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work as a chef - morning sickness and long shifts are a nightmare

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kirstycrinson · 30/12/2013 01:07

I have a live in job and i work full time as a chef. roughly about 12 hours a day. Im about 6 weeks pregnant and its my first child. Because the job is stressful and i have complete baby brain at the moment, it becoming real tough. And when i've bollocksed up (which has happened a lot lately) and people get annoyed, the hormones make me well up with tears and because only a few people know i'm pregnant, the rest think im a right mard-arse. lol. plus cos i work with food, my hungry side of me eats everything. I get long breaks but it never feels like enough, work takes me hours longer cos im just so exhausted. And in the morning, the smell of the food makes me want to heave, and im worried everyone else will find out im pregnant because its getting pretty obvious. im not spilling the beans until im 3 months. Any advice on combating fatigue, food related morning sickness, eating far too much or being obviously pregnant would be helpful. Also, as my jobs quite strenuous, any ideas on when to start my maternity leave? I'm worried the stress of the job later in my pregnancy might harm my baby, plus its easy to get bumped into on a busy service and im really concerned for the safety of my child. Thanks guys. Apologies for the essay. happy pregnancies to you all, all the best :) xx

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kirstycrinson · 02/01/2014 09:11

they know and my manager is very supportive, but when shes not here i get really short breaks. the other day i worked half 9 in the morning until nrly 11 at night and only had a half hour break. and tiredness is making my sickness worse im getting nausea all day now. i think a risk assessment would definately be a good idea. were quite busy at the moment so a lot of prep to do, and were open for food all day from 12 midday to 9.30 at night. for safety reasons my head chef, sous chef and manager know about the pregnancy. ill suggest a risk assessment natasha, thanks for your help.

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