Working under stress while pregnant

Announcement of pregnancy and birth following assisted reproductive treatment.
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Fed7281
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Working under stress while pregnant

Post by Fed7281 »

Hi ladies,

Any advice given would be great on this. Basically I am working at a place in which I am constantly under stress because the higer ups want to get rid of me due to being out for IVF and now for being pregnant. Every day they are coming down on me for things that I have no control over. They stress me out to the point of crying and feeling nausous and hating to come in everyday. I need the money but I know that this stress is harmful to my babies and I jsut dont know what to do. I am thinking about talking to my doctor and seeing if he will write me a ntoe to not be at work and I can get on my short term disability as I just cant take much more of this.

Please help me get through this I am sick of feeling like this! :cry:
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Post by deepa100 »

Hi there,
You made it this far working in a stressful environment. I had to quit my stressful job even to get pregnant. Well, it was worth it for me. I went to school meanwhile finishing up pre-reqs for med school.

Can you take on a lesser role? For eg, I could have switched form being a software team lead/manager to QA engineer or business analysis. Please look into it - I am sure your employer can not say no. You may have to take a pay cut but it will be worth it, won't you agree?
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