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I'm 6 weeks and the nausea started to hit a few days ago. I'm finding it hard to do any sort of nursing shift work like this. Any advice? I'm nauseous 24/7. I take diclectin, but it makes me super drowsy at work. Other than that I wear my sea band and drink ginger ale. I'm so grateful and happy, but I literally just feel helpless at work

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LPN expecting my first & all I can say is the smells!!! I'm 6+3 today & I swear none of my pts have been showering or brushing their teeth for the past 2 weeks! And the afternoon fatigue & bloat make the second half of my shift pretty hard. Preggie pop drops & 25mgs of B6 TID have helped with morning sickness the most.

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I'm 8 weeks and I'm a hospice nurse so I drive all over the place all day to different facilities and homes.  My morning sickness has been terrible so I've been driving around with a puke bag on my lap!  My fear is having to vomit while I'm at a pts bedside.  Praying that this phase passes soon!!

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I'm a staff nurse on a busy respiratory ward, I'm 5weeks +1 
I experienced my first morning sickness day at about 4 and a half weeks and took 2days off work. 
Some days I'm fine and can't stop eating and other days I just feel so rough and can't stop being sick.

Had to go home from work today due to being sick. :(

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I'm an RN, I work travel contracts in ERs and just had my first baby 9/23. My first tri was a nightmare, the unisom/B6 combo is the only thing that saved me. I could usually get away with taking it only at night, I agree it made me drowsy but honestly I had little energy to begin with and at least then I wasn't vomiting at work. I had to tell everyone immediately due to having to avoid x-ray etc, I was lucky that everyone was helpful/understanding. Also I made sure to work in blocks so I had days off in a row to rest. And eat! An empty stomach always made it worse for me

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I'm a nurse working at a infertility center & I only feel nauseous a few times a day which is interesting that with my first I never had it! I'm also super tired 😴! Can't wait to pass 1st trimester 💗

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I'm an OR nurse and my first trimester was horrible with nausea and vomiting starting at around 6 weeks. Ginger candy, b6 and diclegis were the things that helped the most but I was still pretty miserable. Couldn't eat much, barely could keep water down. But it got better at 14 weeks.

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I'm a peds ED nurse and omg 12 hours is so rough! I start feeling exhausted after the first 4 hrs. I've had to tell a few people bc I can't go to imaging with patients if they need to be monitored. I'm 5 weeks tomorrow and hopeful morning sickness stays away. I can't wait to not feel as exhausted in the 2nd trimester.

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I'm 6 weeks pregnant and I work nights as a full time RN! Luckily I haven't had any issues yet at work!

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That's me too!!! I'm eight weeks and my nausea kicked in a few weeks ago. There are a lot of things at work I cannot do so I need to get help from other nurses. The smells are just too much. Trachs are out of the question. I feel pretty useless at work... but I can't take time off because I am the only income for our family right now while my husband is finishing up his schooling!! I don't know what to do either....

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I was thinking about taking a couple days off at the end of my stretches. I only told a couple people. How soon did you tell co workers?

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