Pregnant and so stressed at work :(

[Marie20051990]

Hi everyone!

I'm 14 weeks pregnant with my first baby and so so happy and excited. However, obviously this is a very stressful time to be pregnant with the Covid-19 nightmare going on.

I work as an admin in a care home, I am classed as a key worker so cannot have time off even though pregnant women are in the vulnerable group and there is a resident in the home who has tested positive 😞 my boss has told me if I want to self isolate I will have to go on the sick.
I wouldn't mind as much but the thing that is stressing me out is the treatment I am receiving from my boss, she has only just started 6 weeks ago and she is treating me terribly, my workload has doubled, she makes comments all the time about my pregnancy, for instance, last week I was vomitting with morning sickness and she told me she "didn't think I was coping very well with being pregnant", she delegates most of her own work to me, argues with me constantly about anything, not just me either she has had numerous members of staff in tears.

It got so bad on Friday I left work crying.

I really don't know what to do, I cannot afford to go on the sick with a baby on the way, the thought of going to work tomorrow is filling me with anxiety, today I have been applying for temp jobs just for a few months or so in the hope that a company will take me on up until I am entitled for maternity leave 😩🤞

Has anybody else been in a similar situation? I could really do with any advice at all. I am currently crying as I write this 🙈

Hi there - so sorry you're going through this - but there IS good news. It appears that there is no

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/coronavirus-pregnant-women-birth-baby-risk-covid-19-a9390131.html

How to feel less anxious about the coronavirus
“It is expected the large majority of pregnant women will experience only mild or moderate cold/flu like symptoms,” says the RCOG.

Dr Edward Morris, president of the RCOG says: “We would like to reassure pregnant women that, as things stand, no new evidence has come to light suggesting they are at higher risk of becoming seriously unwell compared with other healthy individuals.”

It also states that there is no evidence it will pass to your baby - just make sure you social distance as much as you possibly can. Take care - and thanks for being an essential worker - there are so many that are not doctors or nurses that are going through this as well.

By the way - I think the problem is actually your boss and not COVID19. She can't just sack you when you're pregnant in any case and 'not coping with being pregnant'. WTF does she think she is.

Id call maternity action. Id consider leaving.