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Re: on the job

From: M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 01:30:07 -0600 (CST)


At Fri, 30 Mar 2001, Long wrote: >
>Hi
>I am 6 weeks pg and my first dr appt is April 10. I normally work 6 to
>7 days a week and I get very wore out not getting a day off and I have
>been sick lately and called in to use fmla and my boss didnt let me off
>because they didnt have anybody to cover the shift. My question is if I
>tell the dr how many hours I work a week can they write a note to only
>work 40 hours?

sure, I do it all the time for my patients, altough I worked a lot more than 40 hours a week when I was pregnannt

I know its early in my pregnancy but if I wear my body >out now its probably just going to get worse and Im scared I am harming
>my pregnancy by not getting enough rest.
>
>Thanks

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M. Kelly Shanahan, MD, FACOG
South Lake Tahoe, CA

author, Your Over-35 Week-by-Week Pregnancy Guide

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