38 years old, almost 10 weeks pregnant, have a 10year old son. Found out I was pregnant a week before I started by 3rd year uni placement for my degree to become an occupational therapist. Had hoped it would be like my first pregnancy which I skipped through with no problems except tiredness. Nope, not to be. Severe nausea which is fine in the morning but by about 3pm, I'm good for nothing. Had to take 3 days off from placement last week as advised by doctor due to suspected tummy bug. Shivering and vomiting if I don't eat every 60-90mins in the evening. Just generally feeling rough.
Returned to placement today and asked mentor if I could do shorter days and start finishing at 3pm which she wasn't keen on. So I've had a chat to uni about possibly deferring this module and retaking a year after the due date. I know it's not a big deal and loads of people don't graduate on time for Many reasons... But I'm still feeling a bit like a failure that I'm not coping.
I'm giving it to the end of this week to make a final decision but I've got another hour to go today and started to feel tired about an hour ago.. And then have a 90 min drive home in rush hour.
Anyone else have to give up stuff whilst pregnant and felt a bit like they were failing?