Feeling useless at work

[toriocookie]

Hello all! I'm 15 weeks pregnant with my second. This pregnancy is draining all of my energy, and I'm feeling useless at work. I work in retail 8-9 hours a day for 5 days a week. I work all over the store, so I'm expected to do everything. The hours take a lot out of me, and I feel like I can't keep working because I'm so slow at doing my tasks for the day. I feel like my managers expect me to be able to do as much (or more) as I was able to do before I became pregnant.
Do any other moms feel like their useless at their jobs, and want to just quit and stay home all the time? How did you get past that feeling?
I'm to the point where I want to become a stay at home mom again even though I loved my job before I got pregnant.

[monroe17]

I'm actually a manager at a retail store and it is very draining and I feel exactly the same which is odd cause I don't remember being this exhausted with my first born but hopefully we will both pull through it lol I'm 15 weeks as well and I'm praying it gets better,

Good luck

[toriocookie]

Thank you! I hope things are going better for you. Things seem to be going a little bit better for me now that my managers aren't going to have me work 9 hours a day for 5 days a week. It's still draining though. I always feel like I have no energy. But hopefully that will go away soon and my energy will come back.

[nat731]

I'm currently 14 weeks and yes, this pregnancy has me completely drained. I work in a retail setting but I actually had to take a leave so that I can recover from the 1st trimester weigh down. I'm getting better just still a lot of fatigue. Its very challenging.

[toriocookie]

I hope things get better for you soon. I'm 19weeks+2days today, and I had to have my boss cut my hours from 40 a week to 30 a week due to fatigue and stress. Working in retail while pregnant can be very hard, but hopefully you can find a way to make it easier for you and baby.

[toriocookie]

Unfortunately, I can't do that at my job. I get half an hour for lunch, and that's usually enough time to eat and use the rest room before having to go back to work. I'm on my feet all day, so that's hard on me too. A nap would be nice if it was allowed here. Haha

[MommaMarks]

I'm 15 weeks pregnant and the first trimester I found myself taking naps during my lunch hour and taking other smaller break to get my naps. I work in a desk job and nodding off in the cubicle is also very obvious. I try to walk around to exercise but the mini naps do help, just set your alarm and go to a safe parking area away from the job for 15-20 minutes. As of now in the second trimester, I am not so tired during the day but on the weekend I definitely sleep multiple times. It is hard either way at any job type.