https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Jul 2026 01:03:10 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-140411 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:37:52 +0000 MusicaV 140411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a SAHPW, and I'm happy about it. My last job was stressful with an hour + commute each day, often working overtime. Lots of people work while pregnant, but I'm glad that I don't have to leave the house if I'm feeling sick or tired. I don't really get bored, and I definitely don't stay at home all day every day. I have time to read, prepare for the baby, and cook. I also think my eating habits are generally better now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-140078 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:15:58 +0000 heffalump 140078@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: try to relax when you get home, make you dh do all the work around the house. You have a good excuse! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-140033 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:57:00 +0000 mrsjyw 140033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: Yea it's a lose lose battle, I've been trying to only take 2 pills/day when it's ReALLY bad... ugh and I have a huge day of work ahead of me. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-140020 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:51:04 +0000 DillonLion 140020@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I could easily stay at home. But I love almost all "domestic" duties, and would really enjoy having the time to cook recipes that take several hours, spend lots of time being outdoors/active with my dog, and keeping a tidy house. And on days when I was feeling terrible, I could just take it easy without having to deal with the guilt of calling into work, and it wouldn't be a big deal to skip out on cooking/cleaning for a few days if I wasn't feeling up to it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-139971 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:33:13 +0000 heffalump 139971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: Just be careful with the tylenol. If you take to much, you can get rebounds and your LO can become addicted. It's tough getting migraines while pregnant- they don't let you take much! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-139968 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:31:56 +0000 mrsjyw 139968@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: I did get a prescription for phenergan at my 10 week. I can't get prenatal massages yet. It ended up going away on that third day. But, now I feel it coming back in the same spot :(</p> <p>I just took extra strenght tylenol, since dr ok'ed that... I'll def get some pepp oil! Thanks! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-139953 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:28:44 +0000 heffalump 139953@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MsLipGloss: Sorry you have to go through that too! Look at what I just mentioned to mrsjyw, maybe some of those things can help you too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-139947 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:26:48 +0000 heffalump 139947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjyw: Oh no? What did you do for the pain? Have you gone to the doctor to get fioricet yet? If not, you should do that before the next one. Also ask if you're good to get massages, those helped me a lot, but I don't think they like you getting them in the first trimester. And I would use a heating pad, but not for too long because that freaked me out. I also use a peppermint oil, just put some on your temples. I've read peppermint isn't good when pregnant because it can bring on contractions, but the doctor said you'd have to use a crazy big amount for that to happen. Hope you're feeling better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-138074 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 02:34:23 +0000 looch 138074@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it depends on the type of work. If I had a factory job where I had to be on my feet all day and handle machinery, it might not be a bad idea to stay at home while pregnant. With an office job, other than the stress of dealing with people sometimes, there's not that much occupational risk, IMO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-138059 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:34:06 +0000 Rosie Girl 138059@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've gotten to be both, and honestly, i liked working during better. I actually got dressed and made myself feel better. I also got out of the house and stayed busy. I did enjoy being home, but think I liked having something to do every day </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-138058 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:32:17 +0000 googly-eyes 138058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dr.Pepper Yes!!!!! That was the downside to not working, even though I had school! I had more time to over-analyze and freak out, and the time passed slower especially when I was nauseous. Now that I'm not nauseous I'm going to be volunteering and I'm taking more classes, etc, but what you said was true for me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137980 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:26:53 +0000 Penny Lane 137980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a SAH-pregnant-wife. I quit my job because we were moving to the states, then we moved... And promptly moved back to NZ because DH's job didn't work out. Luckily he got his old job back just fine, but I feel bad going back to work only to be quitting again in August (because I'm going to be a SAHM too).</p> <p>I do get a little bored during the day sometimes but I remedy that by baking (from scratch!)! </p> <p>I think I could have worked just fine if I hadn't quit, but I'm glad I get to stay home, I HATED my job. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137926 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:54:01 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 137926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a busy-body. I worked all through my pregnancy, and intended to work until my due date, but my replacement was found earlier than expected. As it was, I had about a week or two home alone before baby girl was born.</p> <p>That said, I wouldn't have changed anything. I bore easily, and I'm not one to just sit around the house. I enjoy working, and it never even crossed my mind that I could quit my job and be a stay at home wife (while pregnant). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137911 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:40:45 +0000 SugarplumsMom 137911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I work from home a few hours a day and after the crazy class yesterday (a kid brought a slug to class and frightened all the girls) I'm rethinking working up until my EDD. </p> <p>I haven't been sleeping well at night and being able to sleep in would be so nice. I can always nap during the day, but still. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137868 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:11:30 +0000 TubeAlloy 137868@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was fine with working while pregnant, not that staying home was an option. I planned to work up until my due date (6/2), but got put on modified bedrest on Friday. Not happy! I've been able to do some contained tasks from home, so I don't feel totally unmoored, but I'd rather still be working full time. There are some interesting assignments and opportunities I'm missing out on just now. </p> <p>But spending the morning in my PJs for the next few weeks isn't the worst thing ever, either. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137703 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 18:18:45 +0000 chopsuey 137703@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I didn't mind working while pregnant. Totally would have preferred to be a sahpw though! I wouldnt have gained as much weight, would have worked out more, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137664 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:47:54 +0000 MsMamaBear 137664@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Heck yeah. I teach Pre-K. Twenty-two 4 year olds in one room for 8hrs. You tell me which one would be harder?!? I could barely move and the kids were more horrid than usual. