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Q. I am now 29 weeks and becoming fatigued like I was in the first 3 months. Are there any tonics I can take to help. I get enough sleep, exercise 5 days a week and eat really healthily so why am I so fatigued.

A. Try taking a nap in the afternoon. It's normal to go through stages in pregnancy where you need to lay down halfway through your day or so. Takes a lot of energy to grow a baby! Laying down or at leats putting your feet up and dozing off will probably do you much more good than any kind of tonic. Resting during the day is often what pregnant women neglect the most---and it can make all the difference in how you feel.

Karen Klimsak-Ungar, CCE has been a certified childbirth educator for Birth Works® since 1996. She is currently Managing Editor for the Birth Works newsletter, sits on the Birth Works Board of Directors, and serves on their National Trainee Review Committee. A happily married mother of two, she also continues to teach Birth Works classes as well as private classes.

Karen will answer your questions on fertility, pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and babies. Her advice does not take the place of your practitioner. Personal answers will not always be possible.