Early pregnancy NHS worker

[Oceansound90]

Hi,

I know there are already some threads about this but they were mostly started during the first wave of the pandemic, so I hope people don't mind me asking again.

I was wondering what people are doing if they work in A&E or ITU or general wards and are in early pregnancy. I know that it's recommended to work from home once you are 28 weeks but what have people decided to do prior to this and how this was supported by the trust they are working for.

Thank you!

I had a covid risk assessment and wasn't allowed patient contact for the first 12 weeks so was redeployed as a housekeeper on a low risk ward. Now back to patient contact on that low risk ward as a hca and will have to go on medical suspension from 28 weeks

I've continued to work as a nurse on icu throughout... I'm now 22 weeks and will be redeployed from 28 weeks x

I'm also diabetic and been told that i should be working from home throughout and cannot go into any clinical areas.

Thanks guys. Seems like it really does depend on the risk assessment.
@Sam042017 did you choose to stay in direct patient contact and in retrospect would you do this again?

I work in A&E and am 10 weeks pregnant. I have been told at 28 weeks I can be moved or I can sign an form to say that I am happy to continue working where I am. At the moment I plan to continue working where I am unless anything massively changes in my health.

I wasn't given the choice as we only have to socially distance in the third trimester according to RCOG guidance. I know of people being redeployed if they say they feel mega stressed about working with covid and can go through occupational health to do it that way but my trust have been difficult... they didn't want to redeploy me from 28 but I got my union involved and as it isn't a covid secure environment I have to be redeployed x

Sorry to add I was given the choice from the start as to whether to continue to work on icu or be redeployed to a medical ward. I chose to continue to work on icu due to me feeling that's less risk as we have the correct ppe on at all times and procedures in place.

I haven’t told work yet, but there are actually no covid patients at my hospital atm. I was thinking about waiting until after my first scan.

Front line NHS here, I was told to work from home ASAP, I stayed clinical until 18 weeks at my choice then my manager really put the pressure on for me to go non-patient facing as it’s impossible to guarantee my work environment is Covid free. Have to work from home from 28 weeks.

I'm a paramedic in a GP surgery, I'll be working as normal until 28 weeks and only working from home then because our covid risk assessments class that as high risk with no patient contact