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137607 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:06:38 +0000 autumnlove 137607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My first trimester was rough and I missed 5-6 days but I did not want to be a SAHPW...I would go stir crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137606 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:06:16 +0000 sulli301 137606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I liked working during my first pregnancy because I was always busy! I stay home now but LO keeps me VERY busy!! I am so worn out at the end of the day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137600 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:57:06 +0000 yoursilverlining 137600@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No way. I would rather have something concrete to focus on rather than just being home focused on how crappy I feel (which is why I hate taking off sick days unless I will literally be sleeping all day). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137581 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:42:56 +0000 Dr. Pepper 137581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think that if I were a stay at home pregnant wife, I would spend all day worrying about all the things that could go wrong with the pregnancy and focusing on the negative aspects- such as nausea. I am not pregnant yet, but I think I will welcome the distraction that work will provide me. I know some days will probably be hard/unbearable, but I think the majority of them will be better than being at home. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137548 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:21:25 +0000 Andrea 137548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No way would I have wanted to stay home. I was laid off near the end and I was bored to tears. I could not imagine not working unless I had a lot of activities to keep me busy or people to hang out with but all my friends work, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137545 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:19:30 +0000 MsLipGloss 137545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@ArtBee: I have suffered from migraines constantly for the past month (they started the day before my amnio at 16 weeks--I am 21 weeks now), and it has been a (big time) struggle to keep up with my work. I have had migraines since I was a toddler, but not being able to treat them with my drug of choice (immitrex injections) has meant that at best I can take the edge off them, but I can't stop them. So, there is always pain and pressure (behind my right eye) and it surges intermittently during the day. Some days I am at work 10-12 hours but only manage to bill 5 or 6 because it takes so much down time to recover from reading and computer work. My office has been very accomodating and understanding, but at the end of the day, I still need to timely get my work done (most of which is based on hard deadlines). And I have, so far, not dropped any balls, but I certainly feel like the quality of my work has suffered, and that makes me stress, too. I spend most of my weekends in bed hoping that the increased rest and sleep will be the end of the migraine string and that the next wake-up will be the one without a headache. They seem to be backing off some during the day this week, but I still get hit pretty hard every night. </p> <p>@ MediaGirl: I call it *the wall* . . . the wall that comes down at the end of the day that tells me that I am mentally done. I am physically tired, too, but the daily mental exhaustion is new for me (it used to happen occasionally, but not every day). And I totally get not liking housework but being frustrated that nothing is being done!</p> <p>@Minnie_Girl: LOL(!) at *go be a cat*! That is exactly what my body is telling me to do! Oh, and I totally agree that my productivity has been negatively impacted . . . it just takes me longer to do everything, and my concentration has definitely taken a hit.</p> <p>@Lozza: I have had a couple of days where I have broken down at home crying because I didn't know how much longer I would be able to hold out at work . . . you described it perfectly, *so sick and exhausted and overwhelmed for so long*, and I'm only half-way through. At least at the end of last year I had built up an cushion with my hours to make up for my December time/billing, but this year, it has been super tough to build up any cushion to relieve the pressure of my billable requirement. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137503 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:00:55 +0000 googly-eyes 137503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I stay at home + do school and I get bored sometimes but I am able to put a lot more effort into each thing that I do which is nice. I think in the beginning I was stir crazy but you actually do get used to it! :) I miss working but I am getting a lot of necessary stuff done with school and plan to go back to work about five months after baby arrives. I am grateful that I was at home during the first trimester; I was miserable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137498 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:59:03 +0000 Honeybee 137498@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pregnancy is so hard, but staying at home is hard, too. Maybe it would be easier if I was staying at home by myself while pregnant, but being a full-time SAHM to other kids while pregnant is way harder than a full-time office job. I'm honestly contemplating going back to work before we start TTC for #3 just because it would be easier than being pregnant and chasing two toddlers around every day, lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137453 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:33:25 +0000 Lozza 137453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pregnancy was awful. I had a way easier time making it through the workday when I went back to work at 9 weeks post-partum and was still waking up to feed LO every two hours at night, than when I was pregnant. I took off a couple weeks in my third trimester and I think I'd have had a breakdown if I hadn't done that... I'd been so sick and exhausted and overwhelmed for so long, I couldn't remember ever feeling functional. The idea of not having to worry about work during pregnancy sounds AWESOME to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137452 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:32:39 +0000 Minnie_Girl 137452@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a work from home pregnant wife! It's a nice middle ground, though it has been harder to concentrate as the pregnancy symptoms increase. It was especially rough last week, when the nausea was tougher to manage. I want to eat and nap in a sunny room, that's about it! </p> <p>It would be tougher if I worked outside the home. I do really well when I can be by myself. I've noticed my work has slowed down, because my brain's like "Ack! Baby hormones! Go be a cat!" It takes me a bit longer to meet goals, and more effort to stay focused. </p> <p>In some ways working outside the home would actually be easier, because I'd have more busy work to keep my mind off how I'm feeling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137429 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:25:31 +0000 mediagirl 137429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have been okay with working while pregnant other than the annoying co-worker comments and just being tired. Not just physically tired but my brain is super tired by the end of the day, as well. I feel like I can't keep up with everything like I used to. I don't think I would do well as a SAHPW, though. I hate housework, so I'd sit on my hump all day and be annoyed that nothing was getting done around the house. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137412 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:23:05 +0000 Rubies 137412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I liked working while pregnant. I guess, though, it wasn't a big deal since my pregnancy was pretty good. I can't imagine being a SAHPW just because I would get bored. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/working-while-pregnant-then-amp-now#post-137408 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 15:21:52 +0000 LuLu Mom 137408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would like the flexibility of being able to not go in on the days I was feeling tired/sick/nausea but I can't imagine staying home waiting for the baby and not working. I would be so bored with nothing to do but clean, play with the dog, and go for walks! I think I would be twice as fat :) </p>