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Teaching |
Pregnancy |
| First Trimester |
- First weeks pass in a blur of excitement and preparation
- Teachers feel a tinge of regret over lost freedom of summer
- Within a few weeks teachers learn the names of their students
- Very tired in the beginning because not used to the daily grind of going to work
- Teachers often get sick in the beginning because they are exposed to new germs
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- First weeks pass in a blur of excitement and preparation
- First-time parents feel a tinge of regret over lost freedom of having no children
- Parents begin to search for the perfect name for their baby
- Future Moms are very tried because of the changes in their bodies
- New Mothers (and sometimes Fathers) experience Morning Sickness
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| Second Trimester |
- Teachers are resigned to the fact that they still have over half of the school year to go before summer
- Teachers become focused and some even enjoy themselves once they get a daily rhythm established
- Teachers often get the desire to organize their files/notes at this time'
- Teachers find time to attend some inservices and other methods of teacher education
- Standardized testing season begins
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- Pregnant women are resigned to the fact that they still have over half of the pregnancy to go
- Pregnant women are feeling physically better and are able to get a lot done in preparation for the baby
- Pregnant women sometimes get into a 'nesting phase' where they wish to organize and clean
- Pregnant parents attend Lamaze classes
- Numerous tests are performed to make sure Mother and baby and doing well
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| Third Trimester |
- Students are beginning to get restless as summer approaches
- Teachers are beginning to feel ready to say goodbye to this year's class
- Teachers feel excitement yet some are worried that they did not cover enough material/prepare the students thoroughly for the following year
- Final preparations are being made for the end of the school year
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- Baby is really moving and Mother is getting restless as the due date approaches
- Pregnant Mother is beginning to feel uncomfortable and to be ready to have the baby
- Parents are excited yet worried that they are not prepared to have a new baby
- Final preparations are being made for the arrival of the new baby
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| Labor/Delivery |
- Students are cramming for their Final Exams'
- Final exams are given
- Sometimes it is painful to see kids go (or just difficult to get some to leave)
- Students say their final goodbyes and leave for the summer
- It is sometimes a bittersweet experience because it is the end of a school year and you will most probably not have those students in your class again
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- Parents are completing their last minute preparations including packing the suitcase
- The Pregnant woman goes into labor
- Obviously, childbirth is painful
- The baby is born
- It can sometimes be bittersweet for the new Mother once the baby is born because he/she is now a separate entity from the Mother
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