Teachers and TAs

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Just wanted to say hi and see if we could support each other and share tips?

I’m 4+5. Had a loss in January (5/6 weeks) in term time and it was a big struggle. Obviously off for the summer now but I’m quite worried about going back (will be 10 weeks) and juggling the exhaustion and nausea/sickness etc with the stresses of day to day school life!

I work in an independent senior school so work long days and 6 days a week 🙈

So, any other teachers/TAs here? Xx

Me! Teacher in a challenging secondary school. 23 weeks now but I got through the first trimester by reassessing what actually needed to be done and faffing about less - I was too tired to do anything else! My best friend (also at the same school) figured it out before I told her because I'd normally leave around 6.30/7ish and I was going home at 4-5 instead...

Bonus for you is that you'll have a few weeks of tiredness when you go back but you can relax over the summer before that and then you should pick up again at 14-18 weeks (fingers crossed!).

Being pregnant is tough but try not to stress about how you might feel because it's different for everyone. And congratulations!!

I'm a TA in a primary school :) 25+6 now and have been okay for quite a while, just tired easily and a bit of a dodgy back. I was 10 weeks at the Easter holidays and I started to feel more normal, pregnancy wise, around that mark so hopefully you'll be over the worst of it before you go back to school (although rubbish that you might spend summer feeling pants!)

I've found that after telling work things have been easier, I can nip to the loo whenever, sit down if I need to (thanks low blood pressure!) And risk assessments have been done and I don't need to do things like climb on tables or chairs to sort classrooms out.

My advice is sit when you need to at work and sleep when you want at home, some days I would have a nap after school AND be properly asleep by 8:30pm but it helped me get through the days :)

Just broke off for summer at 30 weeks!

I work in an SEN school so there's a massive physical element to my job with pushing wheelchairs, hoisting, giving physio, chasing after runners, etc.

I definitely found the first trimester up until around 16 weeks difficult as I was sick every morning and had no appetite which meant I was even lower on energy than usual.

I'd leave work as early as I could, have a nap, then get some stuff done before having an early night.

It definitely picked up after 16 weeks and I've had much more normal energy until the last 2/3 weeks where I've been exhausted again (but haven't we all!). Relaxing as much as possible over the 6 weeks and hoping to go back to school for a couple of weeks before baby comes!

You can do it :)