Natural remedies to fatigue

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Liquorice

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Hi, in the first trimester and suffering very badly from tiredness. I lose most of my afternoon productivity at work because I'm struggling to keep my eyes open from about 1pm to 5pm, and I'm starting to fall behind on my deadlines. Does anybody have any tips on how to overcome this?
 
Can you take a nap at work at lunchtime?? If not, I found that going for lots of quick walks - either to the coffee machine, snack box, shredder etc etc worked for me. It just gives you a break from looking at the monitor all day.
 
I had the same problem, even getting up in the morning for a shower was exhausting. I was napping at work and having to leave early. I went to my GP who in the end diagnosed a low functioning thryroid. She put me on medication called thyroxine and I was nearly back to normal!

You do get tired from being pregnant but it could also mean something else. I would go to your GP and ask for a thyroid test. My GP was Lauren Bramley and she was fantastic.

Doctor Lauren Bramley & Partners || Family Practice
 
I used to take extra vitamin C morning and lunch time... but if everything else appears to be allright, you just have to wait the second trimester to get back a little bit of energy...
 
Thank you for your suggestions - so tired of being tired!

Don't think it is anything more than pregnancy tiredness Karmah1 as it is only really in the afternoons - thought lasts for hours. Might chat to my GP anyway to see if there's anything they recommend.

Napping not easy in my office unfortunately. But getting up and down might help.

Frenchy, do you think Berocca is okay to take when pregnant? On top of daily prenatal vitamins?
 
Well, I'm not a doctor, maybe you could confirm with your GP. Berocca is also a mix of vitamins, but contains a lot of sodium...
I used to take Vitamin C on top of my prenatal ones, and folic acid too, but separately.
 
I got the re-energize tea (Twinnings) from B2B - all natural no caffeine. It helped. Or have an apple - supposed to have the same effect as coffee!
 
I was super tired and it turned out it was because I was anemic. The doctor started me on iron supplements and that helped a lot.
 
I'm wondering if I'm anemic or something. I'm 33 weeks pregnant and constantly exhausted. But then again I have two small children and am the size of a whale! So maybe it's normal. Doesn't feel it tho so the dr has done blood tests this week to check everything out.
 
in my first pregnancy, i drank a cup of fruit smoothie every morning, to replace regular coffee i was used to. that helped to keep the energy up. but things got strange and just into 2nd trimester, i passed out at work. got to the doc, and diagnosed i was anemic. :( good thing was, after i took iron pills from doc, the fatigue was well managed. so do see a doc.

now that im in my 2nd pregnancy and running after a toddler with no helper, i try to keep up with vit c rich juices as well as eat food packed with iron. i am tired but it definitely was not fatigue like the first time round.
 
Dr just called and it turns out I AM low in iron! Hopefully the supplements help my energy levels. Not just normal pregnancy fatigue afterall.
 
I don't take iron supplements as it makes me throw up quite a bit. So I eat a good sliver of beef once a week or a good steak and it helps. And, I slot in lamb into my diet as well as an alternative red meat. On alternative days when I'm not eating red meat, I do eat lots of vegetables which are supposed to be high in iron content.
 
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