Would you work in a farm being 6months pregnant

[Herthatry]

That's it really.

I need the money as a single mother

I think it depends on what your body is used to at the minute. I work a moderately physical job (always on my feet) at 4 months pregnant and plan on staying there until I'm 8 months. I'm used to it though.

If you're used to a sitting down job then working on a farm is probably not the best idea. It's totally up to you though! Also there may be certain tasks that are dangerous - depends on what exactly your role would be

Well obviously lots of female farmers work on farms while pregnant, as pp said it definitely depends on your level of physical fitness and whether you have kept it up so far in pregnancy. If you have then I imagine you'll be fine to continue if you feel able.

However, you are supposed to stay well away from sheep during lambing season and other birthing animals when pregnant. So it depends on what kind of farm it is!

You have to be really careful around certain animals poo (essentially) when you're pregnant, which you probably know already.
Physically, I'd imagine it's going to be a tough job and will only get more strenuous as pregnancy goes on.

It would totally depend on the type of farm. You need to stay away from ewes during lambing season so if you’d be in contact with any sheep I’d say no, not worth the risk. Otherwise I don’t see why not as long as you are very conscious about hygiene

I am from a farming family and am very involved on the farm. Id say it would be all down what you are used to doing and how you are feeling. They say you can continue to exercise through pregnancy at a level your body is comfortable with, therefore if you have always worked in farming, Id say I don't see why you can't.

I am currently 34 weeks pregnant and we are sheep farmers therefore, due to toxoplasmosis, have had to avoid the ewes that are lambing/have recently lambed so if you work on a sheep farm, Id say this could have a really big impact on your current situation! It wasn't overly handy and not being able to be 'all hands to the deck' made things harder on everyone else but absolutely not worth the risk !

I don’t think I would as lambing season coming up and I’d be worried about infection risk….but it depends on the tasks?

I work on a farm too and my risk assessment is very robust about not going anywhere near the animals particularly the sheep during lambing, the cows during calving(same reason as sheep) and due to the risk of being bumped/knocked/kicked etc... The gov have an informative webpage about zoonoses in relation to farms and pregnancy

www.gov.uk/guidance/pregnancy-advice-on-contact-with-animals-that-are-giving-birth Gov farms pregnancy

If it's arable then it depends how much physical work you are used to doing and how you are feeling. But they will also need to do a robust risk assessment