should i go back to work tomorrow? should i put the kids in nursery on friday?

[bossykate]

hello everyone

i've had quite a nasty dose of flu this week. it started on sunday, was v. bad on monday, somewhat recovered yesterday, a bit tired and under par today, but definitely on the mend now (fingers crossed). went to see gp yesterday and she said there was a lot of it about and that i should take the rest of the week off, rest, fluids, paracetamol etc.

dh and my mother are very strongly of the opinion that not only should i not go back to work this week, but should also put the kids into nursery on friday (they would normally be at home with me on fridays) in order for me to make a complete recovered. dh gets exasperated with me, he says, because i rush around trying to do everything at the first sign of recovery instead of getting properly better.

a bit of background. this would have been my seventh week back to work since finishing maternity leave. in that time i was off sick with d&v in the first week and have had some small virus or other pretty much every week, but have not taken any time off until monday this week. i am still employed, but don't actually have a real job atm - have been living with threat of redundancy for about 4m now and the stress is starting to get to me - not to mention that this is probably not the best time to be going off sick.

my mother says i'm getting constantly ill because of the stress, but i figure with 2 kids in nursery, bugs coming home are just a fact of life and whether i fully convalesce from this one or not, there will soon be another one along.

so assuming the getting better trend continues should i

(1) take off work tomorrow as well?

and/or

(2) send the kids to nursery on friday?

doing these would be in aid of getting a full recovery/convalescence.

grateful for any advice. thanks in advance