Shandelion
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I'm in landscaping for my profession, not a very pregnancy-friendly occupation. At first my coworkers were automatically putting me on decent light-duty tasks, but last week I had to break down and let them know that my remaining primary task is causing extreme fatigue and cramping and achiness. The director of my department was great about it, I talked to her first. My supervisor went nuts on me. Today I was back to doing the same thing I was doing before-with my director's orders to do so. There are a thousand lighter duties I could be doing. I'm not a confrontational person, but if I don't stand up to them in a very strong way, they're going to ride rampant over me and either way they're acting like they're the victims. It's very upsetting to me and I really don't want to draw a line in the sand over it. My husband is encouraging me to quit for my health and the baby's, but we don't have any other health insurance and we're low income. I just don't know what to do now. At least our HR lady is on my side, but...what the heck, why does this have to go to HR? Isn't this common decency? I'm having such hard time, physically and emotionally.