I am currently 20 weeks pregnant, no issues to speak of (other than constant exhaustion which refuses to budge).
My job is a role which involves managing a national team and involves some travel - up to 5 hours on a couple of trains and overnight stays a few times a month and train journeys up to a couple of hours away most weeks. I am just wondering how long I should plan on being able to do this for.
When I am staying overnight I usually have a wheely suitcase that needs lifting up and down stairs / up and down from storage compartments on trains. I also have a backpack with my laptop etc. to carry around. I am currently nearing the end of a 5 hour journey, feel achey and tired and fed up but I don't suppose it's doing me any harm as such?
Should I presume that if all is going well with my pregnancy I could plan on doing this up to my ML (finishing at 36 weeks) or should I be trying to ramp things down before then? Are there any medical reasons why carrying / dragging bags will become an issue?
Be good to get some feedback - this is my first pg so have no concept what the next few months hold. Whilst I don't want to coddle myself too much, I obviously don't want to put myself in any danger. Meetings for the next few months will start to get in the diary soon so I need to figure out how feasible travelling up to Scotland, say, is going to be as I get further along...
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Work and travel - when to slow down?
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afrikat · 02/05/2013 16:33
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