Mental Gymnastics

What to Expect When Expecting

http://www.mamashealth.com/book/preg2.asp is where I got the excerpt below from the popular pregnancy book: What to Expect When Expecting.

Emotionally:

Instability comparable to premenstrual syndrome, which may include irritability, mood swings, irrationality, weepiness
Misgivings, fear, joy, elation
any or all of these

What You May Be Concerned About: Fatigue

In some ways, your pregnant body is working harder even when you're resting than a nonpregnant body is when mountain-climbing; you just can't see its efforts. For one thing, it's manufacturing your baby's life-support system, the placenta, which won't be completed until the end of the first trimester. For another, it's adjusting to the many other physical and emotional demands of pregnancy, which are considerable. Once your body has adjusted and the placenta is complete (around the fourth month), you should have more energy. Until then, you may need to work fewer hours or take a few days off if you're really dragging. But if your pregnancy continues normally, there is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't stay at your job (assuming your doctor hasn't restricted your activity and/or the work isn't overly strenuous or hazardous; see page 72). Most pregnant women are happier and less anxious if they keep busy.

Since your fatigue is legitimate, don't fight it. Consider it a sensible signal from your body that you need more rest. That, of course, is more easily suggested than done. But it's worth a try.

Baby Yourself.

posted by kquill @ 11:49 AM