How does your job impact your pregnancy?

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I'm curious as to what all y'all ladies do for work and how does it impact your pregnancy? I'll go first: I am a full time Licensed Massage Therapist. First pregnancy: 9w5d. My profession is very physical. I am finding myself more exhausted than I have been before, and I am wondering if it will only get worse. Lol I will be making changes to my schedule as I get further along obv. And hoping to adapt well! Your turn! :)

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I am a nanny that has watches two boys that still take naps, so it's amazing I get naps when they nap!:) I still get paid when I nap too!:)

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Assistant manager in a restaurant. It's not too physical. I only have heavy lifting in the morning for the first hour and a half. The last 8 hours I don't have anything heavy. The "hardest" part is no breaks and not being able to sit down unless I'm in the potty. Lol. But this is my fourth pregnancy, third in this restaurant. I know what I can and can't get away with and what my physical limits are. For example: 5 gallon ice buckets are a breeze. I will NOT lift the 33 gallon ones.

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My entire first trimester I worked for a tree service.  I ran a chain saw and roped thousand pound limbs over houses to the ground and I operated heavy machinery and went 85 foot in the air in a bucket truck with a stinky guy and a chain saw.  (Mind that I didn't know I was pregnant) I was lifting heavy things and holding thousands of pounds on the other end of the rope.  When I found out I was pregnant I changed jobs and now I'm a waitress.  Honestly. I liked the tree service better :( it just isn't safe for me

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I'm an EMT and I'm required to lift patients up to 300 lbs with one partner and assist up to two others for anything more than that. My shifts are 12 hrs and I work 60-65 hours a week, so 5 days a week. I'm exhausted a lot and I'm 31 weeks. Still working and have to until my little one arrives. You can do it!!!

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In a transporter at the hospital I move patients all day till this week when I went on light duty in now working the front desk at the surgery center till I pop I'm 34 weeks

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Hey! Fellow LMT. I worked massages (sports/deep tissue) on an air force base along with managing 101 apartment units up until my induction at 39 weeks. Exhausted felt like an understatement. I didn't think I was over worked till they had to put me on blood pressure meds. Worse thing ever. I went without an epidural but it felt like the blood pressure meds were hindering my recovery. I closed my private practice and quit managing apartments. 
I'm a stay at home this round and it's been such a blessing. Lesson learned: listen to your body during pregnancy so you can have a better recovery.

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I am an in home childcare provider. It hasn't been to bad up until around 33 weeks. I went into preterm labor at 34+5 and am on modified bed rest and medication now. I'm 35+5 and only have been watching the big kids 3+ to keep my self off my feet as much as possible.

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I work at the Nissan factory building motors for vehicles. No real heavy lifting although, very strenuous work. Hardest job I've ever had(on the body). Just hope I can make it full term because the pay is great.

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I'm a logistics coordinator for a non-profit. Not strenuous physically, but my due date is right in the middle of fundraising season. I have 5 major events (in various parts of the state... So lots of travel) within a two week span of my due date. We've had a lot of staffing changes so Not attending events really isn't an option. Just praying baby is cooperative and chooses to come on a very specific day to avoid complete chaos!

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I'm in housekeeping and it hasn't made my morning sickness easy at all. And I'm SK tired all the time. Hoping it will get better in second trimester. Only couple weeks away

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