Working and being pregnant

How many hours do you work and how many weeks are you?

I work 44 hours a week and I am 27 weeks pregnant and I am sooooo feeling it right now. I am on my feet 9-10 hours a day.
I still have 3 more months

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i am 9 weeks and i work about 40 hours. i'm tired, but I don't think i'll cut back. i'm sure it;ll get more difficult as time goes on.

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I have been working anywhere from 43 - 48 hours per week but this week decided that I need to reduce it. I am at 33 weeks - almost 34 and between the long commute from LI to NYC and the walking I am starting to get uncomfortable. I am back trying to cut back to 40 hours per week and to actually get out for the 1 hour lunch.

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27 weeks, I work 40-50 hours. I just get really tired, especially if I don't take my vitamins. I also work at least one weekend a month with reserves and go to school so all of this is a real struggle.

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I work 40-42 hrs/week, I am 36 wks 2 days. I sit at work, which helps but it is getting uncomfortable and tiring.

The "worst" part is my commute. I drive 30 miles each way. Days w/ no traffic it's 45 min. Days w/ traffic it can be as much as 1 hr 15 min.

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16 weeks tomorrow and I work 40-45 hour weeks...

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Im 12 weeks and I work 40 Hrs a week and I am sooooo tired... but I heard that after the 12th week you are supposed to get a burst of energy... I hope so.

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I am in my 36th week and work at least 40 hours a week. I am lucky my boss has me working from home 4 days a week. I only commute one day.

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I'm 16 weeks working 55hrs per week but thats only b/c its tax season.

Next week we'll be back to 40 hrs/week and then from Jun - August we are 30 hrs/week...which I will totally need for the end of my preganancy!!

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I have worked anywhere betewwn 45-60 hours a week - it was very hard, I wont lie, and by my 8th month I had to scale back to no more than 40....

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40 - 60 hours depending on what I have deadlines for. I am exhausted & have asked more than once to work from home.
I am almost 32 weeks

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Luckily, I work primarily from home this time around. Last time I was at a HORRIBLE STRESSFUL place and left 1 month prior to my due date because I could not take it any more. THis time I work half at home, half in the field (I handle injury claims for an insurance company and meet with people and do investigations, blah blah). Its less stress and I can make my own schedule. I would say I work about 30-40 hours a week depending on the workload.

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ill be 38 weeks tommorow and i work about 38-41 hours a week......... it is hard but i get threw the day

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I am 28 weeks and I work 35-40 hrs per week. I have a ridiculous drive from PA every day that is 2 hrs each way to NYC and back. Thankfully DH shares the driving with me b/c we both work in the city near each other. It is tiring at times but I manage. I make sure to get atleast 6 hrs of sleep at night and I also sleep in the car on the way home while DH drives.

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I am 20 weeks and was working a full-time job and a part-time job. My part-time job was waitressing and I just gave that up this week. They all said I was doing fine, but I felt so slow and stupid trying to carry all that food. I hope to work my full-time job until my water breaks. We'll see.

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16 weeks I work 40 hrs a week and will work that till A- I have the baby or B- the doc tells me to cut my hours

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I am 10 weeks and totally exhausted. Right now I only get in about 20-25 hours and I am literally unable to do more. As it is, my DH has to come get me at my office because driving home so tired was a nightmare. I have flexibility to cut my hours but the stress of falling behind is tough on me. I hope to increase hours again in the 2nd trimester. This is not what I expected to have happen.

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My bosses have been very flexible so I work 32 hours a week, four days as opposed to five. I really would like the 5th day back even though my body really need the day off-I want to put money away for maternity leave though

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I am 16-weeks and I work 45+ hours per week, and if I take any time off, I have to put in for it, even if it's an hour later to work because of a doctors appt.

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I'm 15 weeks and work 40 hrs per week. I'm very lucky though that my job is laid back and I am 10 mins from my house.

I am still waiting for that burst of energy

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im 21 wks and i work about 30 hrs/week.

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I had to stop around 32 weeks b/c I was in serious pain. I was working P/T, but my job required me to be on my feet for long hours at a time. I couldn't handle it and it surely wasn't worth it to be in that constant pain. I also noticed that my health started to quickly detoriate.

I give major credit to the pregnant women that can work all the way through!!!

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I'm 8 weeks and have the flexibility to work about 20 hours per week right now. During the 1st 3 months. I can't be dry heaving when I meet with clients.

Hopefully 3 more weeks and I'll be feeling beter and back to working my "normal" hours which is about 30-35.

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i'm 30 weeks and i work 30 hours a week, and in am also on my feet alot working with kids, it is so exhausting and my poor legs are so swollen but what can you do