Dental nurse help

[AimeeMorgs]

I'd love some advice from my fellow dental nurses.

Before being pregnant I didn't care if I got any reception days. But I'm now 7 weeks along and nausea + tiredness has really kicked in. I've let my practice manager and the 3 nurses i work with know I'm pregnant. They seem to all have a day of reception but I have none.

As pregnant dental nurses did you find you had to speak to your practice manager/ whoever managed your rota to help ease the pressure off you a bit? I'm struggling with feeling the need to run out the room when feeling overly nausea. I just thought telling her might potential give me a reception day at least but nothings changed.

Not sure how to go about this

Have you tried saying, 'is it possible for me to have some scheduled days on reception in the next rotation, like everyone else has?'

I asked her if I could be put on desk due to being tired and woren out. She said yes and then asked if I'd be OK driving home even though she knew I had no break two days in a row? I just feel other nurses who have been pregnant at the practice have had a lot more support.