Having a really bad day

[Bookworm83]

I'm 38 weeks pregnant.

Today I found out that my hospital has restricted birth partners to just 1, which means I can no longer have my doula with me. I suffer from anxiety and had hired the doula specifically to help me cope mentally during labour, and now I won't have that support.

Yesterday my company announced that everyone is to take two weeks unpaid leave to help the business cope with the coronavirus impact. Everyone but me, since I'm due to start my mat leave on Friday so they said I might as well work until then. On one hand that's great as I'm not losing income, but on the other I'm left on my own to deal with a very stressful situation (I work in tourism so you can imagine how hard we are being hit by all this). Today was a hellish day!

And the cherry on top is I have just checked my temperature as I thought my face was burning up. Turns out I've got 38.1 degrees fever so obviously I'm now worried I've got the virus.

I'm already working from home so it's not a problem to self isolate, but I still worry that if I have it I won't be able to have the birth I planned and will be forced to be in the obstetrics unit.

It's been a really horrible day and I just needed to vent

Bless you. What a horrible day for you. Sending good vibes your way x

o dear, can you phone your gp tomorrow about the temp? just try to keep yourself cool and maybe take some paracetamol. it will all be ok, you're going to get through it

@feelingbeautiful thanks, I took a paracetamol half an hour ago, will check the temp again later.
My GP surgery have been sending out tests saying not to contact them unless you can't cope with your symptoms .
They are no longer testing for covid unless you need hospital treatment, so I might never find out if I had it.

ok then paracetamol, frozen berry smoothies, a lukewarm bath. The temp is not too high and you can get on top of it. drink lots of water with lemon and ginger if you can and if you get a good night's sleep you might feel better tomorrow. it's very shitty i don't know whey pregnant women are not being looked after better