Canada Nesties
Dear Community,

Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.

If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.

Thank you.

Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.

My energy level is shot

I know that long term bed rest has a definite negative impact on stamina and energy levels, but was surprised that just three weeks would make such a difference.

I left at 8:15 for an appointment at the hospital and got home around 11:00.  I've been trying to finish up some work ever since, but I'm completely drained.  I think I need to nap now - lol.

I can't imagine how hard it's going to be if I'm actually allowed back to work in 10 weeks.

In sort of related news, my appointment went really well.  Baby is doing great and his estimated weight is almost 2 pounds!  I'm doing great too.  It seems like the bed rest is definitely working.  

Re: My energy level is shot

  • That's fantastic about the two of you. 

    Not so great news about your energy levels though.  I can imagine that three weeks would be plenty of time for my body to decide that bed rest was a good thing!

  • Great news on the poundage. Is there anything that you can do while on bedrest to keep your energy levels up? Stretching even?
  • Do you find that you are bored?

  • I have some basic stretches that are just to get blood flowing through the calves to try to ward off blood clots.  Pregnancy + bed rest + my thrombolic disorder are not a good combo.  But I'm also allowed to get up and walk around the house a bit and am encouraged to do the stairs a couple times a day - also good for the calves.

    Bored - ah, yes.  Working throughout the day helps, but sometimes it's frustrating too.  Like when my boss calls and I'm in dire need of a nap ;)

    I'm trying to think of things to do at night and I've got a schedule of visitors for the next couple of weeks, so that's good.  The nurse talked a lot today about the risks of depression and made sure I knew that there were extra resources available to me should that become an issue.  

     

     

  • All things considered, it sounds like things are going great!  I think it's actually better that you're feeling lazy.  If you were antsy and in the mood to sprint to Texas that would be really...  bad.  ;)
    Daisypath Happy Birthday tickers
    Lilypie - (sGpn)

Sign In or Register to comment.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards