I don't want to work

bb2019730 · February 2016

anyone else? I have ZERO drive at 22 weeks. How do you all get through your day?

egirl1025 · February 2016

Some days are harder than others...mostly fill the hard days with reading the entertainment section on Google News, keeping up the the June BMB, IM'ing other employees and doing just enough to make it look like I was productive.

btorgers · February 2016

I am feeling you for sure!! I just want to be home with my son and decorating the nursery for LO. UGH!!

VikingGirl12 · February 2016

I'm just trying to take it a day at a time and look forward to going home. With DS I worked until the day I was induced and I never took a single day off. Idk how.

arosemong · February 2016

I'm feeling the same way. I just want to be home organizing & at the gym working out.

Lyette1206 · February 2016

Sooooo hard. I work for 20 minutes and then dick around on my cellphone for 10. I literally cannot focus for longer than that. I was hoping it was just a first trimester problem, but the second hasn't been much better. And why is the weekday 5 days long!?!?

DeePaddy24 · February 2016

Oooh, I'll play. After being off on bed rest all last week I was really looking forward to getting back to school today. I wasn't even in the building 10min before I instantly regretted that...I am so miserable there. Mind you, it isn't entirely pregnancy related. It's a private school & just very poorly run/organized. I was unhappy at the beginning of the school year, & am finding it even more difficult to care now. I try to focus on literally anything to help me get through the days, but it's hard. Most days I focus on food, lol.

mno918 · February 2016

This post could not have come at a better time. Today has been BRUTAL! I cannot focus for more than a few minutes. To make things worse we're in the process of buying a house, so any chance I get I'm off "window shopping" for furniture or on Pinterest.

lm45678 · February 2016

I didn't want to work long before I was pregnant...

....nice shoes don't buy themselves though!

amangels2 · February 2016

I'm right there with you guys. I have a job where I'm supposed to pay attention all the time....I'm a teacher, but I'm finding it harder and harder and harder to do so. Luckily I have a really good class of second graders this year and they will work quietly while I sit at my desk. In year's past I've needed to walk around to make sure they are always on task. I feel very grateful to have this group of kids this year. I can not wait to be on maternity leave and just focus on being a mom to my son. I have a feeling coming back in November is going to be really hard.

chiiandhideki · February 2016

Seriously, I can't wait for maternity leave! Really it's because of the people I work with. I'm counting the days!!!

hollywoodave531 · February 2016

I'm right there with you: NESTING > WORK

laurendiaz02 · February 2016

Works sucks but bills don't pay themselves! I work two jobs and somehow manage to get myself through the day, but let me tell you working 4am-9am and then going to my second job from 11:45am-8:30pm sucks major balls. Luckily once I go on leave I won't be returning to both jobs only one!

JuneBaby1984 · February 2016

Same here! I'm also getting laid off soon so I care even less about working. I did a bunch of online bills and shopping today...it's gonna be a long 4 more months

aoliveira0726 · February 2016

Im with u ladies!!! I came close to quitting my job and becoming a SAHM to my furbabies and unborn child. Im exhausted and working in customer service while 6 months pregnant is ridiculous. Customers constantly look for ways to poke the bear. I have all i can do not to growl back somedays. Luckily i get home and see my happy dog, cuddle with hubby and watch Greyd Anatomy until i pass out

bb2019730 · February 2016

So happy I'm not alone!

zanaerob1 · February 2016

Tell me about it! I'm a GP (family doctor in Australia) and have to be paying attention all the time because I have a new patient to see every 15 minutes. I'm absolutely sure I'm not doing my job as well as I should be right now, which makes me feel terrible, and have managed to argue with 2 patients in the last few weeks because I just don't have the patience to deal with unreasonable requests (like people blatantly asking for medical certificates because they didn't feel like going to work).

My plan right now is to work until 38 weeks, but I really don't know how I'm going to manage. I'm home sick with sinusitis this week, and I feel like death, but it's still better than being at work!

ashleyrobertson0113 · February 2016

Ooooh! Me! Me! I don't wanna either!

