UPDATE: I woke up at 3 a.m., went outside to see if I could shovel the drifts away from my car (even though the whole street is drifty), and pulled something in my pelvic area. Hurts to walk. Baby seems to be ok though. I decided to call in and I feel like the worst person alive, I hate the call-off guilt.

I can’t decide what to do or whether to feel guilty. I’m scheduled to work at the hospital tomorrow, a 30 minute drive away, and I don’t see how I’m physically going to get there.

We had a fair bit of snow today and the blowing and drifting is likely going to push us over into a Level 3 snow emergency overnight. I live in a neighborhood that doesn’t get plowed until late morning. I’m 7 months pregnant and I’d have to wake up at like, 3 a.m. to shovel my car out of the driveway and clear it of ice and snow, but even then I’d almost certainly get stuck as soon as I left the driveway.

The hospital offers volunteers to come and pick up staff, but only if they live within a 10 mile radius, which I do not. I couldn’t just go and stay overnight at the hospital because the roads are already bad anyway, and I have a toddler who wouldn’t have anyone to watch him.

I’m planning on waking up early and assessing the situation, but I’m having so much anxiety and guilt over the thought of calling off. I hate to leave the unit short because of a snowstorm.