angie Posted October 4, 2005 Posted October 4, 2005 I'm not looking for sympathy. This is a part of the process, and I fully understand that. I wanted kids, I gotta suffer through the pregnancy thing. Just need to vent. I FEEL LIKE AN OLD FUCKING WOMAN! I'm starting to tire very easily. My hips hurt so bad some days that I can barely walk. I feel like a weeble-wobble, I'm clumsy and confused, my center of gravity is way off, and I look and feel like I have a basketball strapped to my stomach. I was fine and dandy with all this....until Friday. Two weeks ago, work told me my schedule was going to be 8-2:30. Fine. I really don't want 40 hours/week anymore, I am not feeling up to it, especially with the 35 minute each way commute. And I have trainings in the evening once a week, which makes up a few hours. Well, Friday, they tell me since I'm the only one with the qualifications, I have to work 9-5:30 every day. And THEN do these trainings in the evening 1x/week (I know it doesn't sound like that much, but I'm tired and don't want to do it) Going to these trainings has me getting home between 9 and 10 pm. I AM PREGNANT. I NEED REST. Not to mention "5:30" is actually more like 5:45 because the fucking parents can't get their shit together and pick their kids up on time. So 4x a week I get home between 6:15 and 6:20, and one night between 9 and 10. This leaves me how much time to get home, cook dinner, clean up, do my exercises, laundry, etc? Oh that's right, none. So I have to cram everything into my weekends. This schedule would have been fine for me even a month ago. But I'm nearing the seven month mark, and I need rest. Not to mention I ended up in the hospital a few weeks ago, and they told me I need to slow down. So I now have to wait 2 weeks until I go back to the doctor to get a note because I don't think working 43-45 hours a week is a good idea, and I doubt they will either(Speaking of which, they gave me a hard time about finding me coverage to GO. Like I can postpone it. Fucktards) I feel guilty asking my BF to pick up my slack. He works between 50 and 60 hours a week. He makes the money in the house. So I feel like I should be taking care of the things around the house (not to mention he has no idea how to cook anything except pasta and scrambled eggs) AAAAHHHHHHHH! K. Thanks. Feeling better now. Quote http://www.darwinawards.com/ http://www.snopes.com http://www.breakthechain.org STOP THE SPAM!! Click Me You Know You Want To
Feckless Wench Posted October 4, 2005 Posted October 4, 2005 Just wait 'til the Braxton Hicks contractions set in and you'll be feeling even better! Quote Dementia is just a state of mind.
Hugh G. Rekshun Posted October 4, 2005 Posted October 4, 2005 You shoulda thought about this BEFORE you got fucked....waahhhh, wwahhhh! Quote "May you sit naked in Hell for all eternity with your tender rectum resting squarely upon the sharp end of a red hot barbed stalagmite, all the while you are tormented forever by hideous demons who force you to listen to endless Barry Manilow and Elton John duets of Ashlee Simpson's greatest hits, let this fate befall all those who so much as plagiarize one single word from my work"
skategreen Posted October 4, 2005 Posted October 4, 2005 You're RIGHT. You DO need more rest. If your body is telling you "this is too much", then it's too much. I hope you get a handle on this, PDQ! You really need and deserve it. I don't know where you work or what the "preg policies" are, but I would think there MUST be latititude for this sort of thing - same with your doctor. CALL the doc, honey. Call the office, tell the nice lady who answers the phone your situtation, and they may even FAX you a note. It's so damn important. Gotta listen to that body - you really don't want to take a chance on unexpected/bad things in the name of getting along, being polite, or job security - what you're doing (having a Baby!! Yipee) is tooooo damn important. I think all men should take a 25 sack of potatoes and tie it around their abdomen, and live with it that way for a month. Try sleeping on your back, just TRY! Try walking around all day with that....up stairs, downstairs, bending to tie the shoes... bending to get the damn pots outta the cupboard... it IS tiring and uncomfortable. Being preg is so much fun and wonderful - treat your body as the most vital packing crate it is right now!!!! Careful of the bubblewrap! It's all that's protecting the utter joy of the rest of your life! Having a child is the most incredible wonderful fantastic thing you'll ever do!!! And it just gets better and better!!! Right now my beautiful 22 year old daughter is with me, home from Alaska, and I am in PARADISE. We are having the Fucking Time Of Our Lives! It's SO Damn Cool I can BARELY CONTAIN MYSELF!!!! I Just Want to Shout From the ROOFTOPS!!!!!!!! (and ignore the comments from the peanut gallery - anyone who tries to crap on a pregnant woman has something inherently and deeply flawed. A tiny tiny black and withered soul trapped in a meat body) Quote The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings. - Buddha
