I was off two weeks ago for 1.5 days with a sickness bug (the half day because on the first day I was sent home at lunchtime after being sick in front of my colleagues at a conference).
I'm also pregnant with baby number two, and for the past few weeks I have been seriously struggling with my mental health and my sleep (or lack of). I'm under the care of the perinatal mental health team and my community mental health team as prior to pregnancy I struggled with anorexia- which became particularly bad in my last pregnancy. It's reared its ugly head again sadly- and now I have awful insomnia as well to boot.
Last night (like every night for the last few weeks) I got a max of three hours sleep- I'm waking up between 1am-2am every morning. This morning I nearly passed out, I assume from the lack of sleep and lack of food.
I can't cope with the thought of going into work today- but I feel like I'll be judged so heavily, especially as I was off just two weeks ago. I've also had to be off a few times so far for scans, midwife appointments etc.
Would I be unreasonable to stay at home today? I don't work on Thursdays so could rest as much as possible then too, plus I have both someone from the mental health community team and my perinatal psychiatrist ringing me tomorrow to discuss options.