|
|
|
|
|
|
|
do you sit at a desk? My dh says the same things to me too! LOL i know that they mean it when they say it to us, but...LOL i just look at myself like ew! LOL ppl keep asking me to put pix up of my belly and i'm like NOWAY!! i sit at a desk all day long but i have a foot stool under my desk and i keep my feet up on there, and i also get up and tka ea mile walk around lunch time (not today cuz its raining) but that should help and watch your salt intake! thats also something that effect the swelling. make sure to drink lots of water too....today my fingers are the size of bananas! LOL my feet arent too bad today just my left ankle is a littttle bit swollen.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I don't have a "lunch break" at work. I still have to sit in dispatch and eat here...when I get the chance. I eat breakfast and lunch at my desk....I get bathroom breaks once every....3-4 hours sometimes. There is no where to put my feet up. Except on Mondays and Fridays when I work with DECENT people...lol. I really dont drink enough water and I should.....ya know, I wish I had one of those cute little pregnant bellies like everyone else I see with the popped b___ton but NO I have the HUGE beached whale look going on
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
aww i know wut you mean...i feel the same waay! but i'm sure you dont look like a beached whale! how come you dont have anywhere to put your feeeet? i didnt either but i got a box from the storage to put my feet on...aka my foot stool
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Well my job is fast paced, so I dont really have much time to keep my feet up. Yeah, I sit at a desk and answer radios and phones, but I'm constantly moving my chair back and forth and keeping my feet up would be next to impossible! I can't wait until I'm 28 weeks so I can go on half days. I don't care how short handed we are.....what do you do again?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
you get half days at 28 weeks?? Lucky!!! I work for a company called general dynamics...it's a government company that does alot of work with the navy (maybe you've heard of us swashey didnt) but we also work with the army and stuff...but my branch builds cell towers for at&t
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Well according to the pregnant servicewomen instruction (yes, we have to have a whole loooong thing just for being pregnant) I can only work 40 hrs per week. And then once I hit 28 wks I can work 7-12 or 8-12
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Geez... glad I'm not the only one who feels like a beached whale LOL!! I'm so jealous when I see a preggy with just a belly... I was up 12lbs at my 16wk appointment - I'm now 17 1/2 weeks. I was planning on wearing my "regular pants" till at least 7 or 8 months - I purchased a belly band from Pea in the Pod (it fits snug over your unb___toned pants to keep them fastened - super cool idea and works well) but.... the problem is, I can't fit my pants over past my knees! My thighs have gotten so big I can't pull my pants up anymore! My belly isn't big enough, so maternity clothes don't fit. I had to purchase pants a few sizes bigger and wear my belly band around my waist!! Uggghhh... why do my thighs have to get so big?? Summer is around the corner and I'm not looking forward to the hot/humid weather and my thighs rubbing together (was preggy in the summer with the last one and it was a NIGHTMARE - I had the most God aweful rash on my inner thighs) TJ & llukenjess - how far along are you ladies to be swelling already??
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oh... you have amazing preggy benefits!! Consider yourself super lucky! I'm lucky if I even get 6 weeks of maternity leave at 80% of my salary! Being pregnant is considered a "disabilty" so I can only take 6 weeks of STD (short term disablity) I can take longer... but then it would be considered a Family Leave... and I would get NO $$.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I'm 21w on monday....i have some pants that i can wear just unbottoned and then others i cannot pull up past my thighs either. LOL my fingers are like bananas!! and my ankles and feet are doing ok...just minor swelling...i keep them elevated all day!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
i dont qualify for maternity leave...my company has OHRRIBLE maternity benefits....i would have to work from home inorder to be able to survive! LOL it SUX!!!! you would think being that my company is so closely related to the navy and army i wold get better benefits, but i guesss it's because i'm not hired by the ACTUAL company...im through a temp agency. but it shouldnt make a difference. i should get SOME time off WITH pay! i think that the law states i get 6 weeks off...but thats without pay.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Do you feel braxton hicks yet?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I guess I'm a little slow... I just realized this is a forum with just you two - my apologies for b___ting in!! One quick comment - I am super new to the forum and earlier today I fell upon thread about moms going back to work. Apparently there is this website, SOHOjobs.org, which offers a ton of LEGIT stay at home opportunities. This might be something you would be interested in. Looks promising... I've been researching it today and I think I'm gonna go for it! Thanks for being so nice : )
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cat-I'm 22 weeks on Wednesday. llukenjess, things are going ok. the swelling is going down. I jjust need to learn how to relax!! I guess I am really lucky with all the benefits I have with being pregnant and in the Navy. I never realized how tough other woman have it. If I complain about it again, you have my permission to kick my b___t...lol
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Catsmommy thanks for the website ill def check it out!! How far along are you?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hi there - I'm 18w1d. I had bh over the weeked... tightening around the lower part of my abdomen. TJ - you can complain all you want : ) - that's what this forum is for afterall, right?? it seems we all have our situations - whether they are good or bad, but we all deal with them in one way or another. I've been bounching back and forth on the Sohojob.org. Talked it over with the hubby and he thinks it's a great idea! I think I'll join today. I'll let you know how it goes. Hopefully, it's a painless process. Just updated my resume this morning.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I'm not sure if i started braxton hicks....friday and saturday if it was them it was annoying!! It felt like to me....a charlie horse...my whole stomach didn't get hard...just little parts tightened...what do you guys think? Catsmommy have you found out the s_x yet?? If so any names? TJ i hope you're feeling well And i hope you both had nice mothers day
|
