How are y'all's overall energy levels?

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My baby has been sleeping through the night for awhile now and I even take a nap many days (though I'm never sure if the nap makes it better or worse), but I'm still tired from the time I wake up till the time I go to bed. It's just frustrating to constantly be in this fog of fatigue where I'm only thinking about bed time as soon as I wake up in the morning. 
I am a stay at home mom and I breastfeed. All of that is hard work, so I'm sure that just account for some of it, but I'm just wondering if this is normal or what. 
My sleep is often interrupted by my husband, so that adds to it too...
Anyway, I get about 7 or 8 hours of sleep per night, though it is usually interrupted. 
Help!

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Breastfeeding also releases the hormone oxytocin which makes you sleepy! It's an ongoing cycle 😅

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I’m in the same boat. My daughters sleeping about 10 hours a night finally, but I still am sort of foggy during the day. I’ve noticed it’s more when I don’t get out of the house for a day even if it’s just a short walk.

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I’m waking up almost every hour with baby sooooo..... what is sleep??

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I was feeling the same and recently found out I have postpartum anemia, so if it continues it might be worth talking to your doctor. I thought I was just tired due to being a new mom so ignored it for months.

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Energy level? 😂😂😂 shot to pure hell.

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I've started getting 8 hours of sleep a night (interrupted of course) and I'm STILL exhausted daily. And to think I used to get 4-5 hours max at night and survived. I think part of it is the adrenaline from the newborn stage is gone.. we are more comfortable with our babies. And waking up during the night is breaking our own sleep cycles. Not to mention we are probably sleeping lighter when we do sleep as we're listening for the cries. I am so envious of my husband who sleeps all night, doesn't have to get up with the baby, and on weekends I let him sleep til 8. Which BTW, he still claims he's tired! Being a parent is exhausting, end of story. 🤷‍♀️

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God I’m exhausted!!! 
I’ve just become a single parent at the age of 21 so I’m doing everything on my own!! I’ve got a teething clingy baby and also suffering from anaemia and b12 deficiency so that’s making it like 10x worse😩
I can barely function ☹️

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I feel exactly the same! I’ve even started the habit of having another coffee in the early afternoon but I’m often still so tired!

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I just can’t switch off. Through the night every shuffle my baby makes in bed my eyes are open. He only gets up once in the night now to feed around 4am so I get a good block of time to sleep but I miss unbroken sleep so much 😫😫😫

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The first 3 month were brutal,  I was so tired I was in a survival mode kind of state. Now that I sleep more its soo much better. And I don’t need to nap anymore. However I get really tired at night and always worry the baby will wake up. Just trying to recuperate from the last 3 months.

How are y'all's overall energy levels?

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