To have a day off for morning sickness

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Even if I’m not actually being sick? I am a teacher so am obviously in work and not wfh right now. I’ve not yet been sick but am so dizzy and nauseous that all I want to do is sleep the whole time/sit still incase I feel ill moving around. WIBU to call in sick for tomorrow and have a duvet day? Problem isn’t going to go away I know, but god I feel rough!

I have lots of sympathy as I had horrible sickness with all of mine. The first one I couldn't stop throwing up so had to take some tablets and obviously missed a day off work for that.
I then tried a few things which helped me manage the day. I used to manage a drink before work, which meant I could drive to work, arrived at work and threw it up. Then took sips of Pepsi Max all day (from my mug so I wasn't modelling terrible habits in front of the kids -eyeroll). I found a little bit of food/drink all the time helped manage the sickness. Being empty exasperated it.
My sickness lasted from week 5 to week 20/22. So I have lots of sympathy but realistically you can't take that amount of time off so you need to find a solution.
I came home each day and had a nap before making tea and marking too. I was exhausted. Lol

How do you know now how you'll feel in the morning?

Surely it's best to get up and find out.

Well I’ve spent the last week dragging myself into work and trying to cope with the dizzy spells while teaching. If I call in today then I can set all my cover well tonight rather than rushing round to upload it tomorrow morning/sending emails when all I want to do is sleep.
I’m obviously not intending to have the next however many weeks off but I’ve spent almost all weekend in bed, totally neglecting my toddler (that’s a joke) and just the thought of a day in the classroom tomorrow is filling me with dread!

God do it. I wish I had taken time off when I felt like death.

Absolutely do it, and I agree in your situation I wouldn't wait until tomorrow to tell work. However I would also recommend booking a doctors appointment and asking to start medication if it's bad enough for you to need time off work.

I was extremely nauseous from week 6 - 14, it was 24/7 and I was utterly miserable. It didn't entirely ease up until week 18. I just assumed as I wasn't actually being sick that I just had to get on with it, but there are medications that could potentially have helped.

I would go in, when I had morning sickness just getting up and driving to work would help by taking my mind off it.

I wouldn’t mind if it were just morning sickness, it’s all day and most of the evening sickness atm. I also feel that my classes may actually be better with a cover and getting on with work rather than me snapping at them as I feel so dreadful.
I’ll see about a doctors app, that’s good advice thank you, although I’m yet to even hear back from the midwife team so I’m not hugely hopeful there. I wasn’t ill at all with my first so this has thrown me. I’m 8+2 so really hoping it subsides by the end of the first trimester as it’s horrible!

You poor love! I’m a teacher too and am 16 weeks pregnant. Luckily I had the worst of my morning sickness in the summer holidays although I had a random few day of sickness last week. I didn’t need a day off but my head was fantastic at letting me have an hour out to sit quietly and sort myself out while my TA looked after my class.

If you need a day then absolutely have a day! Teaching is relentless and isn’t like some other jobs where you can nip to the bathroom or take five minutes or sit quietly at a desk all day.

Congratulations as well! How far along are you? Does anyone at school know who could support you? I told my head and my team (I teach in an EYFS unit) straight away and they have been really supportive.

You and your baby come first. Do not forget this. Take all the time you need.

Mine was really rough from about 8-11 weeks and then has eased off apart from the random week last week. I only get a bit dizzy now and again if I need to eat. Toast and butter cut up in squares has been incredible for me. I eat every two hours as well even if it’s just a bit of a toast. I found that being full (even if it was a struggle to eat) made the nausea bearable. Mine was also worse at night, from around 1-4 am. I take toast to bed in a Tupperware and eat a square if I wake up!

Congrats on your pregnancy.

Acupuncture has a good track record for pregnancy related issues. £50 a session where I am. There are other threads on MN about it helping morning sickness. Worth a try if you can afford it.

Do it! I spent the about 8 weeks of my first pregnancy with serious nausea and didn’t take time off because I’d heard so much “pregnancy is not an illness” chatter. For me it was an illness and now I’ve seen friends go through it without such severe symptoms I realise I wasn’t being pathetic so I took two weeks off work “sick” during the same period of my second pregnancy.

As a teacher there is no where to hide, you should definitely take a day off.

If you do, then be open with your head teacher/head of subject.

I had a colleague who had sickness all day long for 12 long weeks. She lost weight, her midwife started to get really concerned.

We only knew as she had to tell us as even seeing us eat made her nauseous, never mind a whiff of a ham sandwich.

I remember sliding down a wall slowly at work, then vomiting in a bin. You're not going to be responsible for the children in your care so don't go to work

I had 6 weeks off work due to severe morning sickness in both my pregnancies. I’m also a teacher and it’s really not ideal but there was absolutely no way I could have been in work in that state.

Definitely take some time. Have you tried travel sickness bands? They worked really well for me.

8 weeks is the peak. Get your GP to sign you off for 2 weeks then if you still can't face it they can give you meds. Do not suffer in silence and don't take the odd day off it will mess up your sickness record far more.

Take it off. I wish I had taken time off rather than struggling through it.

I would if you feel that bad.
I had awful nausea for the first & last 3 months... My job is office based so just about managed. Couldn't imagine having to teach through it!

Oh I know the feeling, I took a week off at week 7, it was awful. I was prescribed anti sickness by week 10 which helped a lot. I'm a nurse so it got me into work.
Sickness went around week 16 and I'm 30 weeks tomorrow!
If it gets too much you don't need to suffer, research and ask ur GP/midwife about anti sickness

Take the time and get signed off if you need. It is truly awful. I hate the attitude of “it’s just morning sickness, just get on with it” That doesn’t make the symptoms any less horrific to deal with. Take care of yourself OP!

I’ve been off sick for 4 weeks with HG and about to get signed off for another 2 weeks. When I’m not being sick I feel nauseous, weak and fatigued all day.

I did. I took 2. But I was actually sick...however the nausea can be just as dibilitating. In hindsight I always give too much and should have taken more time off as I don't feel work really understood how bad I was, makes me so cross still, there was a lack of enough care for sure. I should have had much more done to help me. I always take the bare minimum when I'll and they never appreciate it. Im a teacher. It'll only get worse unfortunately for the next few weeks (not what you want to hear I know) but hopefully it'll go by the second trimester. Get an antisickness med if it's stopping you living a normal life. I'd recommend getting it now, even if you don't take it straight away but at least you'll have it.

I used to get up, throw up, and then go to work. Thankfully after feeling rough in the morning I was ok in the day as long as I ate and drank sensibly.

If you feel rough/throw up in the day too yes you should stay home. However if you think it Will pass by mid morning if probably push through, even if it's horrible and you have my sympathies.

YANBU. If I hadn't known I was pregnant, I'd have thought I was dying!