Natural Night Owl but work morning shift
I’m 24 weeks pregnant and 24 yrs old. I am more of a natural, holistic & spiritual person. So I usually don’t feel understood and don’t know how to explain what I experience.
I am used to working night shift for majority of my work experience and loved it. However as a manager I have been involuntary switched to work day shift due to yearly shift rotations and it has been about 4 months since the switch. With my body’s circadian rhythm I feel like I am fighting with my body natural biology and while being pregnant I’m drained, getting headaches, feeling nauseous and dizzy. I have to wake up at 6am or sooner so I can be at work at 7am. I have to FORCE myself to eat to have something in my system but this is not a time I usually eat either. I have to FORCE myself to sleep earlier like around 8-10 but still wake up too early or just exhausted and with nausea. The only difference is the shift switch and pregnancy. I know for a fact this is due switching to morning shift and it is the only difference. For instance it is so much easier to stay up til 6am than to wake up at 6am. Yes I’ve tried waking up earlier/later and going to sleep earlier/later. I used to get full deep sleep with 4 hours, now while pregnant it’s longer and it’s around 8 hours but working night shift was better even during the beginning of pregnancy during my first trimester.
PS: I also dealing with stress of my partners abandonment and I don’t live near family. My body is not taking that well and I have to continue to be my own provider. I feel guilty calling off work a lot or coming in late, I don’t have energy to do this especially during the morning. There’s more details to put down but I can’t remember at this time.
Anyone else have this same experience or I’m I alone on this?