Sick note, hyperemesis gravidarum and early maternity leave

[Stacey19892008]

ive worked as a hotel receptionist for the last 9 years, im currently 16 weeks pregnant with my 3rd baby and im still suffereing with hyperemisis gravidarium which ive had since week 5 of my pregnancy, to cut a long story short i just cant work anymore,i had it with my 1st pregnancy and it didnt go away till i was 8 months with him, im being sick several times a day all day and night and im just phycially drained and i dnt see it ending any time soon, im constantly having to take time off unpaid due to hospital/doctors appoinments and the doctor has advised me to go on sick until my maternity leave starts, ive brought my MAT leave date foward to the earlist i can leave and added all my holidays onto that before the date so i can leave work on the 15th september, but the only thing stopping me is my dad is getting married at the hotel i work at on 19th august and im meant to be bridesmaid, dad understands how sick i am but i will get through it for him but if i take sick leave now and still show up at work for dads wedding, could they disipline me for that?

You can't be disciplined for any absence related to pregnancy, it's the law.

oh lord that's tricky.
there is a HG support thread on MN that is ace - lots of fellow sufferers and tricks/tips/hints for nibbles/drinks.
it is an awful disease and I'm sorry you have it, I had it for the last 2 of my 3 pg's. hopefully it will ease off - are you on good medication? a lot of meds are considered totally safe nowadays so keep going back to doc to try stuff - ondansatron worked for me but needs to be prescribed by a consultant.

regards your work, do you have a good rapport with your manager? could you explain/will they understand? otherwise I don't think it's a good idea, Im sorry

Maybe worth a phonecall to ACAS to see if they have any suggestions? It's very different to put a brave face on things for one event than to get into work every day when you feel awful but it could be an awkward situation if a a Manager or someone else doesn't view it the same way. At least if you've spoken to ACAS you'll know what your "legal" position is X