I'm too tired !!! Help is this normal ?

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Hey ladies I'm almost 36 weeks and I'm miserable. Im so done being pregnant and I can't wait to meet my baby boy!! I have my own business wich I have been neglecting since I'm too tired !! I want to do more but it seems like I'm always sleepy and I can't ! I've always considered myself as hardworking and now that I can't do it I feel lazy and irresponsible ! I hear people tell me that it's normal to feel tired and that I should rest ! But then yesterday my mother in law made a comment that I was just using my pregnancy to be lazy ! I felt insulted but what if I am ? Am I becoming lazy ? Is this normal ? Should
I try harder and just get things done ?

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Lazy?!! What a bitch! Haha. Nooo, you are meant to feel tired at this stags. Your body is using all of its energy for baby's weight and growth. Take it easy!

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Feeling exhausted all the time hits you just as hard at the end of your pregnancy (if not harder) as it does at the beginning of your pregnancy. I've been the same way. I'm 35+5  & I'm getting spurts of energy here & there on top of being sleepy all the time. It's totally normal.

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Are you sure you're getting enough iron? I was super exhausted a few weeks ago, like couldn't keep my eyes open, pale, etc... And I started taking an iron supplement that helped a TON. I'm still tired but I think this is a normal level. 
I usually take one nap mid day. I work from home so it's convenient to take it easy. My mom and MIL have both made comments about 'oh I remember being tired, AND I had to work all the way through' or 'just imagine if you had to work right now!' I DO work, I just work at home, plus I'm a full time graduate student. It infuriates me. We waited to have children when we were at a place in our lives where I could cut back on my job to work at home. My mom and MIL made different choices and had to work. I feel your pain, I get comments like that all the time. Brush it off and take a nap!!😉

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You're growing a whole human from scratch. Its hard work. Give yourself a break!

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The last few weeks are exhausting, especially if you have symptoms that make it hard to sleep at night  (heatburn, restless legs, back pain). I work full time and have a toddler, and without being pregnant that I'd tiring! Just hang in there and ignore the negative comments! It is ok to be tired! You are growing a person!

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My mom actually told my son that I wasn't moving enough and I was big. I had a breakdown. My husband was infuriated because she said it and said it to our boy. I'm so exhausted but now I'm fighting off bronchitis. We r suppose to be tired. Especially when we r up all night peeing and uncomfortable

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36 weeks and exhaustion is hitting me hard. Leg cramps, swelling, gross. You're not lazy! It's normal!

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Omg no girl!! I feel the same exact way, like there's things I need to get done to get ready for the baby since I'm almost 36 weeks too but I honestly just don't have the energy !! It sucks but we're so close to being done and then we will be able to stRt to get back to normal !!

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Yeah I feel the same, exhausted ALL. THE. TIME. I get up from bed only to want to go right back for a nap a few hours later. Thank goodness for maternity leave!! Obviously it was a long time ago that your mother in law was pregnant or she would have remembered what it was like.

I keep thinking I'm lazy as well because I can't even be bothered to do the smallest chores around the house sometimes but honestly even sitting up for too long is uncomfortable and too tiring, I feel like the only way I can exist is lying on my side, but it's really getting me down not being able to do anything. I keep thinking 'maybe this is what fat people feel like all the time'... We should just be grateful it's temporary LOL

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I am sorry you are tired and your MIL was so insensitive.

Third trimester fatigue is very real for some people.  Try to listen to what your body is telling you and try not to feel guilty for having a medical condition.

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