I don't know exactly what I'm asking for: advice, support, experience? Long term EDF user, but didn't want this to be attached to my user name, as I know quite a few people on here and don't want this to define me. And it makes me feel like an idiot to be honest..... I recently left a short term contract job after only a few weeks. This was partly because I couldn't manage it (and the very long daily commute) during horrendous sickness, headaches and insomnia. These were all pregnancy related, I found out about a week before starting that I was pregnant. I don't think they handled this properly, in terms of communication to me and discussions about how to ameliorate this situation, but I was also keen to put it behind me and wanted to move on because I felt utterly unable to cope. It was a maternity cover contract too and I felt paralysed by feelings of guilt, letting people down, and - yes, I know seems ridiculous in the cold light of day - shame in the fact that I was in the situation in the first place. But there were other reasons to let the job go and why I didn?t fight to keep it ? i.e. it certainly wasn?t my dream job, wasn?t going to give me great experience I could use (as became clear in the first few days), but it was money and potentially my last source of income before having a baby in October (I don't see many people employing me at the moment). And, had I known what I know now from HR, I certainly would NOT have resigned when I did.... So, related to that.. ..I have only just received (a month after my resignation) the first communication from HR about various things relating to the job (didn't have any commnunication from them before this related to the pregnancy, sickness or resignation). And a lot of it doesn't add up to me, although I don't want to go into it here. I don't know whether I'm being oversensitive or ignorant (probably both - and I know I'm more likely to feel vulnerable at the moment) but, to be honest, I feel a bit hard done by, upset by the whole thing, and lacking confidence to pursue it further. I don't have the resources (now I don't have a job) to consult a lawyer at the moment - i.e. I kind of want to know whether I have real legal basis for my feelings before I went down that route and risked making my financial situation far worse. And, at 16 weeks pregnant with still very bad days re illness, I don't know whether I have the emotional resilience to pursue this so I would want to get some idea of what getting involved in a dispute would actually mean. I also want to settle these feelings so I know, if I am being unreasonable in my expectations, I can square things with the organsiation and just move on. Is there anyone out there who has been in a similar situation (I know, mine's quite niche), knows their way around pregnancy related issues in employment, or who can offer a perspective from any personal/professional (even HR) experience? I know I'm relying on community spirit here, but I can offer a bottle of wine, or several coffees/cake, in return?
