MSE Pregnancy Club XI

Glamazon

GISI - BIG HUGS TO YOU.
I'm a manager and I too feel useless most days, can't get myself motivated let alone my team! I haven't had a day off sick except recovery from boob ops for 4 years and I am determined not to let pg tarnish this but if you are ill you're ill. You just sit down and relax.

Sod the housework for awhile and just focus on feeling better.

Looks like I'm goona go for this new job!! :j

boogellyboo

Gisi I know just how you feel, I keep saying to OH if Im fed up of hearing me moan I dread to think how he's feeling. The last few days Ive started to feel a bit better which is a novelty but the weeks before where I couldnt even keep water down and just wanted to curl up and sleep were horrible. This is my first baby and I honestly didnt have a clue morning sickness could be morning/afternoon/evening & night! Hope you feel better soon, definately looking at the cutey new pics makes it feel worthwhile.

HypnoNu

Eeeewww Gaviscon! Even though it does work....a lot better than the Rennies i seem to be addicted to!

I know you can get Gaviscon on prescription but i wonder if they'll prescribe me Rennies to feed my "habit"...

searching_me

gotta we all feel like that sometimes but you just gotta get to the end ... i gave up feeling normal awhile ago x

Mrs_Moc

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

I feel awful for saying this, but can I have a bit of a whinge? I know how lucky I am to be pregnant, and I am so thankful for that but at the moment I just feel useless.

I just feel like I am letting everyone down at the moment. I am so tired at work that I cannot give 100%- I hate phoning in sick, which I did yesterday as I was just so washed out. Then I couldn't get anyone to cover my shift so ended going in anyway but felt bad for even trying to take a day off.

Then I get home, my back is so sore I can hardly walk and Oh just looks at me as if to say 'not again'. I want to be able to cook and do normal things, but I literally get to a point where I am so tired, and my back is so painful, I can't. OH is being good looking after me, but I think he's run out of sympathy for my constant moaning about being tired and aching.

Is it normal to feel like this? I am just terrified that things are going to get worse as things go on. I am usually so focussed, particularly at work. I am a store manager so everyone looks to me for guidance and motivation but I just feel like I can't be bothered and am happy just to make it through the day.

Sorry again for the rant.....I just don't really know where to turn. Off to look at some pics of all those lovely recent babies to cheer me up as typing this has me in floods

(((((Hugs))))

Some days are better than others, I found with all my pregnancies I went through periods of just wanting to sleep.

I always thought that the times I felt sleepiest and tired were the days when the baby was growing most and that was why my energy and motivation kept feeling zapped.

I always loved the nesting instinct kicking in, where all I wanted to do was scrub every inch of the house and have a massive clearout.

HypnoNu

gisi - pregnancy does do funny things to your body and if you feel tired or run down then take it easy, get your OH reading the articles for hubbies on how to support their partner through pregnancy, i left my Emma's diary magazine in the loo and OH would read it while he was in there, it made him a little more sensitive to how pregnancy was making me feel!
Oh and be kinder to yourself - you're supporting 2 life forms now, so it's going to take some toll on your and your body!

Fitzio

got-it-spend-it wrote: »

I feel awful for saying this, but can I have a bit of a whinge? I know how lucky I am to be pregnant, and I am so thankful for that but at the moment I just feel useless.

I just feel like I am letting everyone down at the moment. I am so tired at work that I cannot give 100%- I hate phoning in sick, which I did yesterday as I was just so washed out. Then I couldn't get anyone to cover my shift so ended going in anyway but felt bad for even trying to take a day off.

Then I get home, my back is so sore I can hardly walk and Oh just looks at me as if to say 'not again'. I want to be able to cook and do normal things, but I literally get to a point where I am so tired, and my back is so painful, I can't. OH is being good looking after me, but I think he's run out of sympathy for my constant moaning about being tired and aching.

Is it normal to feel like this? I am just terrified that things are going to get worse as things go on. I am usually so focussed, particularly at work. I am a store manager so everyone looks to me for guidance and motivation but I just feel like I can't be bothered and am happy just to make it through the day.

Sorry again for the rant.....I just don't really know where to turn. Off to look at some pics of all those lovely recent babies to cheer me up as typing this has me in floods

Hugs to you GISI.

I couldn't believe how shattered I was for the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The house really suffered, and we ate take aways much more than we normally do (although I am having a Chinese tonight!) as I just couldn't be bothered cooking. I didn't suffer from sickness at all, but the tiredness was completely unexpected to me. I spent weeks saying to OH "I'm so sorry" as I knew I didn't look ill, I was just shattered and felt like a fraud.

I am also a manager and found it a struggle to motivate myself, whilst dealing with several new members of staff, training, and staff with personal or performance issues. Stick with it and do what you can, but always remember that your health is more important than your work or housework. xx

Fitzio

Glamazon wrote: »

Fitzio - It's the pressing on my bladder that does my head in! Especially at 4am!! Has never been a big problem til recently. Am noticing so much more activity which is great
You need to let work know about your intentions by the 13th June 2009
Know this cos we are due in the same week! I've done my template letter so will send it via email but will need to hand my MATB1 in on Friday cos I'm off for 3 weeks!!!!
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I know what you mean - I have been up every night to the loo for the past 2 weeks, and last night I was up twice! I got my MATB1 form last week from midwife, and it's in work, I just never seem to get the time to photocopy and send it off! Also meant to phone and book Parentcraft classes last week, but just never seem to find the time to phone! Have you booked them yet?

mookiandco

GISI, I have taken today off sick as I have tonsilitis. I guess its the price I pay for working until my due date. I havent got the motivation to do anything around the house either and I have literally lay on the sofa all day and only got up to go to the loo or stuff my face. I also moan and groan everytime I move and I cant help it. I was worried that OH might think I was just making it up and like the boy who cried wolf when I was really in pain in labour he might not take much notice!! Thankfully he has been supportive and in fact he tells me how useless he feels because he cant take the pain away.

You are cooking a baby and doing a very good job of it so far, so there is nothing to feel useless about. If you have no energy then you must be giving all of yours to the baby to help him/her grow big (not too big though) and strong. You are doing something wonderful.

I count the hours till I can leave work at the moment, my passion for my job has been overtaken by thoughts of this little bean inside me and I just cant concentrate anymore when i'm so excited and impatient to have her with me.

Look after yourself, you are doing the most important job in the world xx

Glamazon

yep booked mine aggggggggggggggggggggggggges OK

First one is 10th August - when I am 34 weeks.

I've just formally accepted the change of job - so I'm not a manager anymore :j:j:j:j:j:j:j

mookie - I used to work long days. Now I think of myself (and the housework that I want to keep on top of in the week!) and just do an 8-4 or 9-5. No more!!