Off work morning sickness - feel guilty

[SomeDizzyWhore1804]

Hi all

Need some reassurance really. 8 weeks pregnant and feeling like shit. Tired beyond reason, feeling sick/bad heartburn all the time and being sick about three or four times a day. No energy and sleeping 15-16 hrs a day.

Had a UTI 2 weeks ago that had me off work for 3 days and now doc has put me on promethazine and signed me off for 2 weeks. This is much longer than I was expecting and feel incredibly guilty.

Need advice really. I am a dept subject leader in a core subject in a secondary school. Guilt comes with the territory but I really feel like two weeks is too long and I should get out of bed and get a grip.

If you need the time off then you need it. Have you notified work that its pregnancy related absence, once you have told them it can't count against you for disciplinary purposes however if they don't know you're pregnant then obviously they can count it towards absence trigger points.

Could you honestly go into work and do your job feeling how you do right now? That's ignoring your own health (and baby's!) but if you are so rough then the students would suffer if you were there and not functioning, at least when you're off then someone else can cover for you!

Work do know it's pregnancy related and my sick note reflects that. I just feel like I'm being a wimp!

I was signed off for 2 weeks initially and have just posted my new sickline for another 2 weeks.

To be honest I strugged through it with the my first pregnancy and wasn't made to feel valued at all, I'll never forget the way my boss made me feel when I took a few days off so this time I'm taking care of me and my baby and couldn't give a toss about work, they'll survive just like your work will too.

Rest up and take advantage of the rest.

Hi Hun I feel your pain. I'm 19 weeks and still sick on a morning but thank fully it's over the worse.

From week 5 to 17 I was nauseous constantly throwing up all the time. I stupidly didn't take any sick time off work and looking back I should of.

Now sickness is past I still feel drained, aching every were I quite frankly don't no how I will cope over next months at work.

Don't feel guilty just try and feel better. I swear I have never felt so ill my whole life until I got pregnant lol
Hope you feel better soon.

Poor you. Doesn't sound fun. I'm 6 weeks tomorrow and so far I have avoided morning sickness.

I really wouldn't worry about it. You are not the first to be signed off work and won't be the last. It happens and schools are equipped to have back up. Life is too short to worry. In the meantime, put your feet up, keep some snacks nearby and rest.

Have just been signed off for a week with option to extend for a further week. Feel rubbish as my team is so small so they are having to cover for me. Anti sickness tablets havent kicked in yet but generally my limbs feel like lead and am very forgetful. Am 7 weeks today.

Can't afford to put the heating on during the day either so currently on sofa under a duvet.

Try not to worry Somedizzy - I'm a secondary teacher and was signed off for about 4 weeks with sickness in the first trimester as I just could not function. I know it's so hard not to feel guilty being off and like you are letting people down but honestly - they'll manage and you need to focus on your health. Try to get as much rest as you can over these next few weeks and I hope you start to feel better. I know it feels like it will never end but it does get better.

I was off work for 8 weeks with hyperemisis with both pg. I felt bad about this, but it made me realise that the world doesn't stop without me.