I just reached week 23 and I am almost paralyzed. I can barely walk across a parking lot. I can’t hold my arms up. I can’t cook, clean. I’m barely making it to my two classes per week. I feel like I am dying most of the time.

This is really starting to get to me. I’m helpless. Mostly bedridden. I can’t get anything done around my house to prepare for baby. I’m probably going to withdraw from college. Sometimes I don’t even want to be alive anymore. My OB says there’s nothing really to be done to help me have more energy, but she’s referred me to a social worker.

Does anyone have any ideas for things I can use for energy that are safe to try during pregnancy? I’m already taking a ton of extra Vitamin D. It helped the tiniest bit, and I was able to wash the dishes. But today’s an awful day and now I’m back in bed wondering how the hell I could have ever thought I’d be able to be a mother.