Im a radiolgy and CT tech. Work 12 hr shifts over night. 7on 7off. I did the same thing with my last pregnancy luckily the nurses I work with are awesome and do all my lifting when i need it and my partner that works my opposite week is willing to split shifts if 7 12's get to be too much for me. The only down side is this go around I wont have any paid time off, just Short term disability
I'm a graduate student that does research in a hospital. I don't come in contact with patients really (other than walking to my lab), but there are a lot of chemical in our lab that are harmful to pregnant women. I haven't told my boss yet (I wanted to wait until we told our families first), and I've avoided actually going into the lab pretty well, but it's getting pretty hard. Luckily my desk is in a completely different room and I was able to do work on my laptop, but I'm kind of out of things to do. Debating if I should tell my boss sooner rather than later now.
I'm a postdoc in the same boat as you - so heres what I did: first thing I did was tell my boss as soon as I found out (my family still doesn't know) and contacted our Safety and Health department. They said to send a list of all chemicals I frequently come into contact with along with the MSDS and they sent me back a list of stuff they do not recommend I come into contact with. I looked at the list with my boss and we figured out what I can do to minimize exposure. I'm sure you can contact your safety and health without your boss knowing if that makes you more comfortable!
I'm a nurse, although not working in the hospital anymore, but the best advice I can give you is to ask your ancillary staff like nursing aids and techs to lift patients for you. I worked in a unit where team work was a big deal. So hopefully your coworkers will help out. And I know it gets very busy and you often don't have time to take real breaks but keep something healthy to snack on throughout the day.
I am a physical therapist and I just started a new home health job so I am concerned about getting patients who require heavy lifting or who have contact precautions. I am still in orientation but I have a feeling I will need to tell them sooner than I would like.
Thanks @lpallad! I have an appointment next Tuesday so I'll wait until after that (just to make sure everything is still okay with the baby) & talk to him after that. I'd rather have a healthy baby than not say anything!
I'm a home care nurse. The problem is going to pee on the road and finding a nice enough bathroom to do it in that isn't absolutely disgusting. I'm lucky that I work mostly days and the great thing is I find the job keeps me active enough as I always take the stairs with my heavy bag. The tiredness that I've been experiencing has been making me chill out on the couch a lot!
I'm an online marketing consultant and I run my business from home so the bathroom is always close by -- I feel like I go every 15-30min right now and am in full awe of your teachers and nurses with your long shifts!
Starting to plan the next 9 months of my biz so I can create a maternity leave for myself and still keep the business afloat but I'm happy I'll have the flexibility to be home with baby
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Starting to plan the next 9 months of my biz so I can create a maternity leave for myself and still keep the business afloat but I'm happy I'll have the flexibility to be home with baby