Need opinions please

Ashley

I’m currently 21 and a half weeks pregnant with my first baby (due the beginning of October) and am a dental hygienist. I found out today that my work is planning on reopening soon after being closed for the last 2 and a half months due to covid 19.

I’m struggling with the decision to go back or whether I should stay off and collect sick leave (as I have medical reasons in which I could do that) before my maternity leave. I’m concerned for the safety of my baby as my job is one of the highest risk jobs for contracting things such as covid 19 as we work in people’s mouths all day. I’ve also had two previous early miscarriages in the last year before becoming pregnant with my baby girl and am terrified of going back to work, getting sick, and then something terrible happening to my baby girl. I am fully aware that for the most part babies in-utero have not been shown the be affected by the virus but it still terrifies me and I feel that it is not worth putting her at risk if I am able to just stay home and be safe and then return to work once my mat leave is up next year.

I was just hoping to get some people’s opinions on what I should do 😊