Pregnancy, even when it is going along well, is sometimes exhausting.  I’m in one of those pregnancies where I began to feel very very tired at the start and it has not improved much. In fact, as I traded the morning sickness that lasted all day, it was replaced with ever greater exhaustion.

I’m simply horribly TIRED.  It has interfered with my housekeeping. It has made keeping up with the Little Tiger quite difficult.  It slows my brain, ruins my concentration, and makes me wonder if pregnancy has decreased my IQ!  Even sitting in a comfy chair to write a post for my blog is difficult.

I asked around.  I’m not the first.  Several friends told me about their “tired” pregnancies.  Nothing abnormal happens apparently.  You just get to spend nine months exhausted.  Young woman or older woman seems to not matter at all.  A nurse told me it was just a “climbing the mountain” pregnancy and it would be OK.  It does help to know that this exhaustion is not new or unknown. It is not my age.  It is just one of those things that happens during some pregnancies, like PUPPS.

Each day I manage one or two activities.  I might see the doctor and meet a friend for lunch and then sleep all afternoon.  I thought that was bad.  But about a week ago I began to be even MORE tired.  I went to the doctor and now I am done for the day. No second activity, no managing to do some dishes, nothing.  I’m tired but not sleepy!

Exhausted but not sleepy is bad.  I’m so miserably tired I cannot get anything done. I’m not sleepy so I cannot even have the pleasure of a good nap.

All I can do is blog something, anything, and hope the few people who read this will forgive me for being whiny!  What is worse is I feel guilty for feeling whiny because so many people have so much heavier crosses to bear than my little bout of pregnancy induced exhaustion.  Tired and guilty is a pity party making combination.

After all, I have a healthy baby in there.  Iron count is healthy. Growth is normal. Heart-rate is good. My blood pressure is not elevated too much.  The swelling is low. My sinusitis has NOT gone into a sinus infection but is merely lots of drainage (clear) and swelling that makes my ears feel full of cotton and my head ache as if there were a sinus infection.  I’ve all the symptoms EXCEPT the actual infection.  My poor allergy medication is overwhelmed!  Ah, well, this is a GOOD thing even if I still feel like my brain is sharing space with cotton batting.

I’m grateful for the health of this pregnancy.  I am delighted to BE pregnant, or at least I’m delighted to be expecting to add another person to our family. Having kids is worth all this trouble, but that fact doesn’t make it any easier to be exhausted all the time.

I guess this is just a rough patch in my vocation.