Working while Nauseous?

[amo4piano]

Hi everyone. I am SO UNMOTIVATED to work. I feel nauseous all the time if I'm not eating and I just don't even want to be around people. I have a unique situation where I work for myself teaching music lessons in other peoples' homes. The thing that's making this even worse is all the different smells when I walk into someone's house (cooking dinner, cleaning the carpet, painting a room...the dogs, the cats, smelly feet...the adolescent who probably could have put on a little more deodorant...ugh!).

I just smell everything and I'm really unmotivated to do this right now. Anyone else have this internal struggle? I know we need as much money coming in as possible before baby comes so I feel like I'll be letting myself and DH down if I cop out this early (I'm 12 weeks) but I just DREAD going each day and I feel crappy to boot.

Any words of advice or wisdom? (Like "Suck it up and make your money!?" lol.) 

ps--my nausea has actually gotten WORSE in the past week or so. I was hoping to get over the nausea hump around this time but it's not looking promising.

[Kedrosami]

I've heard aromatherapy can help--carry a little sachet of flowers/herbs and use it to distract you from other smells?

I've got no real advice though--been there and it sucks! You may just have to power through it and keep reminding yourself it's temporary. Hugs!

[kitchensqueen]

Definitely something it sounds like you just have to work through... if you feel better while eating, maybe carry something discreet with you to munch on like oyster crackers? 

Is it possible for you to hold the lessons in your own home instead, where you can control the smells? Or is there a particular time of day where you feel better and you could try to schedule your lessons then?

[caetlinh]

I had the same problem with my first, horrible nausea all the way up to week 18!!! Sorry...but I got through it and you will too!  I worked in restaurants, and the smell of the food was so off putting, i would have to rush to the bathroom in between each new table, LOL -if only they knew!  I would always carry around a zip lock bag of nuts and raisins and things in my apron, saltines, etc and always a big water bottle.  I like the idea of a sachet too -pick a scent that agrees with you, and bring it with you to lessons.  Every time you start to get a whiff of something that makes you wanna hurl, whip out your sachet and start huffing :)  Good luck, it'll get better soon!