well.

[phynna]

i hear ya on the fatigue. Feel like i'm living underground with a blanket over my head. It's ridiculous! It's so frustrating getting nothing done like this!

[Miss E]

Aside from the first trimester, it was around the 34 week mark that my fatigue really set in, I remember I still had two weeks of work left and no idea how I was ever going to get through it. Anyway, I tend to think it is normal, but probably worth checking with your carer about for peace of mind.