Hi,
has anyone got any experience with occupational health? I am 17 weeks at the moment and feeling better, but still tired. Felt extremely tired in the first trimester, and a lot sicker than I had with DS1.
I am a lecturer in HE and my first trimester basically coincided with the most stressful part of the year. I didn't take a day off sick at all because I just didn't feel bad enough to do that. Nevertheless, I felt quite rotten for a few weeks. What it meant was that research, which is basically done in the evening, wasn't done at all in favour of sleeping.
I have asked for a meeting with Occupational Health now to ask what, if anything, they can do for me. The problem is that we have got really tough targets to fulfil. All my research-related targets will now have to have to wait until the summer, when teaching is finally over.
Can I ask
a) my general performance for this academic year to be looked in light of my pregnancy, even if I didn't really have a sickness record.
b) my targets (in particular the research-related ones) to be reduced?
On a related note, my next appraisal is due September-ish (appraisals are yearly and somewhat flexible, but have to be done and of September). I intend to do mine as late as possible to give me as much time as possible to actually achieve my targets. However, I may have to bring the start of my maternity leave forward a) on doctor's advice or b) because of childbirth... DS1 was four weeks early. Of course, this may not happen again, but if it does...
Any insights appreciated!
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Occupational health - what to expect / ask for when you've actually not had to take time off work, but feel that your performance has been compromised
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dodi1978 · 29/04/2016 13:30
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