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I had a boss years ago who was pleasant to me until I became pregnant.
I was working in Respiratory Therapy when I became pregnant with my first child. We worked 10 hour shifts, 40 hours a week.
I enjoyed my schedule because it gave me one extra day off per week, which was a nice reprieve from 8 hours per day, 5 days a week.
Even though we were scheduled to work 40 hours per week, hardly a week went by that I wasn’t called and asked if I could come in an extra shift to fill in for someone. I usually said yes- that is, until I became pregnant.
I had extreme morning sickness and it would last all day long. I’m not sure why it’s termed morning sickness when most women are sick for a vast majority of the day. It took everything I had deep within me just to get to work each day and full fill my 40 hour per week schedule.
It never failed, when I had a day off after I became pregnant it seemed the calls were coming in on a regular basis, “Lisa, can you come in today, we need an extra person.” I would feel guilty when she called on my day off and make up excuses… “Uh, sorry I can’t, I have plans today.” Why did I feel I had to make excuses when I was legitimately sick and legitimately off for the day?!!
