2 weeks sick

[Cohyn92]

Hi ladies

I've been to the doctors today through suffering awful morning sickness and migraines. I went 2 weeks ago, was given anti-sickness tablets which took the edge off a little but not enough unfortunately. Anyway, at my appointment today, I walked in and was sick in the doctors sink.. completely embarrassed and mortified but the doctor was so lovely and made me feel better.
He said my blood pressures high, I'm stressed out and just generally having a tricky early pregnancy. He said he would advise a 2 week sick note as nothing is worth stressing baby out and that I don't need to worry about work as I'm protected in pregnancy, especially when its genuine.

The problem I feel is that half a year ago I was off sick for 6 months while my amazing fiancé of 8 years battled a brain tumour and I cared for him through cancer treatment.. I just feel so guilty that I'm off sick again. I really don't want them to think I'm a micky taker. It's really getting me down. Should I feel guilty? Will they sack me?
I've always worked so hard for them, was even voted 'employee of the year' a couple of years ago so I know they think a lot of my work. I just don't want them to feel I've been cheeky now.

Please reassure me

Sorry to hear you're feeling so rough. You're not a micky taker at all and your Dr is right, you are protected whilst pregnant, your company can't sack you for being ill when it's pregnancy related.

Focus on getting yourself as comfortable as possible and try not to worry

They can't sack you without breaking the law. They are not stupid and can see that both these events are unrelated and major life events not you taking the mickey!

so sorry you are going through this I didn't have it as bad as you describe but still remember how dreadful the sickness was for the first trimester and its a horrible time. It will hopefully pass by 12-16 weeks.

I've had loads of time off this pregnancy and I'm only 20 weeks. I got signed off today for a further 3 weeks. They I doubt they would think you're taking the mick, but even if they do there is not a great deal they can do about it.
In my return to works my boss always says "you've had a lot of time off but as it's pregnancy related we will not persue it further, we would just like you to manage it better"

They can't sack you for taking time off during pregnancy. I lost my first baby and had a lot of time off after that as I didn't feel like I could go back to work very quickly.

I then got pregnant again fairly quickly and had quite a lot of complications requiring extra appointments and had a lot of extra scans and time off sick. I felt bad for this but even if they were annoyed I I wasn't going to risk my baby.

Don't feel bad and take all the time you need, especially if a doctor is telling you to. My sickness didn't pass until nearly 18 weeks, it was horrendous so I feel your pain

Thanks everyone, you've really perked me up.
The stress of the job really would be unbearable whilst I'm dealing with this awful sickness and frequent migraines.
My partner is so supportive and although has the odd joke about me being able to stay in bed, completely agrees that I just need to take after myself and little baby whilst I'm so exhausted.
Thanks again for the support everyone, means a lot x