Question to you ladies that work??

How do you work if you feel icky or are vomiting?
I am just curious, I'm not pg yet but wondering how that would be.
How can you work and have morning or even afternoon sickness?

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Welp for me, I didnt puke at all but felt queesy and nausaeus all day long, and at times so sick I had to run to the bathroom ( came out other end), I just had to excuse myself from my patients and go. I am thankful those days have passed. It works out.

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I guess my only answer is that while it's not easy, but you just learn to deal with it after awhile ... there were a period of a few weeks that I was throwing up every morning/afternoon at work, but I still 'hid' it pretty well and plugged on along .. It sounds crazy, but you really do get "Used" to the nauseau and how to deal with it, unfortunately

I have a desk job, which admittedly helped (rather than being on my feet all day). So I was able to step away and take breaks as needed. I would try to make sure I always had some food on me that would settle my stomach (bread/carbs/lots of fluids, etc) and generally just took one day at a time -

Eventually it passed thank God! And I didn't miss more than a day or so of work (since when things were particularly bad I could tell from when I'd wake up I couldnt' make the commute) .. but luckily those days were rare

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ugh - I was in a training class for most of my m/s!!! It was awful - but I packed as many snacks as I could, so I could munch all the time. I felt if I ate slowly and very often I could keep it at bay. I had ginger ale with me - but I think the bubbles helped me burp more than anything

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I didn't vomit much - so it was just keeping the queeziness at bay. Lots of munching. I heard that ginger candy helped some people and you can **** on that all day - I'll probably try that the next time

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it was terrible. I would vomit at my desk in a trash can. I was so tired and looked like garbage. My mind was not on work at all. People eating and drinking bothered me.

Once I was leaving the building and I did not make it to the restroom to vomit, I was mortified. right there on the floor.

my nips were always hard, I looked indecent all the time.

But I worked for understandable people. They were extremely supportive and great.

It passes.

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I am a social worker so I usually closed my office door when I felt ill and when I had to see clients I selectively made my schedules.
There was a few times I was sick during group sessions I must admit.

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I'm learning this right now. I go to the bathroom a lot for a "time out," because when the m/s hits, I can't focus at all. I also have small lo-cal snacks and water with me all the time to help reduce the m/s.

It's a little scary b/c I have random unpredictable episodes of wretching/dry heaving. Only a few people ever noticed so far.

It was awful last week, but I am making sure I am hydrated and my stomach isn't too empty - today was a better day.

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I was fortunate to never get sick. There were a few times were I felt it coming on and I sprinted to the bathroom, but luckily nothing. On days where I didn't feel well, I just said F it and just sat there eating crackers concentrating on trying to feel better, or sit in the bathroom for long periods of time.

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I was on jury duty, I sat in the courtroom with a plastic bag and some crackers! Luckily my ms only lasted a week and happened in the evenings when I was home.

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I was lucky enough to have a great supportive co-teacher last year when I was pregnant so when I had to run to the bathroom it was Ok because she was there with the kids.

The worst was my commute to the city. I had to pull over a LOT.

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Thanks Ladies for sharing your stories.

I'm not looking forward to m/s.
But, I know it will all be worth it!

Anyone else want to share their stories???

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It is not very easy. I had to tell my bosses that I was pg at 10 weeks because I didn't want them to think that I was slacking off. I had to call in sick a few times and wanted them to know why. Also, I have an amazing co-worker who would jump in and help me whenever I needed it.

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It was so hard...because Im a teacher....and I was MISERABLE!!!!! I called in sick a lot, because some days were worse than others

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it was really hard. I told my boss early that I was pg because the vomiting and nausea was so bad. The days seemed to drag and I did a lot of crying in my office

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I know it all depends but when does m/s usually start and when does it end?
I know of some that had it throughout their whole pregnancy.

Isn't there a certain trimester it starts and ends?

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Posted by shell

I know it all depends but when does m/s usually start and when does it end?
I know of some that had it throughout their whole pregnancy.

Isn't there a certain trimester it starts and ends?

Message edited 6/27/2006 6:57:30 PM.

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my m/s was actually evening sicknes... i got sick mostly after dinnertime. weeks 5-10 were particularly rough. i still get queasy every now and then, but not so bad. as far as work, i called in sick only once during that time. the nausea and vomiting kept me up all night and at 4 o'clock in the morning, i just knew i could not perform well that day...