Tiredness at 29 weeks pregnant

Sleep disruption, carrying extra weight, physical discomfort, and the body's increased workload may all reduce energy. Fatigue accompanied by breathlessness at rest, faintness, racing heartbeat, fever, or a major change in wellbeing should be discussed with the maternity team.

Frequent urination, heartburn, leg discomfort, fetal movement, and difficulty finding a comfortable position can fragment sleep. Busy days without enough food or fluids may add to exhaustion. Mood changes, anxiety, and sustained stress can also drain energy.

Anaemia commonly presents with fatigue and may also cause pallor, dizziness, headache, breathlessness, or a fast heartbeat. Infection, thyroid problems, sleep disorders, and other health conditions can produce similar symptoms, so the wider pattern matters more than tiredness alone.

Build short rest periods into the day, prioritise essential tasks, and accept practical help. Gentle movement such as walking may support sleep and energy if your maternity clinician has not advised activity restrictions. A regular wind-down routine and side-lying sleep with supportive pillows can improve comfort.

Eat regular, varied meals containing iron-rich foods and drink enough that your urine remains pale. Do not start high-dose iron or other supplements solely for tiredness; testing and individual advice help distinguish iron deficiency from other causes and avoid unnecessary treatment.

Seek urgent maternity advice if fatigue comes with severe headache, vision changes, sudden swelling, pain beneath the ribs, vaginal bleeding, reduced fetal movement, or feeling acutely unwell. Get emergency help for severe breathing difficulty, chest pain, collapse, confusion, or weakness affecting one side.

Book a clinical review when tiredness is worsening, prevents ordinary activities, persists despite rest, or occurs with low mood, loss of interest, loud snoring, repeated choking during sleep, fever, urinary symptoms, pallor, dizziness, or palpitations. A clinician may review sleep, diet, medicines, mental wellbeing, and blood-test results.

Describe when the fatigue began, whether it is constant or episodic, how you sleep, and which activities have become difficult. Ask whether your antenatal blood results need review, whether symptoms suggest anaemia or another cause, and what level of exercise and supplementation is appropriate for you.