6 + 6 and already having time off work??

[Charingcrossbun]

I'm sitting at home feeling super guilty as missed work yesterday and could only last until 1300 today. Just felt awful - like being very drunk, room a bit spiny, very sick but only dry retching (tmi), not bale to concentrate on what was going on but now I'm home and on the sofa I feel ok. Could this be stress? Work is pretty stressful at the mo so wonder if that is linked?? I feel like such a fraud not working as I'm not ill and obv can't tell people I'm preganant. Is this normal?

I was exactly the same! Dry retching, sick, room spinning.. I had one day off, went back the next day managed til 12, then went home again. I honestly wondered how I would get through it. Luckily I have a spare office at work and headed down there for a few day to work and it was easier as it was quiet. I was going to bed at 7.30pm too and sleeping 11 hours!.
It does get better, I'm 16 weeks now and felt better the last 5 weeks.. Actually that's a lie I have a stinking headache today and feel rubbish so hiding down in the spare office til I can go home! :)

Spare office sounds like a good idea. Unfortunately I'm a teacher so just hiding somewhere quiet is not an option and sadly it is not the sort of school where you can explain to the kids that you aren't feeling well and they will go easy, any sign of weakness and I've had it!!
Good to hear it gets a little better though - I think I feel like a bit of a fraud like 6weeks doesn't really count as pregnant....

I feel your pain. I'm 6+4 and have been signed off sick for 10 days with vertigo. Not sure if its pregnancy related or not but I am having awful nausea.

I felt really guilty but it has done me the world of good.

I thought mine might be vertigo but I didn't go get it checked out. Wish I had though! I think I could have done with more time off than I had.

I feel your pain Charing - I'm a teacher and my doc has signed me off for a couple of weeks as I've been
feelin so dreadful. I'm 10 weeks now but started feeling out if sorts at about 5 weeks and just got worse until I was being sick frequently and felt constantly nauseous and dreadful. I just couldn't cope with work when it got that bad as it was unmanageable and since being off and actually being able to rest I'm starting to improve. I know it's early days for you but have you thought if telling work? I told my head at about 6 weeks as I was starting to feel bad and was struggling with being constantly on the go all day. Obviously being off work isn't ideal but luckily they've been understanding and at the end of the day if you're ill, you're ill.

I hope you do start to feel better soon but if not don't be afraid to take a few days off and try to rest up, you need to look after your health at this time x

Thank you misskatamari. It's what I need to hear. I have told my line manager (new head started last week so don't really have a relationship with her) and she is quite supportive. Will rest up and see how it goes! Not long until the holidays.

I too teach... I ended up having 4 stints off work, missing most of term 2. I have Hyperemesis. It's a nightmare - I vomited out of my classroom window more than once.

Don't push it too hard.

I'm 33w now, on crutches, still very sick and counting down the contact hours!!

You poor thing! Still at 33 weeks not too long to go? September baby? good teacher planning :)

Haha, yeah...not so much. My NQT year w Jan-Dec, so on a one year contract which helpfully ends on my due date. Aka, I am jobless come end of August. Work have been vile about it. Due end of August and expect to go early due to complications.

Glad you have a supportive line manager... Mine harassed me to come back to work and set detailed cover with animated powerpoints whilst I was in hospital on 3 different drips!

I'm 12 weeks and been signed off since 6 weeks. I feel horribly guilty. With DD1 i was signed off the whole of my pregnancy. Didn't feel guilty then as my boss was a bullying arsehole.

See your doctor if you feel unable to cope, they tend to be very understanding and willing to sign you off esp when you explain the circumstances of your job.
I'm also a teacher, was signed off from 8-12 weeks due to sickness, the stress of school made it much worse, getting time to rest was the best thing I did.
Don't be afraid to put your own child first!

for me week 6-10 was unbearable but after that I haven't needed any time off and I've only got 5 weeks left if pregnancy. The first trimester is usually the worse so don't worry too much that you are already struggling.

Thank you guys, it's what I need to hear! Only 9 working days left! And am hoping when we come back all will be easier (I'll be able to tell people for a start!)
RNJ so sorry to hear about your crappy work situation! Non-teachers wouldn't believe the sort of standard bullying practises by managers that you find in schools!

I'm 7+5 and a teacher too. I'm finding it so hard. Coming home from school and just sleeping the minute I come in. I'm in an academy with 3 hour lessons - there's no teacher's desk so I'm on my feet constantly. We have 2 more weeks left...bring on the hols!

Charing, well done on timing the worst bit with the summer hols! Just get through these last few weeks and hopefully you'll feel a lot better by September.

Warm up your sofa for a summer of lying still and breathing slowly! (Well, that's all I managed!)

3 hour lessons! Mumtobe you sound amazing! I too am in an academy with no teacher desks but at least I have 50mins with the cherubs!

I feel your pain. Have been home the last few days, after single handedly running INSET on Tuesday, managed to hide the vomming!! Don't feel guilty about putting yourself first. Unless they've experienced it noone can understand quite how bad you can feel so quickly!

Get signed off if you need to, the rest of term is only a week and a half, and then we can all spend the holidays nursing our morning sickness!

Aw thank you but god I don't feel amazing at the minute! On Tuesday I had to teach sex ed to year 9 boys - we had to watch a film and my morning sickness got a hell of a lot worse when we got to giving birth and I saw some forceps!

Oh dear! I'm up for the weekend at the with my out laws As its my father out laws birthday. Didn't want to steal thunder so will tell them tomorrow rather than today at the party. Worried I might just blurt it out though as mother out law is desperate for grand kids and keeps mentioning it!

It's so lovely telling people. Just want my scan so I know everything is ok and I can share it with everyone!

I feel your pain. At 7 weeks I was signed off for two weeks. Ended up off all month which backed onto Easter break! So 6 weeks off. Then went bk and I announced I was preg. They were all thrilled as office gossip was I was preg but when I didn't come bk for so long I had MC. This was made worse by fact my phone was not receiving texts (I didn't realise for 5weeks!) and they couldn't get in touch with me.

Just a tip with it being so hot. Drink as much water as u can. Suck on a ice Lolly or ice chips. Just keep hydrated as it makes sickness worse and you don't want to end up in hospital with dehydration!

Thank you GTbaby. We told the out laws today (agreed to just tell family until after the scan) mother out law screamed so loud the waiter came over to see if she was ok!! Happy screaming though so all good.
Have now developed charming symptoms of diarrhoea instead of dry retching (tmi) still taking your advice and drinking lots of water and so far have kept it all in for a few hours!! May really push the boat out with an ice lolly now!!

We've told family too. Not quite sure how my mum is keeping quiet though! I have slept and lazed so much this weekend although we did go for a walk yesterday and I had a fruit pastille lolly!!!