Working as a teacher and isolating and update.

[Hopeandhell]

Hi all!

What a strange and frightening time it really is. I’ve been cocooned inside my house for so long that this morning we have a face to face training day (🤦🏻‍♀️) at school and I’ve turned up a whole hour early. It’s odd just sitting in the car park and I can see into my old classroom, really upsetting thinking that at one point I was teaching in that room and my healthy little girl was tucked up inside me.

This week has been odd, the clinic contacted me and I’m waiting till the middle of next month to find out when we can start the short protocol ivf. I’m trying to reduce my BMi by a stone and a half but hopefully I should be alright if we start in six weeks. The mirena coil is out and I’m waiting for a period. My consultant told me I have a good chance of conceiving naturally! (What?!) as he has seen the last two patients who had polys removed falling pregnant. I did ask if I could also and he said yes as it’s not unheard of where it looks like your tubes are blocked but then things change. I wish he hadn’t said that as now it’s raised my hopes.

My question is this... I start a new teaching role in September and I have been and was very very honest with the head. I told her about my daughter and that she’d passed away. I also divulged that she was an IVF baby and as such I wanted to have more IVF to have another child. How on earth will this work with self isolation during treatment inc stims, embryo growing and transfer? I don’t want to come across at the flaky one who starts work and then can’t commit!

One option may be to start work later. One may be to start but go part time and I guess one might be not to start at all. Schools it seems are unlikely to go back fully and it’s a secondary school I’d be joining. A part of my role is not classroom based so I guess that I could do that.

Many thanks,

S

[farfalle15]

There are so many things to think about at the moment even before throwing a new job into the mix, aren't there. I hope your training day went well. It's great that you felt able to be so open with the head - hopefully that bodes well for it being a supportive environment, whatever you choose to do. Wishing you all the best! X

[Hopeandhell in reply to farfalle15]

Thank you! I’m considering my options. My husband is feeling very stressed and worried with it all.

[farfalle15 in reply to Hopeandhell]

I can imagine. I hope you're both managing to take some time out to relax and look after yourselves too. Stay positive and take care 🙂 xx