ARGH, Work colleagues!!!!!
I feel like I'm not allowed to say anything negative about being pregnant at all and should be bright eyed and bushy tailed at every moment of the working day.
"How are you feeling today?" - well, to be honest, my back is absolutely KILLING ME. I feel like I need wringing out like a sponge. I'm tired. I'm hot and sweaty. And on top of that I feel like I'm coming down with a cold which is just what I need...
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"Oh well get used to it love, you'll be feeling a lot worse for a long time to come! you just have to put your big girl pants on a deal with it! you're not the only woman to have been pregnant and have a baby you know!"
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It's honestly driving me mad. I work with majority women aged 50+ who probably can't even remember what it was like to be pregnant as it is such a distant memory for them!
I'm sick of all of these comments. They aren't helpful and make me feel more like a bag of crap than I already do. I just wish people would stop asking me how I am so I can just get on with things. If you don't want the honest answer then don't bloody ask me how i am!
I feel so fed up. This has been a really tough pregnancy (first pregnancy), and TBH with how it has been, I have been put off having any more children after this little dude is born.
I've had terrible morning sickness up until around 18 weeks, with still the odd day creeping up on me now at 24 weeks. I've had back problems since before pregnancy, but pregnancy seems to have bought them on again with a vengeance! my lower back, ribs and hips are painful/aching all the time. I'm not sleeping well because pre-pregnancy i was a tummy-sleeper (oh how i miss sleeping on my tummy!), and I just feel like utter rubbish most of the time.
I have contemplated asking my GP to sign me off for a couple of weeks because i just feel so miserable, but really not sure what that would actually achieve as i won't feel any better at home than i do at work anyway. I'll just be moping around the house rather than moping around at work! And i don't really want to leave my colleague counter-part in the lurch with extra work.
Luckily my line manager is so lovely (she is more my age) and has a 16 m/o little boy so can relate to how i'm currently feeling and is so supportive so feel really lucky in that respect.
Anyone else been through this at work? How did you get through the last couple of months without strangling your colleagues? Lol! I know i should probably just ignore the comments but its soooo hard when i'm so hormonal and want to just rip their heads off and shite down their necks when they make snippy little comments like they have been doing!