snafu Posted October 4, 2005 Posted October 4, 2005 Thank God I only get to watch the birth. All I can do is groan and squirm around as new life immerges. I wished that I had a camera on my daughters face when she watched her brother being born. She was so ahh struck. Tears coming down. I almost forgot to watch myself. I 1 Quote "You can't stop insane people from doing insane things by passing insane laws. That's just insane!" Penn & Teller NEVER FORGOTTEN
tizz Posted October 4, 2005 Posted October 4, 2005 Cheers to snafu for being a REAL man!!!! You should call your doctor sooner.Your work not only has to provide you with rest every four hours at this point but they also have recognise that you CANNOT be lifting anything over 10 pounds (including kids) Just talk to your doctor because your work CANNOT fire you with a doctor's note. When does your disability kick in? I think I got four weeks before three after or something Quote "An intelligence that is not humane is the most dangerous thing in the world" Ashley Montague "No one should have to walk alone" Phuong Du "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind" Ghandi "If I were asked to define an American in a single phrase, I would say 'An American is a person who has the right to be different' and I think that right is growing" William Manchester
angie Posted October 5, 2005 Author Posted October 5, 2005 Cheers to snafu for being a REAL man!!!! You should call your doctor sooner.Your work not only has to provide you with rest every four hours at this point but they also have recognise that you CANNOT be lifting anything over 10 pounds (including kids) Just talk to your doctor because your work CANNOT fire you with a doctor's note. When does your disability kick in? I think I got four weeks before three after or something Well, I made a bit of a stink today, so that should just about do it. If not, I'm gonna kick some daycare ass. Disability? None that I know of. We don't get paid maternity leave. That much I do know. Thanks, ladies, (and Snafu). I'm feeling better, my hips don't hurt so much today. Just been really frustrated the last few days and had to vent. (And Feckless, I'm already having the Braxton Hicks-have been for a few weeks now...that's what sent me to the hospital, they were becoming painful so they had me visit ER just to be safe-which was when I was instructed to start resting more) Quote http://www.darwinawards.com/ http://www.snopes.com http://www.breakthechain.org STOP THE SPAM!! Click Me You Know You Want To
RoyalOrleans Posted October 5, 2005 Posted October 5, 2005 I FEEL LIKE AN OLD FUCKING WOMAN! Wait until that kid gets here, then you'll feel like a POOR OLD FUCKING WOMAN. Quote To be the Man, you've got to beat the Man. - Ric Flair Everybody knows I'm known for dropping science.
tizz Posted October 5, 2005 Posted October 5, 2005 Well, I made a bit of a stink today, so that should just about do it. If not, I'm gonna kick some daycare ass. Disability? None that I know of. We don't get paid maternity leave. That much I do know. Thanks, ladies, (and Snafu). I'm feeling better, my hips don't hurt so much today. Just been really frustrated the last few days and had to vent. (And Feckless, I'm already having the Braxton Hicks-have been for a few weeks now...that's what sent me to the hospital, they were becoming painful so they had me visit ER just to be safe-which was when I was instructed to start resting more) Ya but can't you get disability bennefits from unemployment? I can't believe there would still be a state out there that does not offer it. Quote "An intelligence that is not humane is the most dangerous thing in the world" Ashley Montague "No one should have to walk alone" Phuong Du "An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind" Ghandi "If I were asked to define an American in a single phrase, I would say 'An American is a person who has the right to be different' and I think that right is growing" William Manchester
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