To tell work im pregnant early and ask if i can avoid putting myself and baby in danger?

[shuz1980]

Im 4-5 weeks pregnant. So very early on. Im not telling family and friends until 12 week scan. I work in a nursery and some children (2 in particular) do tend to lash out (bite, kick, hit) these children are sen and do sometimes need to be picked up, whether thats to change nappies, remove from dangerous situations or coming in from the garden. This is when they tend to lash out. Every other aspect of my job i feel safe doing. Do i sound dramatic to tell work this early to protect myself and my baby and just say its to risky to pick these children up knowing they might become frustrated with me and put me at risk?

Definitely reasonable, no doubt about it. You should have a risk assessment done to protect you, your baby and your employer

If you feel an early risk assessment is needed then yes tell them.

Baby is well protected early on so an upset child is unlikely to cause much damage. Our son accidentally kicked me in the belly when I was pregnant with our twins, I had a little spotting but they were fine.

I work in a special school and told my line manager very early on as I was concerned about similar risks. They did a risk assessment with me and changed a couple of things. It's perfectly reasonable to keep you safe

I did when I was working in a nursery. I told them straight away

Thank you all. Just didn't want to sound dramatic or like i was shying away from my responsibilities or duties.

Absolutely tell them and request a risk assessment.
I had to tell my team when I was very early due to the nature of the job I have to do.
While I didnt want to tell anyone so early on, it would have been silly for me to continue trying to do my job as normal and poss put both myself and baby at risk.
Work have been amazingly suppportive about everything and have literally wrapped me in cotton wool!