Im a nanny. And my kids are super hyper and active and it's hard to keep them focused on stuff like homework and they have zero concepts of boundaries or consequences. And it's exhausting. I love the family and the job itself but I'm just so tired and have so much to do before my little man gets here.

Knottie95349912 · February 2016

I take about 80-100 phone calls a day, and I have such a hard time concentrating! Even worse is getting yelled at... I've considered calling in sick every day for the last couple of weeks!!

HeartLikeMine3 · February 2016

I work part time 2-3 days a week and honestly my days at home with my 2.5 year old are harder for me. My job is physically demanding but my toddler sucks the life out of me!!!

splsmama2016 · February 2016

I'm pulling myself off the ice (my first of 2 jobs) in a few weeks. I'm not motivated to be there anymore even though I LOVE my students and seeing them succeed. I think it's more the parents that have done it to me. I'm so sick of moms throwing their kids on the ice when they clearly don't want to be there. I had a 3 year old who literally sat there and cried for 10 minutes before the mom came over and yelled at me for not making her kid skate. Sorry, rink policy says I'm not allowed to physically pick your kid up, and it's my Drs orders not pick kids up.

Days like today really make me question if I really want to go back to the rink after ML.

CopperLane · February 2016

I've had such a hard time with work. It seems 100% not important at all and I can't focus.

I've noticed an improvement since I've been able to drink coffee again so I save all the important stuff for my mid morning cup of coffee. Beyond that, my brain is toast.

TunieBee · February 2016

zanaerob1 said:

Tell me about it! I'm a GP (family doctor in Australia) and have to be paying attention all the time because I have a new patient to see every 15 minutes. I'm absolutely sure I'm not doing my job as well as I should be right now, which makes me feel terrible, and have managed to argue with 2 patients in the last few weeks because I just don't have the patience to deal with unreasonable requests (like people blatantly asking for medical certificates because they didn't feel like going to work).

My plan right now is to work until 38 weeks, but I really don't know how I'm going to manage. I'm home sick with sinusitis this week, and I feel like death, but it's still better than being at work!

I feel you. I'm a Nurse Practitioner (idk if your have NPs in Aus) and am pretty much in the same boat. And don't even get me started on the charting...

Diesel615 · February 2016

I'm in the same boat....some days go by fast if I have a lot of work to do, but then there's days like today where it's going to DRAG because I have no patients discharging and just have treatment plans to type (BLEH). I just want to quit and sit at home. I have no motivation and keep telling my H I just need a week off. I'm trying to save up my leave days tho....so trying to suck it up and just drag on with my day. This is going to be a long 18 weeks tho.

BPaisley · February 2016

So glad I'm not the only one! I don't know what it is about pregnancy, but it makes it so hard to care or focus on anything! My job is generally pretty boring, but there are things I know I SHOULD be doing, but when there isn't much time pressure, I tend to get distracted very easily... I try to accomplish the main things I need to, but beyond that, I'm just useless.

It is very comforting to know that I am not the only one who suffers this side effect of pregnancy! I just miss my kids and would rather be home with them. I know caring for them is completely exhausting and emotionally draining, but I hate missing the moments during the day when they are actually happy and well-behaved. By the time I get home, they're all out of control and tired/hungry.

SMLmom · February 2016

Oh I totally hear you all. I feel guilty often because I have a pretty sweet job- lots of quiet time in my own nice office but I still just DON'T WANT TO GO some days! I just want to nap!! Everything seems so hard- especially when I'm nauseated, which still happens for at least an hour every afternoon. I love a lot about my job but I REALLY look forward to the weekend these days and I'm not usually like that. Only a few more months?

peregrinefalconx · February 2016

I just want to be doing anything other than what I am doing, no matter what it is. I feel this internal "SPEED UP/slow down" sensation.

And my tailbone is killing me, so sitting in an office chair stinks.

bb2019730 · February 2016

Omg! I thought I was the only one. My tailbone has been killing me too!! So sore to sit.

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