To work or not to work?!

[KayteN]

I am very early on (7 weeks) and am enjoying the ongoing delights of morning / midday / evening sickness. I've just been on half term so for a week I've been taking it easy and not had to do a lot. However, a trip to the supermarket ended up in rushing to their toilets a vomiting noisily.. Nice. And a short drive to my in laws resulted in 7-8 stops for a throw up out the window. Needless to say I'm miserable and now cry when I'm sick and can't stop. Dr. Been lovely and given me anti sickness however it's touch and go if they stay down long enough to take effect. If I'm not throwing up I'm dry heaving instead ( so some stuff is staying down) I have a new term as of tomorrow and although the dr said he will sign me off if ness I'm terrified of the school knowing that I'm pregnant so early on. I haven't managed to find a cure.. I'm off hot drinks, ginger biccies have been overdone and now I can't face one.can anyone help/ reassure me about what to do. I want to say that I'll see how I feel in the morning but I've a pretty good idea of what will be going on. Could the dr say I had gastroentirius or sickness or wild he say I was pregnant? Someone... Anyone ... Help!!!!

They don't have to say you are pregnant on the sick note if you don't want them too. However, pregnancy related sickness has to be treated differently to other sickness - it doesn't go on your record.
Get some sea sickness bands - they really helped me. Also, try to eat little and often - going hungry tends to make the sickness worse. Anything you can stomach. For me, that was bland carbs. It will be different for everyone though.

You don't have to take your sick note to school if it's an LA run one. You can send it direct to HR. No need for school to know what's on it. Or you can tell head but ask him not to say why you are ill or make up excuse e.g. say it's a virus or flu which could buy you a couple of weeks. No one should share info if you ask them not to though.

Thanks for the advice... Perhaps I will email the head and explain. Fingers crossed this stops soon! How do people function!? x

I think you've answered your own question. How can you work if you're constantly being sick: answer, you can't.
I'd tell the head it's pregnancy related so it doesn't go on your record and swear him to secrecy for now. Good luck.

I had to tell my head and hod at 7 weeks when I needed am emergency trip to the EPU. I was relieved they knew in the end. They were very supportive and the cover office, who also had to know, ended up being very kind and giving me no cover from then on. It's hard to tell people early but I would consider it.