I have never been this tired in my life. It's 9:05am and all I want to do is go back to bed, but I have to work. If you have ever been pregnant, you probably know what I mean when I say I'm tired. If you haven't, let me explain. Imagine you have the worst cold you've ever had with fatigue that drives you down and makes you want to stop and lay down no matter where you are (kitchen, bathroom, middle of the street, walking down the hall at work). Minus all of the other cold symptoms and you're left with how I feel right now. And it's nearly constant. I had like 4 days a couple of weeks ago where I felt REALLY tired, then about 3 that I was okay, now I'm back to REALLY tired.
I have been resting a lot. I use my 15 minute breaks at work to take naps on my office floor. I get home & after dinner, which has mostly been left overs lately, I get in bed, probably around 8pm. I feel like I could sleep for the next week.
And I feel like I could cry right now. For no real reason other than the stress of thinking about having two babies and the incredible resistant feeling I get when thinking about going back to work when my babies are 8 weeks old. That just makes me sick. Did you know that MEXICO has 12 weeks of 75% paid leave?
Check out the chart of leave & pay during that leave on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parental_leave
Here are some things that PISS ME OFF:
1. Iraq, known for their oppression of women, gives 62 days at 100% pay. That's 20 more days than the US AND full coverage of pay.
2. The US is the ONLY country on there with ZERO leave mandated by the government.
3. I am moving to and getting a job in Sweden before these babies are born.
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