https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 05 Aug 2026 01:38:54 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288659 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 10:14:38 +0000 Lindsay05 1288659@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I tough it out till lunch time and if I feel worse I go home but if I feel the same, i stick it out. Usually if im fevered thats the turning point. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288589 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:47:51 +0000 Adira 1288589@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: @mrsjyw: Unfortunately, I can't work from home, otherwise I'd definitely do that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288588 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:47:45 +0000 LuLu Mom 1288588@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I go home if all I can think about is feeling sick, in that case I'm not getting any work done so I usually leave. however, I don't have to use PTO when sick, so I don't lose anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288586 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:47:26 +0000 Adira 1288586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@evansjamie: Ugh, I hope I'm not getting the flu either! I just spent a good portion of yesterday with a girl who's husband was JUST in the hospital due to the flu, so I'm nervous!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288569 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:43:57 +0000 mrsjyw 1288569@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have the option of WFH, so if I'm not feeling 100% I usually just work from home and take it easy. Elsewise, if I'd already made it to the office, I usually just suck it up and stay for the day. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288566 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:42:50 +0000 Adira 1288566@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: haha, I wish, but I JUST got AF on Sunday, so seems unlikely!! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288565 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:42:11 +0000 Dandelion 1288565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Blue: Oh, good point!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288544 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:35:34 +0000 Mrs. Blue 1288544@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: hmmmm....nausea, lightheaded, just feeling a little off, but not "sick"....any chance it could be something other than the flu?!?!?! :grin: </p> <p>Seriously, I hope you feel better soon! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288542 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:34:57 +0000 Sammyfab 1288542@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would only go home sick if I was completely unproductive. The last time I went home sick I had flu-ish symptoms...so fever, major chills, nausea... I was sitting in a corner with my winter coat on shivering like a crazy woman! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288533 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:31:48 +0000 bushelandapeck 1288533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unless I was very very sick I would probably stay. I only work part time so I get very little time off and want to save it for when our nanny can't be there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288523 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:29:04 +0000 Alivoo01 1288523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is working from home an option for you? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288485 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:16:57 +0000 autumnlove 1288485@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I try to stay unless someone asks me to leave...coughing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288442 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 09:01:50 +0000 avivoca 1288442@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So, a general sense of unwellness was my first clue that I was pregnant. But a I generally have a day like that when I'm coming down with something like a stomach virus or the flu. So I really have no answers, other than maybe tough it out until lunch and reevaluate then. Also, I hope you aren't getting the flu, because it is TERRIBLE. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288411 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:51:38 +0000 Adira 1288411@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: Hmm... if this was a cold, I'd know I was contagious, but I don't know what this is... though I feel like it's getting worse. Although that could also just be me imagining things, haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288401 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:50:03 +0000 Adira 1288401@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: @Smurfette: Yeah, I hear that! All my sick time was used up, so I'll be using vacation if I go home. And I'm always the one that has to stay home with Xander when he's sick (or has an appointment).</p> <p>@Mae: @Revel: Hmm... I have one task I really should get done today, but otherwise, it's a fairly light day. Maybe I'll get that one task done and then see how I'm feeling! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288400 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:50:01 +0000 mrbee 1288400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If I think I have something contagious, then I will go home. Otherwise I will usually just work, unless there isn't much to do in which case there's no point in me staying there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288396 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:48:17 +0000 Smurfette 1288396@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Well if it is the end of the year and I am going to lose my sick time, I would go home. Now that maternity leave took all my vacation and sick time, and I have to miss work when R is sick, I tough it out.<br /> Hope you feel better. I woke up all congested and a sore throat. Blah. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288388 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:46:20 +0000 Revel 1288388@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually tough it out, but it also depends on what else is going on at work that day. If it's a light day and I just don't feel well, I might stay home occasionally. I hope you feel better! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288385 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:45:02 +0000 Mae 1288385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends how much important stuff I have to get done, how many days off I have, etc. If I have something important to do or I'm really trying to save days I'll tough it out unless physically unable. But if I'm not missing anything important and can afford the day, I prefer to not work if I am coming down with something. Especially this close to the holidays. I feel like sometimes if you can sleep it off early it will pass faster than if you push yourself and just make yourself sicker. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288374 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:41:22 +0000 regberadaisy 1288374@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>With LO being in daycare I like to save as much PTO for when she gets sick and I have to stay home with her or for visiting family etc. So I would suck it up unless I was physically unable to work. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/feeling-sick-whenhow-do-you-decide-to-go-home#post-1288363 Wed, 18 Dec 2013 08:38:12 +0000 Adira 1288363@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I woke up this morning feeling a little lightheaded, but thought maybe I was just dehydrated and guzzled a ton of water. I got ready and I'm now at work, but I'm feel nauseous and can't even eat my breakfast or drink my coffee...</p> <p>Other than feeling nauseous and an overall feeling of "unwellness", I'm technically feeling fine. No headache, no sniffles, etc. I kind of want to go home just to rest, but maybe I'm just being a baby?</p> <p>How sick do you need to be before you decide to go home? </p>