12 weeks pregnant and struggling with work!

[Freddie15VES]

Morning everyone,

I am 13 weeks pregnant tomorrow and I am getting to a point where I’m crying everyday at work. I’m not sleeping because I’m worrying about things and the stress level when I’m there is too much. I work over 65 hours a week and rarely get a full day off. I have spoken with my OH about this and he agrees that I should look for something else, even if it’s temporary until I have baby as he’s seen how stressed I am and doesn’t think it is doing me any good. I will only get SMP at my work anyway and have spoken to citizens advice about maternity allowance which they have said I’d be eligible for if I were to leave. I just have a worry that I’m going to burn myself out at work, we were a sales team of 13 and now there is 3 of us - but if anything there job has become harder! The company I work for aren’t great and are being investigated by the FCA...which doesn’t bode well as I feel like any day they could go bust!!

My main question here is should I follow my instinct and look out for me and my baby and just leave. Or do I stick it out and hope the stress eases off. I know I’d need to get another job ASAP but I want to do right by us all

Thanks and sorry for the essay

Definitely quit and find something else! It's only a job it shouldn't be this stressful. I just quit my horrible job after months of stress and found something 10x better and I'm so glad I took the leap. Your well-being and family are more important than a job, please look after yourself first

I'd definitely follow your gut instinct and put yourself and baby first. As the above poster has said, your wellbeing and your family are so much more important than a job.

Sounds like its definitely worth looking for another job, I would look first before quitting though as with how things currently are jobs are hard to come by!