HELP! I'm 9 weeks pregnant and I am nauseous, sick, TIRED, and have a headache ALL the time. I know I have to work because my boyfriend definitely does not make enough to comfortably support the both of us but I am just so tired and unmotivated. It is so hard to get out of bed everyday between the nausea and the tiredness..never mind go to work for 40 hours a week. Any suggestions?
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Just take it one day at a time. Sometimes it is exhausting and overwhelming to think of how far you have to go and how awful you feel. But if you can just focus on getting through day by day.....sometimes that helps. Along with saltine crackers, ginger ale, other sodas, Tylenol, and sleep any time you can get it!
Good luck!
I suggest you work you a$s off and start saving up your money now because of you can't handle working at 9 weeks, doing it with an infant is going to be pretty sh!tty for you.
It does suck, but it's part of the deal.
I am on medicaid because I lost my insurance when I lost my job. Am I a lazy POS?
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By lilenatalem at 2012-01-28
Dudes, seriously? Some of you are being harsh. Lazy POS? Really?
OP, take one day at a time. it will get better once you are in your second trimester. I know you said you are sick but you need to eat, you need a lot of protein, It will give you energy and even though it doesn't seem like it, it will help your nausea. Try things like Greek yogurt, it has lots of protein and it's easy to get down. Also make sure you are taking your prenatal every day. If it makes you sick you might want to try one that's not a one-a-day (if that's what you have) since that's a lot of iron all at once and can make you nauseous. HTH, and hope you feel better.
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Oh get over yourselves and stop acting like you aren't aholes at least 85% of the time. I don't care if people are on medicaid or welfare. Some deserve it, some don't.
Well it is pretty damn offensive to imply that because someone is using government assistance they are lazy POS's.
No. I'm not an ahole 85% of the time, and if and when I ever am, it's warranted. you're being an ahole just for the sake of it which is just annoying.
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Well of course that "could" happen, but for the most part I'm pretty sure most would say 2nd trimester is okay.
By lilenatalem at 2012-01-28
...creeping in from Dec 2010 moms / 6-9months ...
for nausea ask your ob for Zofran, it will help. take it about 15mins before you get out of bed and just lay there and chill out. it WILL NOT hurt your baby and it should help you deal with that.
headache, take tylenol. Just cause you're k/u doesn't mean you have to suffer with a headache
Tired, try going to bed as early as possible. if you can't sleep ask your ob if you can take benadryl. ...it will help you get a good nights sleep. obviously you shouldn't take it every day. Remember you're growing a person in there, so once you get home, just chill out for a little bit. the chores can wait.
Working 40hr weeks takes a toll. It does get easier. the #1 piece of advice I got when I was k/u with #2, keep a gallon size ziploc with you, in your car, in your purse ...cause you never know when you're going to heave and you don't want to do it all over the floor or yourself.
Try hard to not quit your job...you will need the paycheck, if you have medical insurance, you'll need it too. 1 day at a time. remember to pamper yourself once a week or so. even if its just having your nails or toes painted ...and even if you just do it yourself.
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Yeah, the "lazy POS" comment was unwarranted, but I do wish people would have been more honest and frank with me when I was complaining about how tired and crappy I felt at 9 weeks. That was nothing compared to how tired I have been for the past 6 months.
Heaven forbid something happens to your boyfriend and you are unemployed with a house payment and a baby to feed.
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This is great advice! Greek Yogurt does help alot, and if you can't handle the kinds with fruit just eat the vanilla kind, or if you can handle plain (Yuck lol)
I still have to take my prenatals at night or I get very sick from them, But oddly at night they don't bother me at all.
Also about the medicare, I wish I coulda got it, instead I found out I was pregnant almost a month after I quit my job to become a SAHM, and now I have to pay almost 500 bucks a month for cobra. ;(
By lilenatalem at 2012-01-28
I agree to a point, I think people gotta realize there's a difference with being frank, and being rude right? And yeah Lazy POS was super uncalled for. =(
Kudos to the mom's offering good advice as to what helped them get through these rough times. This is what OP needs is options to help her, not kick her while she's down. And I am not talking about sugar coating anything, Life's hard, having a baby is hard, caring for the baby after they come out is hard. Hell caring for a baby while getting pregnant again when the baby is only 4 months old is hard (points at self) Trust me I know what hard is! lol
So yeah feeling like SH!t while caring for DS has been pretty freaken hard. I just take it one day at a time. Only good thing is I get to nap with him anytime he does =D
*edit* sorry to reply after a reply, you guys are replying so fast that I wanted to touch on other points*
By lilenatalem at 2012-01-28
I've never considered you an a$$hole, Ash...But I'll compliment you with a nice betch title
why is everyone talking about ash's asswhole? ::walks out of post still confused::
Why thank you:).
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Wow! You guys are pretty nasty!
I run a software company, have a 22 month old and am a workaholic, but first tri sucks and I would rather crawl in bed and not move all day. And in fact, some days I do.
Don't listen to the bitter crazies on this board and just know it gets a lot better. I completely agree with the advice to take it day by day.
Damn lady hormones hit your B$tch side hard!
Woah. This post is crazy! I'm all for being an *** when it's warranted, but sh!t ladies(and I think you all are fantastic)! Some of you are being a little harsh on the poor girl.
OP Yes, it sucks, but I partially agree that you may want to think of bucking up a little because the rest of your pregnancy will suck if you don't. I mean, I was carrying a chainsaw up and down the mountain with morning sickness(all day barfiness) and I truly didn't want to work either, but you do what you have to do and you will get through this.
Have you talked to your doc about zofran? It did wonders. I also found that eating a little bit every hour or so helped quite a bit. GL!
It does not get better for some people. My DS was over 10 lbs at birth and 9 weeks was a cake walk compared to 39 weeks.
When someone posts in all caps that they don't want to work and whines about how crappy they feel at 9 weeks, some sh!t is deserved. I'm glad some folks were helpful, but because I was frank doesn't make me bitter. Just a realist.
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When you say lumberjack it makes me think of the brawny guy in the plaid shirt. LOL. For a few years I gladed new ski runs, so not exactly a lumberjack, but similar...minus the plaid shirt, beard and manliness. haha
Well screw you nicely with a staple gun. I have twins and work 4-10 hour days (+2 hour commute) and I watch the girls on day a week plus weekends. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.
OP - I'm not going to tell you it gets easier because it doesn't always. It will get more tolerable. The newborn stage is very difficult but, for us, it got better.
And don't listen to the wench who said you are a Lazy POS if you go on gov't assistance. She doesn't know what she's talking about.
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OP - you don't even know what "tired" is yet
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Bahahaha! How did you get my picture? Seriously though, I said I wasn't manly and I don't have an underbite. lol.
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By lilenatalem at 2012-01-28
Not true for everyone. I was puking my entire pregnancy and on Zofran the entire 40 weeks. I still worked my butt off the entire time and went into labor while at work, 2 days before my due date.
My advice, OP, suck it up. You're not the first person who has been pregnant in this world. And you clearly need the money, so buck up and work.
Think of first tri as a prelude to being a mom. You'll be sick, you'll be tired, it won't matter-moms don't get a day off....
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