I’m in my first trimester of pregnancy and I feel physically terrible. I’m working on my impossible goal, which is to make 100k in my business this year. Due to how I’ve been feeling, I haven’t gotten much work done in the past few weeks.

I do not have the most extreme morning sickness symptoms but I feel nauseous and very tired all day. I am having trouble determining whether I should just give myself grace and rest or work through the physical discomfort to get what I said I wanted to get done, done.

I don’t want to use this pregnancy as an excuse to not go after my goal but I also don’t want to be working from a place of resistance. I feel ashamed because I’m pretty much just laying on the couch all day not working while my husband works all day (he has no issue with this and is very supportive – it’s all in my head).

I am fortunate to be able to rest, but I can’t help but having thoughts like:

I am going to lose my audience
I am behind in my business
I will never launch my service now
I’m not a real entrepreneur with grit
I should have been farther along in my business before I got pregnant

Intellectually, I know that this is just a phase that will pass and that millions of women have been where I am and have gone on to run successful businesses but I can’t seem to get out of this negative thought spiral. Any help appreciated!