How is everyone coping with work?!

I'm 27w now and getting slower/fuzzier brain week by week!! I work in marketing agency so it's high demand and responsive all day every day, and boy am I struggling to keep pace 😅 still have 8 working weeks to go until I finish for mat leave - it's going to be a real slog... The worst thing is that most of my colleagues are a lot younger so can't relate or emphasize, or think to cut me some slack 🙈
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I’m a secondary English teacher and I am already starting to question my planned Mat leave date - largely because not being able to go to the loo when needed is shocking, and energy levels cannot keep up.

I’m the same. Thankfully I’m about to train my maternity cover because honestly the next 8 weeks feels looong. All I can think about is my little one and I am constantly forgetting things 🙈thankfully earlier in my pregnancy I planned every important task in my outlook calendar to keep me on track.

The forgetfulness is so real isn't it! This is my second and it feels way worse than I remember with my first pregnancy 🙈 I work from home and my office is going to be the nursery, so I'm surrounded by distractions!

I agree, work is so hard! I'm lucky I'm a TA so I can go to the toilet when I need to and my colleagues are actually as helpful as they can be but still, the weeks until Christmas are gonna be very long!

I honestly can’t compare it to anything ☺️ awww that’s lovely - I can see why it would be distracting. I WFH too and it’s sooo tempting to think about all the little things to prepare before they arrive. ☺️ I used to work in marketing, it’s a really fast paced industry so I can see why it would take its toll. Hopefully your manager is understanding. Just think, your colleagues will understand one day. I start a lot of meetings with “please bear with me” so that they are more mindful and it’s kind for like addressing the elephant in the room. I feel more at ease with my colleagues this way. ☺️

@Sophia reception teacher here - feeling this with every fibre of my being!

@Sophia how did you get kids this cute? Mine couldn’t give a shit😂

I'm 29 weeks with 9 weeks to go at work.. got an exam this week for work and really struggling with retaining any info 😭

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