Post partum micro nutrient levels and fatigue

I remember making my son's bed, he was 16 months, and falling asleep on the mattress while putting the sheets on it.    I wasn't "tired" I was fatigued.  My son had been sleeping all night by that point, since he was about 5 months.  An occasional night he would be awake for food or otherwise, but very rarely.  I was working full time, keeping a house and taking care of my family.  Yeah, I was stressed, but who isn't at that point.
I had lost most of the baby weight, I was eating a healthy diet, I was drinking an occasional caffeine drink to get me through the end of the days, and I was exercising to the best of my ability.  I have a lot of bite when it comes to wanting to get to my goals.  Weight loss, taking care of my family, I could do this and I was doing it, but I was always moody, tired, and every Friday seemed like an eternity to get to.  While the weekends flew by with not enough time to sleep, nap or get the things done that I needed to get to before the work week started again.
I was under stress, but I had felt the same stress before, with finals, 10 tests in one week, 16+ credit hours etc.  Life was a cake walk after the stress of school.  But why was I so tired?
I had my thyroid checked and iron levels etc.  All things  checked out.  I wasn't depressed, and "de stressing" myself with just yoga wasn't cutting it.
When I finally completed the Spectracell micro nutrient testing on myself I was shocked.  I was still taking prenatal vitamins religiously, just in case, and was surprised that my nutrient status was way below par.  I had previously taken the micro nutrient test a few years prior to my sons birth and I was in great condition, micro nutrient wise.  Something had changed since the birth of my son.  I lovingly state that my children suck the life out of me during pregnancy.  In all reality, that WAS/IS reality.  I wasn't the best at eating when pregnant.  Although I didn't gain a lot of weight, I did indulge in the pregnancy cravings every now and then.  McDonald's hash browns were awesome (although now I can't stand the taste, eww) and ice cream at the end of the day was hard to deny.  By the end of the pregnancy I was craving chocolate and sugar, but so were all my friends that were pregnant at the time.  You know what I mean!!  Night time cravings and afternoon chocolate snacks of any kind were all I could think of some times.  Again, I limited myself to small portions, but to say my diet was perfect was not the truth.  After the pregnancy I was eating better, more fruits, veggies, exercising, sleeping 8 hours with naps on some days.  I thought I was doing well.  So what happened between pre pregnancy and post pregnancy of 16 months?  Growing another human being happened. My husband would ask why I was going to bed at 8 pm at night while pregnant?  "Cause growing another human is hard work!"   It's a 24/7 job, even while I'm sleeping....I'm working. " What did you do today?" I would ask him.
My point to all this is that by the end of my first pregnancy and well into recovery, I was still so tired I couldn't keep up anymore.  I retested the micro nutrient test after my 1st pregnancy and it was awful!   You remember, I was still taking my pre-natal vitamins, religiously, and my micro nutrient status was almost non existent in places.  My B vitamins were tanked and all my micro nutrients that would lend any help towards energy were tanked along with my antioxidant levels. I wasn't breaking down my food at all, regardless of what I ate, which didn't help the absorption either.
I forgot to mention I had a C-section through all this.  I had tried natural birth, but 9lbs and 10oz of a healthy baby boy, sent me into an emergency C section.  Failure to progress, that's another story for later...My point is, I was eating well, exercising, and taking vitamins, but it wasn't enough.  After really looking at the vitamins I was taking, and seeing what therapeutic dosing of vitamins were, I was throwing a Dixie cup worth of vitamins at a bon fire and expecting to extinguish it!  Ha! right!!
My thoughts after seeing that micro nutrient test?  If we had become pregnant by accident or by choice, I don't think I would have carried that baby to term.  Not without a lot of complications along the way.  It may have been to term, but to the detriment of my sanity, body and quite possibly to my baby.