Thanks for the new thread Lucinda.
@Em6826 I was exactly the same, my commute is 1 hour both ways (but sometimes longer if there are delays on the lines), I enjoy my job and get on with the people I work with and I’m the type to soldier on when sick too. It took a really long time for me to fully adjust and accept I just couldn’t do that, but thankfully DH is really supportive and would give me short shrift when I tried to do too much! Several times I thought, “Maybe I should return to work now, it seems okay, right?” then I would do something minor like a load of laundry and get set back. “Were you thinking about going back to work?” became a sort of catchphrase of DH’s whenever stuff like that happened! I’ve actually been off my whole pregnancy and will be on mat leave soon. Some people get well enough to return, I haven’t but it’s not awful - as in, the first 20 weeks were the worst, but especially up to around 14-16 weeks. Since then I am significantly better, it’s completely different, I just can’t do my daily commute or reliably work because doing stuff takes it out of me. So for instance I can do laundry, cook, the school run, go to the shops, all things I couldn’t do before; but I might not do them all in the same day, or one day I can do a number of things but the next I’ll do next to nothing to rest and recuperate. So I feel significantly better, I don’t feel like I’m suffering like I was, but I’m just not able to work for several hours in a row let along a whole day, or work every day, or part time etc, I just don’t have the consistency to do that and maintain it so it’s better to just be off sick and take things at my own pace.
@Blii I get that with iron tablets, but it actually swings between mild constipation (only mild for me, usually don’t even need lactulose or movicol) and actually a slightly upset tummy/looser stools. The other thing is it can make stools a sort of black/green colour (sorry!) and that’s totally normal. I find that on starting the course I get the most impact, then over a week or two my digestion gets a bit more used to it - I’ve been put on them a few different times and this sort of pattern has emerged.
@Marshmallow1992 sorry to hear it’s so bad, if it’s any reassurance you’re in the thick of it now, most people start to see some gradual improvements somewhere between 14 weeks and 20 weeks - not necessarily gone but eg less vomiting, nausea episodes breaking up more or less nausea overall. Key is to just rest and take each day at a time. I believe there are other meds and also combinations of meds and vitamins that can be helpful - I think it’s B6 they give sometimes which seems to help? As well as combining multiple meds. Hopefully someone here will be able to share their experience of that.
@McHelenz sorry it’s so rough for you too. I have hypothyroidism and there are actually a few people on this thread with thyroid problems. There is a link between thyroid issues and HG, it’s not 100% clear why or what the link is but a current theory is that the connection may be due to thyroid hormones and pregnancy hormones being chemically similar. Have you been working all throughout? If so you really have soldiered through! But that may also contribute to your sickness, even basic exertion can make it much worse so definitely follow your GP’s lead there, rest up (properly, not whizzing around your home or doing tasks etc, just rest) and see how you feel, it may make a world of difference and it may help to reduce hours or take a longer period of sick leave, depending on how things go. Also with all respect, your colleagues haven’t got a clue what they’re on about. This is my third child, and it’s not normal to be vomiting water at 15 weeks. You are actually ill, this is a proper illness which affects 1-2% of pregnant women - it is not just a side effect of pregnancy, and no one can work being horrendously nauseous or vomiting! Just think - would I just carry on as normal if I wasn’t pregnant? If the answer is no, or even just maybe not, then listen to that and think about how expectations may need to be adjusted. Being pregnant doesn’t suddenly mean we should have to work through vomit, pain, dizziness etc 
(you may have noticed now that this is a rant topic for me 
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@DeadDoorpost the heat is horrendous and due to increase, I’m just glad I’m not in other parts of Europe where it’s even hotter.
@ElkieMacjibe oh how rotten to get food poisoning/bug, glad it’s better now but not nice at all. And then a power cut! At least you can have fans again now, I’ve been sitting directly in the stream of the fan all day!