What happens if I'm unable to continue my current job due to pregnancy?

Asked by ItalianPrincess1217 (11979) February 19th, 2011 from iPhone

I’m a floor manager in a department store. I am required to do a lot of heavy lifting, moving fixtures, wooden tables, boxes, etc. I already had a horrible scare a couple weeks ago. I had very heavy bleeding and was placed on a week of bedrest. They think it was caused from work. I’m currently about 10 weeks pregnant and I’m concerned that once I get bigger, my job will be much harder to do. I stand for 9 hour shifts, walk back and forth from one end of a large department store to the other. I’m lifting, pushing, pulling, bending…I’m already completely exhausted and weak at the end of my work day. What happens when I’m further along? Am I going to be pulled out of work? Will I lose my job? Will I have to get on disability? I had considered getting a desk job instead but I discovered that’s almost impossible at this point. I wouldn’t get maternity leave at a new job if I haven’t been employed with them for 12 months or more.