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What Could Extreme Weakness During Pregnancy Indicate?

I m 8 months pregnant and can barely get out of the bed to clean my house etc.... i have two other children and i do not recall feeling so week and drained.... my husband thinks i m just plan ol lazy but that is nit the case i just want to sleep all day long.. i take my prenatal vitamins... is this normal
Tue, 29 Sep 2015
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Hallow Mumma,

You should not feel so week and lethargic during normal pregnancy. Is your haemoglobin normal? Please get your bleed examined for haemoglobin, sugar and thyroid function. Are you taking iron and folic acid tablets regularly?

Hypothyroid status can cause such symptoms that you have described. Get T3, T4 and TSH evaluated in your blood. TSH should be between 0.3 to 3 mIU/L at this stage of pregnancy.

Also try to rule out diabetes by doing blood sugar level.

Are you taking sufficient Calcium? Plenty of milk, cheese, yogurt supported by Calcium tablets is requirement during pregnancy.

And finally, Mumma, you are carrying one more life with you. Please do not exert too much lest the baby's growth may get affected.
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What Could Extreme Weakness During Pregnancy Indicate?

Hallow Mumma, You should not feel so week and lethargic during normal pregnancy. Is your haemoglobin normal? Please get your bleed examined for haemoglobin, sugar and thyroid function. Are you taking iron and folic acid tablets regularly? Hypothyroid status can cause such symptoms that you have described. Get T3, T4 and TSH evaluated in your blood. TSH should be between 0.3 to 3 mIU/L at this stage of pregnancy. Also try to rule out diabetes by doing blood sugar level. Are you taking sufficient Calcium? Plenty of milk, cheese, yogurt supported by Calcium tablets is requirement during pregnancy. And finally, Mumma, you are carrying one more life with you. Please do not exert too much lest the baby s growth may get affected.