Working mummies

Any mummies stopped working halfway through your pregnancy? Last week I was admitted to hospital due to suspected preterm labour and was given hospital leave of 7 days. Just when I’m ready to go back to work, I suddenly developed fever and flu and tested positive for covid, thus another 5 days of mc. I usually have to take leave once or twice a month for my antenatal check ups. I have maxed out all my leaves and I don’t know what to do anymore. My manager told me that there will be consequences if I start taking unpaid leave. I’m only 24 weeks, heard that there will be many more checks to do when approaching EDD. But I don’t have any more leave to take. Am I suppose to quit? If I quit now will there be any places that will hire me since I’m approaching third trimester already? Will anything happen if I skip all these appointments? As my husband is only earning less than 1.5 a month, our plan is to rely on my income during maternity leave. If I quit then we have to figure out ways to stretch the dollar and I am extremely stressed out about that. Any mummies with similar experiences? Appreciate your sharing.

Vô danh

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Does your doctor have weekend slots? Or is it possible to talk to your manager about taking only a couple of hours’ time off during appointments and not count it as leave? Honestly, though, I didn’t like how the manager said there’d be consequences if you take unpaid leave; sounded threatening and discriminatory against a pregnant employee. It’s not as if you’re having fun at the hospital/clinic when you go. I’m sorry you’re going through this.

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