This baby is stealing my strength

lifeisbetteronthered

So I've never been especially strong, but I've always been "strong enough" for what I need to do day-to-day.

I just got out of the O.R. and I struggled to drill through this guy's skull!!! Not your everyday pregnancy complaint maybe, but it is something I do nearly everyday, and suddenly I'm having trouble with it.

As the only woman in my profession in my province, I am that much more embarrassed.  One of the guys actually pushed on the drill for a bit (until my death stare made him back off a bit).  The boys all had a laugh.  It's a good thing that nearly every one of my dozen male colleagues are as excited as I am that I'm pregnant and they are all very supportive.  They've been taking every symptom (nausea, quick sprints to be bathroom, fatigue) in stride, but usually with a bit of a laugh.

This is the second time now that I've been too weak do do something in a surgery that I've always been able to do.  I'm going to take feminism a step back and have to have male back up for all my cases soon (joke ... maybe).

Anyone else feeling like their strength is being zapped even when it isn't fatigue that is the issue?

letitbe3

Yes! I thought I was alone, or was just being lazy... nothing specific, but little day to day things I find much more difficult, and much more "strenuous" then they really are...

bstengler

ive had my moments through out this process already. and my co workers and family kinda laugh it off as do i. i feel helpless sometimes but i deal with it!  but all that extra energy you have is going to LO!

MrsRiceARoni

I haven't specifically noticed a change in my strength but I just wanted to say I find it completely awesome that you drill into skulls as a routine part of your job.

zonagirlie

I definitely feel weaker. I have no idea how you guys do it with kids. I feel like I've worked out hard every day. I'm in bed by 8pm every night feeling worn out and sore. But yet, I've done little. Maybe walk the dog, lift some things at work. I don't know how you're performing surgery!

SPK926

zonagirlie:

I definitely feel weaker. I have no idea how you guys do it with kids. I feel like I've worked out hard every day. I'm in bed by 8pm every night feeling worn out and sore. But yet, I've done little. Maybe walk the dog, lift some things at work. I don't know how you're performing surgery!

Same here. School doesn't start back for a month but we have 2 weeks of summer school and I teach it every summer. I'm at school at 7:30 each morning and spend from 8-1:30 teaching incoming first graders. I get home and everyday I take a nap and I'm still tired by 9pm! At least I'm able to take a nap, I can't imagine how I would function if I couldn't.

clariknittist

Not only do I feel like my muscles are weaker, I feel like I also have way less control over them!!  Do I just not know how big I am?  I'm always doing klutzy things like standing up INTO a table, or knocking into the door frame, or any number of other idiotic things...argh.

martha919

MrsRiceARoni:

I haven't specifically noticed a change in my strength but I just wanted to say I find it completely awesome that you drill into skulls as a routine part of your job.

This! Totally badass.

JumpAroundBucky

Yes! I tried to climb a couple of my normal warm up routes, and I could barely get up them! Again, not something everyone does every day, but holy crap, I am knocked down about two - three difficulty levels!