Feel like I am struggling and failing at everything

[Isitjustthat]

I am feeling so overwhelmed with a 1 year old DC been sick due to bugs at nursery. I accepted a new role in a different department at my organisation. They don't seem as supportive as my last role. I checked with my last manager but they don't have my role left now. I am currently pregnant and haven't slept for 4 nights due to DC being sick and awake at night. DH helps and has to travel for work.
I feel like I am massively struggling with both parenting and work and not sure what to do.
Don't want to leave the work as I will lose my maternity pay as I have worked for many years at the organisation and need the money. I have been massively stressed out in the new role and I just don't know what are my options?

Sounds very very tough. First thing to do is wait until your little one is through the bug and sleeping again. Try not to ask yourself to make any decisions until you’re out of the worst of that.

It makes sense to stay in the job until your maternity leave. So the focus needs to be on taking care of yourself, as much as possible, in the short term. Maybe that means taking a couple of days off sick to care for yourself.

You haven’t got the measure of the new dept yet - they could be less supportive but they may be less forbidding than they seem once you’ve got used to them.

@TheSlantedOwl thanks for your kindness. I really appreciate your suggestion. I feel like I can't think straight at his point and will need to hold off making any decisions and just survive through this at them moment.

The nursery bug stage is an incredibly tough time with work, even without adding pregnancy into the mix and a DH travelling and not around to help. Definitely stay in the role but just take as much sick leave, carer's leave, annual leave etc as you can to get through it and don't worry about work's opinion. Its shit they're not being supportive but try to ignore it and just focus on caring for yourself and your LO. Hugs to you

That sounds like a plan OP. Just go gently with yourself. There’s so much pressure on mothers and it’s a very testing time when the DC are so little. You’re doing great. Stay in the moment for now and look after yourself as a matter of importance It’ll all work out.