Mom of 5! 4wks with #6

Heather • #mother of 5 #happilymarried #nurseRN

Shew! I am exhausted! Right now I’m a stay at home mom; I have went back to work since having baby #5 who turned 1 on 3-20! But I’ll be going back to work in the next couple of months, I am so worried bc I am so tired! I feel completely drained all the time! So far I don’t have morning sickness thank God bc I had it awful with my last 2 pregnancies! I’m an RN so I work 12 hr shifts constantly on my feet, constantly crazy busy!! I also have severe pregnancy brain, like I’m in a fog all the time although I think part of that is from the exhaustion too! I’m also crazy moody and irritable!!

I’ve always wanted 6 kids! And my husband and I are thrilled baby #6 is on the way, but I’m getting so worried it may be too much!! I’ll turn 30 this September and I have a 10,7, two 5 year olds and a 1 year old! Our life functioned so easily with the first 4, even the twins! Everyone would comment how easy I made it look they struggled with just 2, but since having #5 I’ve never really recovered! I couldn’t get my weight back down, I’m like permanently exhausted and now being pregnant it’s even worse!!

Anyone out there have 6 kids?? Anyone suffer with extreme fatigue? Any tips or ideas to help get some of my energy back??