Expecting and the C-word

[rosMumQ]

So I have just found out I am expecting. 5 weeks. Very excited. BUT...now come the worries to do with Covid! Where do I find what precautions I should be taking? My main burning question at the moment....

I had planned to put my DS into a crèche when I go back to work in two months after maternity but is this a bad idea?

Firstly congrats! If you Google RCOG and coronavirus you'll find the latest guidance. But essentially no additional precautions other than the usual social distancing etc. If you have certain heart conditions then in the 3rd trimester you will be counted as clinically vulnerable - but as shielding has been paused it doesn't change anything. If you are working in your normal work place it might be worth telling them sooner rather than later so they can do your risk assessment, with covid in mind as well as the standard assessment they will need to do.

@rosMumQ to try and give some reassurance I’ve just found I’m pregnant and have a 3 year old who will continue to go to nursery xxx

@MorgenMuffel Thank you!! I will look that up! As far as I know I'll be working from home but that could change.

@Evey43 It's so hard to know what to do but then what choice do we really have? Can't work if have DS here but don't want to put pregnancy at risk.

The childcare dilemma is a hard one isn’t it. I ended up sending my DS back to nursery and I’ve accepted the increased risk to me and potentially to my pregnancy. It’s not ideal but I don’t want him missing out and now I’m in my third trimester I desperately need the rest and space it gives me. I may regret it, I may not. Just trying to get back to normal as much as possible. Do what feels right. Oh and congratulations 🙂

Appreciate it's not quite the same but if it helps at all I've been commuting to and from my London office via train throughout the entire lockdown period

I worked as a temp in Tesco over the 'peak' I started there about 5 weeks pregnant. Lost my job at the start of lockdown didn't have much choice as universal credit wouldn't pay all my monthly expenses. I'm now 30 weeks and working full time in a hotel as a food and beverage assistant, in contact with guests all the time. I try not to think of the risks, my anxiety around it does heighten if I hear a cough or a sneeze. I just wash my hands/sanitize my hands regularly.

My partner works in a pub and a person who visited (not while he was on shift thankfully) was selfish enough to go to the pub with symptoms after being sent home from work the same day for having symptoms and got a positive test a few days later! And the girl didn't just visit one pub...she went on a pub crawl and visited 4 pubs in the area! So it does make me nervous that there are some selfish people out there!