Self-certing when pregnant - advice please

[yama]

Just looking to find out if this is normal.

I went to see Doctor today as the pain in my pelvic bone is making it hard for me to walk.

He gave me painkillers and advised me to self-cert this week and then if I was still in pain next week to phone him and he would sign me off for longer.

Is this what Doctors normally do? Given the pain I was clearly in I thought he would just sign me off.

Thanks in advance.

[Jacksmybaby]

Hi, you don't need to be signed off by a GP until you have been off for more than a week (you can self-certify for up to one week) so yes, that's fine.

(Just make sure you put "pregnancy-related condition" on your HR forms then your absence can't be counted for things like redundancy situations.)

Hope you get better soon.

[yama]

Thanks Jacksmybaby. In the current economic climate it is potential redundancy situations I'm aiming to protect myself against.

[Jacksmybaby]

It shouldn't make any difference for redundancy purposes whether the absence is self-certified or doctor's note.

(p.s. random topic change - I ordered the seraphine maxi dress you recommended on my thread the other day and it arrived today - very nice so thanks for the recommendation!)

[yama]

Actually, your thread inspired me to wear it on Friday. Received lots of lovely comments. Really cheered me up.

[beccas]

Just be careful that they they don't enforce you begin maternity leave if you are off for too long - this is my company policy. I guess it depends how many weeks you are.
Might be worth asking them to assist in transport? Parking closer or something like that (mine wouldn't tho!)

[londonmackem]

They can't start your maternity leave before 36 weeks but if you are off sick at that point ML kicks in automatically.