Working Mamas - How do you handle it?

Question

Hi,

I am 7 wks 3 days and am having full blown, day-long nausea, exhaustion and the ever lasting headache. I work a pretty typical 8-5, M-F schedule (with two night classes thrown in) and am having a tough time handling even going in some days. I haven't called out sick yet but I feel like that will happen inevitably with the way I am feeling and the length of time I have left in the first trimester. 
I know I'm not alone here so my question is how are you other moms-to-be handling this? Do you give your boss an early heads up to give him/her some perspective? Do you just suck it up? This is every day all day for me and I'm not sure what to do.
Any insights would be welcome!

Answer

I would ask your doctor about medication to help with the nausea. My doctor had recommended Unisom, which is also a sleep aid, but if you cut the tablets in half they don't make you drowsy. I also lived off of ginger ale and cheese-itz for a while when I felt like that. Best of luck to ya.

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I debate every morning with myself on calling out. My immediate boss and two women that work in my office (there are four of us in billing) know so if I puke everywhere they know why lol but I haven't gotten the nerve up to call out yet. It comes in waves for me the nausea, but the exhaustion is horrible. I can hardly keep my eyes open throughout the day. I'm inly 6 weeks and 2 days so I know it's just the start.

Working Mamas - How do you handle it?

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