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Currently an attending and approaching 9 weeks pregnant. The first trimester has been 24/7 nausea and exhaustion. I'm on unisom and b6, but still feel crappy. I've lost 5lbs. I'm struggling to hydrate and keep getting nosebleeds from vomiting. I have a stretch of single coverage night shifts coming up. My "morning" sickness has been mostly at night. During my last stretch of nights, I vomited on the last night (when I was 5 weeks).
There is no back up at this place. It's me and 2 nurses. No PA, RT, tech, specialty coverage, notta. I'm the only physician in the hospital at night and code team leader. I'm starting to feel like this is a bad idea. My plan is to try to find a colleague who is understanding and will switch me for a non-single coverage shift. If that doesn't work, I'm going to ask my OB what she thinks and use some sick leave if she agrees. Knowing that nights in the first trimester increase the risk of preterm birth, I'm not too keen on working 4 nights in a row. How would you handle this professionally? This is our first pregnancy.
There is no back up at this place. It's me and 2 nurses. No PA, RT, tech, specialty coverage, notta. I'm the only physician in the hospital at night and code team leader. I'm starting to feel like this is a bad idea. My plan is to try to find a colleague who is understanding and will switch me for a non-single coverage shift. If that doesn't work, I'm going to ask my OB what she thinks and use some sick leave if she agrees. Knowing that nights in the first trimester increase the risk of preterm birth, I'm not too keen on working 4 nights in a row. How would you handle this professionally? This is our first pregnancy.