I have been so tired this pregnancy. More tired than I have ever been any of my previous eight pregnancies-- including the one that I was very anemic. I know I am not anemic because I take an iron pill. So I have been worried. What is wrong with me? I have never felt this exhausted even when I am pregnant.
Last night I realized something important. Every other pregnancy, I took a 1 1/2 to 2 hour nap everyday, and most nights I got between 7 1/2 and 8 hours of sleep. I was being pregnant on 9 to 10 hours of sleep per 24 hour period. This pregnancy, I have not been napping and I have been getting up a little earlier to clean the house. So I have been being pregnant on 6 1/2 to 7 hours of sleep in a 24 hour period and that is only if I am not up at night for any reason. I think I know why I am so exhausted, and relieved that it isn't some unknown medical problem.
I am going to have to find some way to remedy this. I am not sure how I am going to change things. But I am sure having a napping mom that feels well most of the time will be nicer for my family than having a mom that is always feeling exhausted and ill.
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