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@Mrs. Blue: Are you in your first trimester?

In my first trimester I could barely keep my eyes open but I didnt want to tip them off to anything so I tried my best to just work as normal. In the 2nd and 3 rd tri I didnt take more time off such as longer lunches or leaving early for doctor appointments but I was stil a good employee and got all my work done. I just didnt want to give them any reason to start any trouble, I was a bit worried about my position to be honest

I have never been more thankful to work from home. I don't know how you gals do it

I think baby fever is making me a horrible employee! I spend way tooo much time reading blogs and on here! It's fun though!
I'm sure I will be fired when I actually am preg or ttc! lol

I was the MOST MISERABLE PREGNANT WOMAN EVER. I worked in the field, which was hard because the second I got pregnant, I HATED being outdoors. Who would have thought?

I worked mostly with one older gentleman, who was quite old fashioned and incredibly sweet. He tried so hard to make things easier for me, offering to do parts of my job for me, pretending he wanted to go for extra coffee breaks and taking me with, etc, and I was SO impatient with him. I knew he was just trying to be helpful and supportive, but I was annoyed at being "coddled". I've apologized to him since I had the baby.

I was incredibly hormonal the whole pregnancy and very snappy with people, including my boss. And insistent that there was "nothing wrong with me" (which there wasn't, of course, but it seems like people are treating you that way sometimes).

The first trimester was really rough in terms of exhaustion, because it was a constant, daily battle. I still billed my hours, but I certainly didn't bill any extra hours for a couple of months. Now, at almost 39 weeks, I am stuggling to be able to physcially tollerate my days and maintain concentration throughout the day. Friday is my last day in the office (I will be 39/1), although I will be available and working a little from home until delivery. I did really well the rest of the time, but the beginning and the end have definitely taken their toll!

@Mrs. Blue: Yes for all the reasons you mentioned!
Second Tri I lost most of the sickness and some of the exhaustion but my mind is just elsewhere.
I also feel super guilty about the doctors appointments.

Just counting down the days. 65 work days left!

So terrible! I was a lifeguard and had to run off deck to vomit or have dizzy spells. I would be almost asleep instead of cleaning when off deck. I was super grumpy with kids and my co-workers (who were practically kids). By six months it hurt to pick anything up off the deck and practicing CPR made me vomit...so I went in mat leave.

And never came back.

You're looking at someone who almost dropped her head to her desk to take a nap at 3pm. So yes, I feel like a terrible employee.

I had a hard time during the first trimester since I was always so sick/tired, but I still managed to be pretty productive. I was super productive during the last months of pregnancy because I had a ton of crap that needed to get wrapped up before maternity leave. I felt like I was constantly running around!

I actually feel like I've been a bad employee since I came back from leave. I'm always thinking about the baby and even when I try my hardest to focus, I can't help but be distracted by thoughts of her all day Tomorrow is my last day before I start my new gig as a sahm (yay) so it's been really hard to focus

Nope, but I didn't have any morning sickness and I slept a lot on the weekends and was in bed by 8 most nights. I was working a lot of overtime when I was pregnant, I was feeling that good!