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Luvmysunshine · Sep 30th, 2010, 09:42 AM

Hi Ladies,
I am 6 weeks pregnant and I am a speech-language pathologist working in the school system. I usually love my job but lately it has been really hard to make myself go to work. I have no desire to be here. I sit in my car in the mornings dreading having to get out and walk into work. Anyone feel this way since becoming pregnant? I just don't have the patience or attitude to get through a whole day dealing with people and students at work. I am really disliking working right now. And I usually love what I do.

Szaffi · Sep 30th, 2010, 09:44 AM

Yep - it's pretty hard. Especially first trimester.

kaz87 · Sep 30th, 2010, 09:47 AM

Yep I wish I could go back to bed as soon as I get into my car to go to work x

kadey · Sep 30th, 2010, 09:48 AM

I only started my job in march and only do part time but tuesday comes and i dont want to come in, take everything i have just to get out of bed and get my little girl ready for nursery for half past 7. hoping when i get my energy back it will be better. x

SoonToBeMum · Sep 30th, 2010, 09:53 AM

im quite lucky because i had a week booked off already so im enjoying that at the moment but i know when i go back on monday it will be a challenge, i hope i dont get really bad sickness whilst at work, i work in a bakery and some of the smells make me heave as it is (esp the cornish or cheese and onion pastys when they are fresh out of the oven) & the nearest loos are up three flights of stairs so i have a feeling the mop bucket will be getting a new use!
im on my feet ALL the time at work, and there is literally no option of sitting down apart from on breaks so i dont know if im going to last the whole way through the pregnancy working, i find it tiring enough without lugging about a huge bump (which btw i cant wait for!!

) BRING ON THE SWOLLEN ANKLES!!!

FierceAngel · Sep 30th, 2010, 10:02 AM

i wanna get back in bed before ive even left the house!

should ease of by 2nd tri x

libbyam2003 · Jun 8th, 2012, 12:52 PM

Ah I remember those days!! I'm not prego now but was like that when I was! First tri, all I could THINK about was the baby... worked seemed so unimportant!! Never wanted to be there! Oh and getting out bed to GO to work... and surviving the day exhausted... I feel for you!! Good thoughts sent your way!!

JCh · Jun 8th, 2012, 13:03 PM

YES, this is exactly how I feel.... I also work 5am - 1:30pm, which means SUPER early mornings... I honestly have been almost late every day since this tiredness started.... And by the EOD I'm seriously fighting to keep awake at my desk.... I try and nap once I'm home but usually end up sleeping for multiple hours...
I'm hoping closer to 12+ weeks this will have subsided so I can start getting my brain back into work.... I feel like I can't mentally function either....

libbyam2003 · Jun 8th, 2012, 13:13 PM

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Originally Posted by JCh

YES, this is exactly how I feel.... I also work 5am - 1:30pm, which means SUPER early mornings... I honestly have been almost late every day since this tiredness started.... And by the EOD I'm seriously fighting to keep awake at my desk.... I try and nap once I'm home but usually end up sleeping for multiple hours...
I'm hoping closer to 12+ weeks this will have subsided so I can start getting my brain back into work.... I feel like I can't mentally function either....

Yes, it should get better! It did for me... you still feel tired, you just realize you're not as miserable about it though! I have a friend in second tri who's complaining how she's still tired, but she's no longer using the cot in her office to sneak in naps so that must mean its not as bad now!

ami1985 · Jun 8th, 2012, 23:34 PM

im hating it as well atm i work 11 or 13 hr shifts and just feel like ive lost the will to live and just wanna go on the sick which I sadly cant afford. Hopefully itll get better soon tho xx

Sep 30th, 2010, 09:42 AM	#1
Luvmysunshine Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Southern Louisiana Posts: 1,034	Working full time Hi Ladies, I am 6 weeks pregnant and I am a speech-language pathologist working in the school system. I usually love my job but lately it has been really hard to make myself go to work. I have no desire to be here. I sit in my car in the mornings dreading having to get out and walk into work. Anyone feel this way since becoming pregnant? I just don't have the patience or attitude to get through a whole day dealing with people and students at work. I am really disliking working right now. And I usually love what I do.

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Sep 30th, 2010, 09:44 AM	#2
Szaffi Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Brussels, Belgium Posts: 1,963	Yep - it's pretty hard. Especially first trimester.

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Sep 30th, 2010, 09:47 AM	#3
kaz87 Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Devon Posts: 998	Yep I wish I could go back to bed as soon as I get into my car to go to work x

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Sep 30th, 2010, 09:48 AM	#4
kadey Trying to conceive (TTC) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Posts: 1,168	I only started my job in march and only do part time but tuesday comes and i dont want to come in, take everything i have just to get out of bed and get my little girl ready for nursery for half past 7. hoping when i get my energy back it will be better. x

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Sep 30th, 2010, 09:53 AM	#5
SoonToBeMum Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 636	im quite lucky because i had a week booked off already so im enjoying that at the moment but i know when i go back on monday it will be a challenge, i hope i dont get really bad sickness whilst at work, i work in a bakery and some of the smells make me heave as it is (esp the cornish or cheese and onion pastys when they are fresh out of the oven) & the nearest loos are up three flights of stairs so i have a feeling the mop bucket will be getting a new use! im on my feet ALL the time at work, and there is literally no option of sitting down apart from on breaks so i dont know if im going to last the whole way through the pregnancy working, i find it tiring enough without lugging about a huge bump (which btw i cant wait for!! ) BRING ON THE SWOLLEN ANKLES!!!

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Sep 30th, 2010, 10:02 AM	#6
FierceAngel Pregnant (Expecting) Active BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hertfordshire Posts: 6,075	i wanna get back in bed before ive even left the house! should ease of by 2nd tri x

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Jun 8th, 2012, 12:52 PM	#7
libbyam2003 Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: May 2012 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,383	Ah I remember those days!! I'm not prego now but was like that when I was! First tri, all I could THINK about was the baby... worked seemed so unimportant!! Never wanted to be there! Oh and getting out bed to GO to work... and surviving the day exhausted... I feel for you!! Good thoughts sent your way!!

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Jun 8th, 2012, 13:03 PM	#8
JCh Pregnant (Expecting) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,966	YES, this is exactly how I feel.... I also work 5am - 1:30pm, which means SUPER early mornings... I honestly have been almost late every day since this tiredness started.... And by the EOD I'm seriously fighting to keep awake at my desk.... I try and nap once I'm home but usually end up sleeping for multiple hours... I'm hoping closer to 12+ weeks this will have subsided so I can start getting my brain back into work.... I feel like I can't mentally function either....

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Jun 8th, 2012, 23:34 PM	#10
ami1985 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Durham. UK Posts: 1,415	im hating it as well atm i work 11 or 13 hr shifts and just feel like ive lost the will to live and just wanna go on the sick which I sadly cant afford. Hopefully itll get better soon tho xx

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