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38 and 39 weeks do you feel

Knottie67744546Knottie67744546 member
in December 2015 Moms
I'm 38 weeks and had a meeting with my boss to go over project's. She basically said I dropped the ball on a few projects that could have cost the company money and she said she understands because I'm pregnant but I hate that she uses that excuse. I feel so slow the mistakes were made due to a lack of communication and assumptions made on not only my part and I'm just feeling really stupid right now. My brain feels like it has completely slowed down and the past week I find myself going into a daze when people are trying to have a conversation with me. The kinda daze you get right before you nod off. Is there anyone else feeling slow or just plain stupid? No offense just real question.
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  • kdoak2015kdoak2015 member
    edited November 2015
    Lol your boss sounds like a bitch, "I understand you dropped the ball because your pregnant". I would have flat out said no it's because lack of communication. I had some "slow" moments at work right before I went off but I would have been insulted if they blamed my pregnancy. Do you have a replacement taking over for when your on Mat leave? Tell them to do the work!
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  • violetigerlilyvioletigerlily member
    That sucks. I'm at 39+5 (due Nov 28th, probably will be a Dec baby at this point).  For me it kind of comes in and out.  Most of the time mentally I feel like myself.  I'm in a PhD program and am able to keep up with my classes and research but have started to mainly work from home since my courses are taped, my background research can be done on my laptop, and it helps me avoid a 1 hr commute each way.  My motivation has gone completely down the drain though and I'm a little terrified of having two take home exams that are supposed to be due two weeks after my due date.  

    On the other hand, if I don't get enough sleep, I really suffer.  And I mean like 10-11 hours of sleep blocked off which sounds ridiculous but works.  If you're getting up to pee multiple times a night like I am, that probably translates to about  8 hours of actual sleep.  If I don't stay in bed for those 10-11 hrs I'm grumpy, my brain slows down, and I have a hard time concentrating, like what you described. After figuring that's what my body needed a few weeks ago, things have gotten better. If there's any way to bump up the amount of time you're sleeping (or attempting to sleep), I'd give it a try.  I didn't need it in the second trimester and I know it's hard to sleep away that much of the day but it really helped me when I tried it. 
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  • sarahjulypsusarahjulypsu member
    I have good and bad days. I don't blame pregnancy specifically but the sleep deprivation caused by it. I'm generally okay untill about two in the afternoon. Just hang in there and do your best. No one should be saying you can't do your job because your pregnant that's pretty rude.
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  • Knottie67744546Knottie67744546 member
    edited November 2015
    kdoak2015 said:

    Lol your boss sounds like a bitch, "I understand you dropped the ball because your pregnant". I would have flat out said no it's because lack of communication. I had some "slow" moments at work right before I went off but I would have been insulted if they blamed my pregnancy. Do you have a replacement taking over for when your on Mat leave? Tell them to do the work!

    No one will take over, they will spread out my duties instead of find a temp. They like things done certain way and b6 the time they try to do that I will be back.
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  • mltarriomltarrio member
    I'm sorry, your boss sounds awful. Mine is terrible too. She basically stopped giving me meaningful work to do since I (reluctantly) told her I was expecting. Now all of a sudden, 4 weeks before my due date, she is applying all this pressure. It's difficult for me because this has been the least productive time of my life, and that makes me feel stupid, and like I am not contributing or progressing.

    In terms of pregnancy brain, I have experienced this to some degree but I mostly blame sleep deprivation. It's hard to be an intelligent and communicative person when you are getting 4 hours of sleep a night that is interrupted hourly for pee breaks.
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  • tmo51324tmo51324 member
    I'm useless at the minute. Im constantly forgetting things and nearly drove down a one way street the other day. It's the only one way street where we live and I've been driving on it for nearly 15years!
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  • celainevcelainev member
    I stopped working before any of this "confusion" hit, but at 35 weeks I have definitely noticed I can't remember the names to anything!!! I am constantly saying the wrong word in a sentence and agree I am SO tired, I'm on the verge of napping all the time. It gets worse after eating, I think digestion takes a lot out of me now a days.

    Some suggestions:
    Drink water. Like... Tons. When I feel a bit loopy, I have a couple large glasses of ice cold water.

    Drink tea. I know we're "supposed" to avoid caffeine, I gave up my coffee addiction before getting pregnant, but at this stage I need my afternoon black tea or else I get super sleepy. It makes me feel a whole lot better having a bit of caffeine in my system.

    Get sleep. Like PP said, if you are someone who is up a lot during the night (like me) you really need to increase the hours you are in bed for. I go to sleep earlier and stay in bed later. Because I usually have a period of sleeplessness during the night (like right now, I've been awake since 5 am and it's 6 now!) But I will stay in bed til 9ish. I also sometimes take a short nap in the late afternoon. Like 20-30 mins top.

    Good luck! Hope this helps!
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  • BrookeBrown2015BrookeBrown2015 member
    I am 38 or 39 weeks (I have been given 2 different due dates- Nov. 28 from the nurse practitioner I was seeing at a clinic and from the Dr I now see and December 4 from ultrasound techs, which I don't understand but anyway...). I definitely feel like I have gotten dumber in the past week or so!!! It's horrible! I am in college and I am failing my algebra class and I am normally not good at math anyway and my professor is just a horrible teacher and I don't learn anything in class so I have to go to tutoring all the time and the fact that my brain has shrunk doesn't help matters!! I have read that it takes a couple months for our brains to get back to normal. I wonder if it will get ANY better after I have my baby... Because my algebra final is scheduled for December 11 so I will probably be taking it after I have my baby. My professor said I could take an incomplete if I need to/he doesn't expect me to necessarily take the test as soon as I get out of the hospital. I am debating what I should do-if it would be better to drag it out or not.
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    We were taking a vote in my ethics class on what our next lecture should cover since I guess we are behind and don't have time for all 3 options. I totally spaced out and forgot to raise my hand until it was too late- even though I had a strong preference! My shrunken brain is definitely noticeable!! Sorry so long...
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  • missphilmissphil member
    39 weeks here; I don't feel stupid (ever) but I definitely have to write things down or else I forget (grocery lists; to-do lists). My mind is just elsewhere. I'll blame pregnancy when I'm being clumsy or something but it's very far fetched (and unprofessional) of your boss to blame your pregnancy for work projects that fell through.
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  • BrookeBrown2015BrookeBrown2015 member
    Also, I feel like a ticking time bomb and it's really bugging me to not know when baby will come. Idk if that's part of why, but I am getting more and more nervous and I think I have been extra hormonal/emotional the last couple days.
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  • soulfishsoulfish member
    Yes! I think my "pregnancy brain" is mostly due to lack of sleep though.
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  • keiragannkeiragann member
    BrookeBrown2015 said:

    Also, I feel like a ticking time bomb and it's really bugging me to not know when baby will come. Idk if that's part of why, but I am getting more and more nervous and I think I have been extra hormonal/emotional the last couple days.

    Agree. I am 39&2 and just wishing I knew when it would happen. I'm so anxious to meet this little one but nervous as a FTM to go through labor.

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