moo2

Hi ladies,
Sorry to be so nosey...
Apart from your midwife appointments, scans etc. have any of you had any time off work sick (for any pregnancy related ailment) so far?
If so, how many days in total? xxx

jms895

Hi none at the moment, but have used a few flexi hours on 2 afternoons to go to bed! But that was not sick time, just time in leiu.

Shifter

When I was waiting to test I got a really awful cold due to immune system shutting down. I had two days off then. I've had two other one day instances since then, in a different temp assignment.

shampain

about a million....i just get so tired i know it sounds like im been a brat and i know that everyone gets tired when they work full time.But my job is so mentally and physically tiring that sometimes i wake up in a morning and i cry i feel so tired....to be honest i know this aint the right attitude but im not too bothered about it, its my loss because i dont get paid for it... rant=over...sorry for gatecrashing someone elses thread i just needed a bit of a vent.

Shifter

We all handle things differently hun. I've actually had more time off than the sick days, I've used a fair few days of holiday so I could have long weekends, in part to rest. I think I've worked 4-day weeks well over half the weeks since I got pregnant!

helen1234

i've had 1 1/2 days off so far and went home hour early last friday, mainly down to getting crappy headaches as i go further along i may need more days off but i have 10 days hl left so i'll have 1 in oct 1 in nov break it up abit, have said i'll wait till i'm desperate to take the hols
if you need time off then take it and don't feel 100% i say.

moo2

No need to say sorry! It's reassuring to know you're not on your own going through stuff like this, rant away!
Last week my midwife suggested signing me off for a week as I'm still getting m/s and the last few weeks I've had really bad insomnia. I declined the offer as I didn't want to take time off but she said if it didn't improve to go back. It hasn't got any better and I've got a nightmare week coming up next week. I'm not sure if I should take up the sick note offer?

pennysbored

I had to quit my job. That was 2 months ago. There was just no way to accommodate my needs, plus my District manager is a cow.

shampain

so nice to not feel alone in this...im so emotional today!
Moo2 if you nned the time off then let you mw sign you off hun, i have had sat sun mon tue off and ive basically slept...but god i feel so much better for it!

jms895

Everyone is different! I tell you if I could afford to quit I would tomorrow!