April 2013 Moms
lasaunda
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Tired of all the lies....
lasaunda
member
I live and work overseas, in a very small, close knit American community.
We all live in the same apartment building, and spend a lot of time together both at work and no the weekends.
Everyone has been wondering why I've been sick for a month----(I'm having HORRIBLE morning sickness. I throw up about 7 times per day) I am blaming everything but the sun at this point.
I at 8 weeks now, and am so ready to throw in the towel and tell everyone that I'm pregnant, so I can stop lying about being dehydrated, or attributing my sickness to the "bad food I had last night".
Has anyone else dealt with a similar situation? How did you handle it? I can't imagine keeping up this lie for another 5 weeks.
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Re: Tired of all the lies....
Thanks.
I actually haven't lied directly to anyone yet. No one has asked if I am preg, but I get the look like they can't understand why I'm sick everyday.
BFP #2: 11-7-14, CP (BFN: 11-13-14)
BFP #3: 3/24/15 EDD: 12/5/15
Thanks Ladies!
I think I will tell people here and there, as it comes up. Especially when I have to continually cancel or refuse dinner invites, and that kind of thing.
Hopefully going back to the doctor tomorrow to see about more meds for the vomiting!
Ugh, sounds like a rough patch - hope your M/S doesn't last much longer.
I don't like the lies either, so if I'm going to be in a scenario where I really can't come up with a good reason why I'm acting strange, I may spill it. I'm heading to Paris in a couple days for a wedding, and our friends are definitely social drinkers - it may be tough for me to hide why I'm avoiding a glass of wine for the 3rd day in a row while on vacation. I think folks are very understanding if you tell them that you are only a couple weeks pg and you aren't comfortable spreading the news about until you are further along and you'd appreciate their discretion until you tell them its ok. I hope they will respect your wishes for privacy until you give the green light.
suggestion...call your care provider and tell them how severe your m/s is and they can call in a perscription for anti-nausea medication in lieu of an appt. I cannot leave the house so my midwife just faxed it in (I called her crying). It was ready in an hour.
as far as telling... I know you've said you'll probably start telling them the real reason now, but I was gonna say.. better for them to know you're pregnant than to get annoyed at you for coming to work with a flu. I know I cannot stand being sick and I usually avoid ppl like the plauge if they have an illness at work.