Hi guys, and Happy New Year
Just wondering how many of you faired when pregnant and working full time? Did you reduce your hours? Or Go off early before mat leave started?
I'm nearly 20weeks and have a stressful-ish job with some long days leaving house at 7.30am back home 7pm.
After initially having a nice burst of energy after the morning sickness of first trimester I find that I'm getting more tired & I'm still having nighttime hypos(getting less though)... I set my phone alarm twice/night to check that I'm within range(not high or low) and also have a Dexcom but my nighttime hypos were severe in first trimester and afraid to rely on it 100% incase it fails. (Just a side note-couldn't recommend it highly enough though-I don't have a pump but find the CGM invaluable - last Hba1c was 41/5.9% partly thanks to it!)
So between the waking every few hours at night combined with the tiredness of being pregnant and working full time I'm starting to wonder how other people coped? The baby will always come first but I'm afraid of letting people down too by calling in sick etc! If I call in sick, my colleagues will have to take on my work.
Any advice/previous experience would be great
Just wondering how many of you faired when pregnant and working full time? Did you reduce your hours? Or Go off early before mat leave started?
I'm nearly 20weeks and have a stressful-ish job with some long days leaving house at 7.30am back home 7pm.
After initially having a nice burst of energy after the morning sickness of first trimester I find that I'm getting more tired & I'm still having nighttime hypos(getting less though)... I set my phone alarm twice/night to check that I'm within range(not high or low) and also have a Dexcom but my nighttime hypos were severe in first trimester and afraid to rely on it 100% incase it fails. (Just a side note-couldn't recommend it highly enough though-I don't have a pump but find the CGM invaluable - last Hba1c was 41/5.9% partly thanks to it!)
So between the waking every few hours at night combined with the tiredness of being pregnant and working full time I'm starting to wonder how other people coped? The baby will always come first but I'm afraid of letting people down too by calling in sick etc! If I call in sick, my colleagues will have to take on my work.
Any advice/previous experience would be great