HELP! Job issues and mental health

[HappyLife4days]

Hi currently 27+6 days pregnant with my second baby.
I work shifts alone in the evenings in a very secluded area doing physical work (they currently have a rat infestation also)
Yesterday I thought my waters had broken and was in the hospital all night. I’ve also been suffering from panic attacks and my mental health hasn’t been great.

now I’m due to go on Maternity leave in a couple of weeks but my S/O and all my family don’t want me to keep going to work and neither do I. I’m worried I’ll over do things and hurt me or baby, have a panic attack or get some sort of virus from the rats:(

how can i bring my maternity forward before the 11 weeks before my due date? Can I just ask to go on sick leave until then? I’m getting so stressed and it’s not worth it for this job.

Why don't you take a bit of sick leave now and then talk to your Dr and employer about changing your role for the last few weeks of pregnancy? Something more desk based? You don't want to start maternity now. It will mean going back to work 11 weeks earlier than planned and trust me you will want that time with your baby.....

Have your employees done a pregnancy risk assessment? You can sign yourself off for up to 7 days, any longer than this and you will need a doctors letter supporting the absence. You can’t start maternity leave any earlier.

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I’m a cleaner in a nursery (sorry probably should have specified) so unfortunately they can’t offer me anything alternative and my job has to be done outside of opening hours. They’ve advised I can cut my hours but this would then affect the maternity pay I get (would be less than SMP). I have a toddler also so never get a break in the day and I feel it’s all getting too much for and I’m going to explode. I’d love to work longer to have more time with the baby but physically and mentally I’ve never felt like this and worried what it’s going to do to baby