"oregonchick" wrote in message
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I myself have a nice desk job and am currently working about 6 or 7 hours
per day. Up until last week, I felt invincible. Great energy levels and
was very productive. Then week 23 crept up, and suddenly I'm falling
asleep at my desk at 10am! Whoa... I wasn't really expecting that, at
least not so soon. Today, I got half way to work and turned around, got
home and crawled in bed. Slept for 2 hours, got up and had some lunch.
Barely managed to tidy my kitchen then fell asleep again for 2 hours.

I am not sleeping well at night anymore, that might be part of the
problem. There doesn't seem to be any comfortable positions! How will I
ever survive the next 4 months? Working is optional for me, but I would
really hate to give up this job. However, I surely can't crawl under my
desk for catnaps! I will probably go to 4 hours a day soon.

I just feel like a wimp. I know women who worked on their feet up until
delivery. One of our friends is a nurse and she did 12 hour shifts until
she gave birth. What's wrong with me???


Nothing's wrong with you....you're pregnant! Knowing that you don't *have*
to work probably doesn't help you overcome the fatigue (which is good,
otherwise you'd push yourself too hard). I had a great first trimester,
with periods of fatigue, but no m/s. Since 2nd trimester is supposed to be
the "glowing" time, I thought I had this pregnancy thing easy (OK, and I
do). Even though I've had no major problems, I have little to no stamina.
I'm not sleepy though (hence the post well after my bedtime). It's like my
mind wants to be active, but my body just can't keep up. I have 4 wks of
sick time built up I thought I'd have trouble "spending down" prior to
birth....instead, I'm taking a few hours a week at least at 25wks. Even
when I am at work, I'm not really *at* work. Lots of loafing, scattered
thoughts, complete disorganization, and letting things go. I've had to
really relax my personal standards for what I consider "good work" (which
were always higher than my boss', so I'm hardly in danger of losing my job).
Here's a tip that helps me: I live very close to my office and have a job
that takes me out to home visits frequently. I go home for "lunch", and lie
down...not nap per se, but definitely a break. I've also gotten a "moon
chair" (like a tiny papasan chair) and ottoman for my office so I can
recline there with a book (work related of course).
My boss is great, I'm more upset about not being efficient than he is! I
think if I didn't work at all, I'd obsess way too much, so I think I'll
start arranging a part-time schedule soon, and take the last two weeks off
completely (i get disability for last two weeks before due date and 6 wks
after vaginal birth).

Yours in weariness,
Amy