Clearround
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I am posting under a new username as I'm not ready to tell my family yet but I have just found out I'm pregnant with my first child. I'm excited but I'm also really worried and that's because of my job.
I work on a yard with 32 horses and I'm one of only 2 staff. We work 14 hour days and regularly have to do things like turn out and catch by ourselves in fields that are a good distance away from the yard. I'm terrified of getting hurt and it effecting the pregnancy.
This week I am absolutely exhausted, and I feel it's impairing my reactions. Yesterday I was bringing a normally very quiet mare in from the field when the rest of the herd started galloping around for no particular reason I could see. As they took off past her she reared, knocked me over and very nearly came down on top of me. If something had happened I wouldn't have been found for at least an hour.
This has really shaken me, normally it would just be a day to day risk I take with the job but I really want this baby and I'm terrified of something like this happening again. To make it worse 1 day a week I have to do the yard completely on my own and I'm normally totally exhausted by the end of that even when not pregnant.
What would you do in my shoes? I have told my employer about the pregnancy and neither he nor my colleague seem bothered except to find out when I will need to leave for (unpaid) maternity. My OH is furious and is suggesting I leave or go part time to at least give myself some recovery time. If it was you what would you do? Only dry biscuits on offer unfortunately because that's all I can stomach right now
I work on a yard with 32 horses and I'm one of only 2 staff. We work 14 hour days and regularly have to do things like turn out and catch by ourselves in fields that are a good distance away from the yard. I'm terrified of getting hurt and it effecting the pregnancy.
This week I am absolutely exhausted, and I feel it's impairing my reactions. Yesterday I was bringing a normally very quiet mare in from the field when the rest of the herd started galloping around for no particular reason I could see. As they took off past her she reared, knocked me over and very nearly came down on top of me. If something had happened I wouldn't have been found for at least an hour.
This has really shaken me, normally it would just be a day to day risk I take with the job but I really want this baby and I'm terrified of something like this happening again. To make it worse 1 day a week I have to do the yard completely on my own and I'm normally totally exhausted by the end of that even when not pregnant.
What would you do in my shoes? I have told my employer about the pregnancy and neither he nor my colleague seem bothered except to find out when I will need to leave for (unpaid) maternity. My OH is furious and is suggesting I leave or go part time to at least give myself some recovery time. If it was you what would you do? Only dry biscuits on offer unfortunately because that's all I can stomach right now