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Q: For those of you that are cenas, or nurse aides, at a nursing home, were you able to safely work

-safely work when pregnant? Last pregnancy I micarried. I don't know if it was work related or not, but we have a lot of call ins where I work so instead of 6 residents, that easily goes up to 10! and we have a few heavy ones and I am worried. I make pretty good money so I don't want to up and quit, but I am really worried, especially since I'm still in the first trimester.

Have any of you had good experiences with being pregnant and working in a nursing hope? I feel my face get really flushed and get so thirsty and hot and don't have enough time in the mornings to stop frenquently to drink water. Any advice/tips to this job while pregnant? I know obviously to get help with lifting, but when we';re short its sometimes hard to do. or the other aides think since they can lift a certain person alone that I should do it, but my back isn't that strong anyways, not as good as some of these women that man-handle and lift these patients like lumberjacks!

This question was asked Sep. 12, 2012 11:14pm
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Answered by a member - Sep. 13, 2012 12:36am
I worked as a cna when I had my m/c(never knew the cause) and when I was pregnant with my 3yr old, I got taken off work when I was around 30 weeks but I worked on a dementia unit and had a hunington resident that would beat the crap out of me and we had a lot of call ins at my nursing home too so it wasn't uncommon for me to pull a 16 hr shift or work short. I know how hard it is to do that type of work and be pregnant, all I can say is try and rest and drink as much as u can while your there (I know it's not easy, but it does no one anygood if u get dehydrayted on the job or pass out) and make your co-workers help u transfer and roll anyone u don't feel comfortable doing by yourself I know its hard to get help when working short but it's better for u and baby. Sorry I'm not a lot of help but those are the things I did when I did the cna work. Congrats on the pregnancy:)

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