I’m 8 weeks pregnant with my 2nd baby and the exhaustion and nausea are absolutely killing me. Plus caring for a 2.5 year old. I feel like I’m not firing on all cylinders at work and I’m a zombie at home. Tell me it gets better??

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With you. Pregnancy has not been glowy or beautiful for me. Hang in there.

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I’m 14 wks and just starting to feel like a semi-capable human being again. Hopefully you do soon as well xo

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I definitely have more energy and less nausea in the second trimester! 8 weeks is probably when I needed naps the most, then I phased them out pretty quickly.

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It does get better! Dealing with the same with an 19 month old. Second trimester is 🌟

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