Red eyes and breathlessness, doesn't sound too good when I type it, and it isn't great! Bit of a trivial thread/question but I have just done a short presentation at work and my breathing / speaking was awful. The only thing which carried me was that I had done loads of prep and I had a good handout so I think I drove home the main points but my voice was terrible, it was like I couldn't catch my breath or work out where in the sentences to breathe. In addition I had to walk to the meeting room from outside and being out in the cold made my eyes water and I couldn't get rid of the bloodshot look so not sure that looked too great. Now admittedly I am 24 weeks pregnant (my suit covers this up a bit so not sure how much the audience were aware) and I didn't have the best night's sleep last night. But is this just me making an excuse for not being a very good public speaker (I'm not the best but today was not good as far as my tone of voice was concerned) or is it likely to be linked / influenced by being pregnant?
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