I work in Homecare, so I basically drive around the metro (avg 70-90 miles a day) to provide therapy in people’s homes who aren’t strong enough to leave the home for therapy. The heat is really getting to me. Not so much in the car (I have tinted windows, a sun shade, multiple water bottles and ice packs to keep me cool in the car), but when I get to my patients homes I start to suffer. Treatment sessions are 30-60 minutes long and I have to average 5-6 visits a day to keep full-time. Few people in Colorado have Air Conditioning though some of my patients do use evaporative cooling systems (keeps it cooler but not cold). Many have nothing other than fans but the heat is melting my brain. I’ve tried to schedule people earlier and later in the day but it doesn’t work out often, nor is spreading the day that far apart conducive to my failing energy levels with the distances I would have to drive doing a split shift. I’ve reached out to my director for ideas but the only idea I got was “try not wearing socks.” (Spoiler, at 90-100 degrees it is not making a difference). None of my coworkers worked full time while pregnant so they didn’t have ideas and dropping hours isn’t financially an option at the moment.

I try to schedule a break in the hottest part of the day somewhere like a coffee shop with A.C. and a fresh beverage, but that doesn’t always work out either.

Has anyone else had to work the last trimester somewhere with limited ability to cool off (and even limited ability to use the bathroom)?