Hiding symptoms at/when to tell work?

Riveted Rosie

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Hi lovelies

I thought I was breezing through intermittent mild nausea and covering yawns well at work but this week the symptoms have ramped up.

I need to snack, smells are horrible and I am nodding off at my desk.

What tips can you give me for getting through work/when is a good time to tell your boss/employer?

xxx
 
Plan snacks and things you like to eat and bring them from home. Find things that help with the nausea. For me, drinking soda water helped. Making sure I ate regularly did as well and I always pack lunches for work anyway, but I was extra careful. I also ate whatever I wanted that made me feel better, which generally was pretty healthy. It really isn't a time for stressing about diet.

I also found getting some fresh air and taking a walk in the middle of the day helped. I would plan it for when someone was eating something especially smelly for lunch.

Do you have the option to work from home at all? I work from home several days a week anyway, but I definitely made sure I took full advantage of it and worked from home when I could on the worst days (and I also took a nap!). When its really bad, take a sick day. That's what they're for and there's no reason to suffer.

As for when to tell, I would tell them when it affects your work or future plans and take into if/when you'd feel comfortable disclosing any bad news to them if you were to have a loss. I had a mc before this pregnancy, so I was in no hurry to talk to anyone about being pregnant. I have a lovely supervisor and colleagues, but I knew there was no way I'd want to share that news with them if it happened again (even when I took off 3 weeks for the mc, I still didn't tell them that's what it was). So I told my supervisor at 12 weeks when I was confident everything was going fine. I would have probably waited to tell her later, but I had an important meeting where we were discussing (one-on-one) my plans for the next year. Obviously seemed important to mention I wasn't planning to actually be around after February!
 
Thanks lovely! I can't work from home but have been snacking and sipping.

I think I may hold off telling them unless I need to be off sick, if I don't tell them then it could cause disciplinary issues, whereas pg related is offset I think.

I'm relatively new at my company (9 months) and work in a different office to my boss so can't casually say! If I get the opportunity to mention then probably will because I would need support with a loss. We had one last year actually just after 12 weeks, but feeling stronger and safer this time.
 

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