Due date getting close...loosing motivation

**tmffv** · 11-12-2008, 03:38 PM

For school that is! My due date is Dec 6th, but my ob says I'm measuring a bit big and I'm dialated to 2cm. She doesn't think I'll make it that long. I knew before I started the semester that I would deliver before it was over, but I was hoping to make it till my due date, take a week or two to recover and then come back to take my finals. I should be able to do this anyways, but now I'm having a hard time staying motivated and on top of my homework and studying. Not good when I need to maintain a 3.80+ GPA in order to have any chance of being accepted into the nursing program I want

Just kind of wish I could focus competely on getting everything ready (for the most part everything is) and relaxing before the big day comes. Sigh!

**mom2three** · 11-12-2008, 09:24 PM

Relax. Have you talked to your profs about delaying your exams if necessary or gotten some of your work prior to the birth? I could not believe the exhaustion I had after my first child - catch up on sleep now.

Take care.

**tmffv** · 11-12-2008, 11:25 PM

Yeah, all my profs have been really good about wanting to work with me. Worse comes to worse, I can get an extension, but I would really like to have everything wrapped up now and taken care of. I remember how tired I was with my first too and that's why I need to keep on top of things now cause it will only be harder later.

**Marie78** · 11-16-2008, 05:59 PM

I hope it works out for you. Were you more tired in the beginning or at the end of pregnancy? I am 5 weeks pregnant and exhausted most of the day...mostly exhausted by the afternoon and if I can't get a nap then I am in bed by 8:30 or 9pm at night.

**mom2three** · 11-16-2008, 06:03 PM

Marie,

I'm not tmfvv, but all I can tell you is that the first trimester is exhausting. You usually get a lot more energy in the second trimester. I find that I am not as tired now (2 1/2 weeks to go) as I was when I was about 5 weeks pregnant, but that may end up being pregnancy and person dependent.

**tmffv** · 11-17-2008, 12:24 PM

Were you more tired in the beginning or at the end of pregnancy?

I would say I was more tired at the beginning of both my pregnancies, but the end is pretty exhausting as well. I've gotten to a point where it's hard to stay comfortable at night and frequent pee breaks keep me from sleeping the night through, but all and all I feel pretty good! I stayed more active with this pregnancy than I did my last and it has made a big difference in how I feel!