Third tri exhaustion

[D2M]

After a blissful second trimester (I routinely told my H that I never felt better in my entire life), the third trimester so far is kicking my butt.  I slept 8 hours last night and yet I have bone-crushing exhaustion and I just dozed in my desk chair, sitting straight up.  For those of you who are farther along, does it get better? 

[smock]

I'm exhausted too!

It's also been crazy for me at work but the semester is almost over, and I'm really hoping I can rest up in my last few weeks before baby comes. My plan involves lots of Netflix and naps.

[Deleted]

It comes and goes for me! I posted a couple of weeks ago because I was so shocked at the fatigue that seemed to have come out of nowhere! But I have plenty of energy one day and might be completely knackered the next. So hopefully you will have a burst of energy soon!

[D2M]

This makes me feel better. Hopefully there will be bursts of energy -- or at least normalcy -- in between the fatigue.

[hokiegirl82]

I have definitely been more tired in late second tri, early third tri than I was in most of second tri, but this is mainly because I'm up a lot at night changing sides and getting up to pee, so I'm not getting long periods of peaceful sleep. I don't have the terrible mind-numbing exhaustion that I had in first tri where I wanted to cry some afternoons because I was so tired - I'm mainly just a little more tired by the end of the day. Good practice for when baby comes?

[IndiaInk]

Yeah it definitely comes and goes. I was full of energy during 2nd tri, but I entered the 3rd tri with crippling exhaustion and was like 'oh crap...this is the beginning of the end." But after a few weeks I got my energy back. Some days I'm mowing the lawn and doing yardwork all day and I feel like I can take on the world. Other days I am sore, exhausted and no amount of coffee in the world can touch it. I don't know if the baby goes through growth spurts or what. It's weird.

[rugbywife]

This is one of several reasons why I stopped work at 36 weeks - I can no longer make it through the day without a nap, somedays two. Lol.