7 Simple Ways to Handle Negative Effect of Early Pregnancy Symptoms in Your Business


7 Simple Ways to Handle Negative Effect of Early Pregnancy Symptoms in Your Business

Pregnancy brings joy, excitement and in some cases little worries. While many articles have dwelled extensively on early pregnancy symptoms, this piece looks at how to curb the negative effect of such symptoms on your business.

Pregnancy brings behavioral changes in pregnant women, such changes may affect the way you conduct yourself privately and in your work.

Should being pregnant rob you of your economic activities and success? Come with me, as I discuss 7 simple ways you could handle them.
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1.      Frequenting the bathroom...
Pregnancy causes increase in your blood volume and as your kidneys try to get rid of the excess fluid, more pressure is put on your bladder making you always want to urinate.

Effect:
Frequenting the bathroom means distraction for work.

What to do:
- See your doctor to confirm if this is pregnancy related.
- Adjust your work time and let your clients know this.
- Get a helping hand for your business if possible.

2.      Fatigue, Dizziness and fainting
Changes in your hormonal level due to pregnancy could cause tiredness, feeling dizzy and fainting.

Effect:
Lessen your alertness and make you unable to attend to clients efficiently.

What to do
- See your doctor to confirm this is pregnancy related.
- Get a short leave from work.
- Get plenty of rest.
- Eat foods rich in protein and iron.

3.      Nausea
Also known as morning sickness, caused by hormonal changes as you play host to a new life.

Effect
Sick-like condition makes you unable to attend properly to business; I wonder how many customers you want to tell, you are pregnant?

What to do
- See your doctor to confirm this is pregnancy related.
- Get a short time help for your business, while you take care of yourself properly.
- Eat healthy diet to give you and your baby essential nutrients.
- Get enough rest and make sure you keep a love one around all the time.

4.      Constipation or diarrhea
Early pregnancy symptoms and prenatal vitamins may cause your digestive system to slow down, resulting in constipation and in some cases diarrhea; constipation could also cause headaches and backaches.

Effects
These conditions could affect your concentration in business.

What to do
- See your doctor to confirm this is pregnancy related.
- Take a short time off work and put a trusted hand in charge.
- Eat more fiber diet and drink lots of extra fluids in case of constipation.
- Occasionally, try to communicate with your customers to keep their confidence.
- Observe recommended exercises.
- Get enough rests.

5.      Mood swings
High hormonal level in pregnant women may cause mood swings.

Effect
Little matters that ordinarily should just pass with laughter may become issues, which may rob you of good relationship with your customers.

What to do
- Be extra careful in your relationship with people at this time.
- Don't push any discussion that may get you on the edge.
- Take a short time off work untill you are able to control your emotions.
- Get a trusted person to take charge of your business for a while.

6.      Heightened sense of smell
You may become extra sensitive to smell as a result of early pregnancy symptoms; when this combined with emotional swings could damage your relationship with your customer.

Effect
Your customers wear different roll-on and perfume, this may cause unpleasant smell; reacting negatively may affect your relationship with them.

What to do
- Confirm from your doctor or counsellor if you are concerned.
- Follow expert’s precautions.
- Entrust your business to someone trustworthy to avoid regular contacts with customers.
- Get air freshener with likable smell and keep it nearby to overcome surrounding offensive odors. However, make sure doing so does not put others off.

7. Unusual cravings for food
A new life in you makes your body crave more foods to provide additional daily calories.

Effect
The urge to eat always could combine with mood swings to cause even more unwarranted emotional issues.

What to do
- Follow your doctor's food advice and always keep food around and ready.
- Get someone to help look after your business, even if you are there.


Every pregnant woman go through one or more of these early pregnancy symptoms and you need knowledge to enable you deal with its negative effects on your business.

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