Who all is still working? My plan is to work up until labor/delivery or my due date, which ever comes first. It's becoming increasingly more difficult and I don't know if I can make it!
With my last pregnancy I stopped working at 38 weeks, but the timing of the pregnancy was that in which I didn't have to go back to work (I'm a teacher) until August because he was born end of March. I could take my 12 weeks and then it rolled into summer vacation. This time, my 12 weeks ends April/May so I will have to return for 4-6 weeks.
If I go out early, that means less time with LO when he gets here. But I really don't know how I can manage continuing to work. I feel like crud!
Sorry, just venting. Anyone else still working? Any encouragement to keep going?
Re: Who else is working?
I'm still working! I plan to stop working when I go into labor.. Despite being normally uncomfortable, I'm find myself in excruciating pain every time I take a step with my right leg due to horrible sciatica. I'm receiving physical therapy for it this week, thank goodness! Therefore, I see every day that I make it to work as a huge accomplishment. I'm keeping my eye on the (baby) prize!
Still working. A desk job so it's not really taxing on my body. I cried to my DH this morning that I don't want to work any more because I was sick of feeling ill and ugly and gross and sick of people telling me how tired I look "because my eyes look puffy" uh, thanks for pointing that out. Next person who says that to me I'll tell them how old/fat/etc they've been looking lately. Don't get me started...
Plus, I don't think the time off for the holidays helped. I got to spend it with my daughter and she's grown so much in the past two weeks it is amazing. Makes me so sad to think about what I'm missing, even though I take her home every night from daycare and spend time with her then. ugh.
Sorry, I guess I need motivation too
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Still working and planning on going all the way until I have this kid. I am only taking 6 weeks with this one as that is all the paid time I have. I could take 12 weeks with FMLA but we can't afford for me to do that so I want all my time at the end.
Also for me since I have a 1 1/2 year old at home some times going to work is easier than chasing my little one(Love him to death but he is extremely busy and except for nap time is on the go all day)
Hang in there, we are in the last stretch and will make it.
i'm still working--planning on Feb 1 being my last day.
in general i feel ok, but i think i underestimated the difficulty of sitting in a desk chair 8 hours a day. i'm quite uncomfortable. i'm trying to get up and walk around every hour or so.
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I've had two friends this year go up until their due date though... I think it depends how you're feeling and your work and financial situation
I'm still working it's hard...I'm an account executive/project manager and my job is pretty stressfull. I have to run around in warehouses and approve/ship stuff and it's really starting to get to me.
Going to try to work up to my due date or take off a week or two early...I really really want to take a week or so off before.
Hang in there ladies! We are almost there
I'm working until the Friday before my due date. So the end of the work week before she should be arriving. Unfortunately I'm a delivery driver, so everything about working right now sucks. I spend three hours doing food prep in the morning (digging under a prep table/ in a cooler) that I can barely do over my stomach anymore. Then its up and down and up and down all day in and out of the car which I barely can reach the pedals in anymore... Like really if I get much bigger we have some serious issues cuz we'll need to but blocks on my pedals >.<
I hate going to work these days. I feel like there's so much to get done, and work just gets in the way (when normally, I really don't mind it). I'm going to work until I have the baby, whether I'm early, late or on time. And depending on the circumstances, I'll be starting to work from home 2 weeks PP.
The only reason I'm able to keep up is because I have to.
Though I am at risk for pre-e and early delivery, I am still working because I have to, unfortunately. I am a server/host at a restaurant and practically live on tips, which because of holidays haven't been that great in the first place.
I feel horrible, and am ALWAYS complaining about my back and feet when I get home, lol. I have roughly 6 weeks left until due date, but still I plan to work as long as I can force myself to.
I'm still working 40 hours a week, but it's getting very tiring! I'll be 34 weeks on Wednesday, and my last day is a week before my due date. Luckily, my managers have been very accommodating, and they try to get me a stool to sit on, but I still end up standing/walking a majority of my day. I'm a mobile device technician at the Apple store, and we get very busy. Currently at my store, we don't have appointment availability until the next day or sometimes even 2 days. So we see a lot of people on a daily basis, and I'm constantly having to get up to grab parts or go to the back to do a repair. At least customers are really nice to me when they notice I'm pregnant!
My super all about me birth story:
Then: Fraternal twins born at 26 weeks in 1983. Me: 640 grams. Brother: 840 grams. Family kept watch in the NICU for 5 months before being allowed to go home. On oxygen for a year and a half after being released.
Now: Me: PhD student and married. Brother: Lawyer and married.
Dad's wedding speech: Thank you to all the family who stood watch and prayed for our children's survival. Well now the little scrawny chicken is married. Who would've thought? (Thanks dad for making me laugh and cry at the same time).
My BFP Chart
I'm still working and will until LO is born. Right now is crunch time at work (I work at a university and the semester is about to start up- so the two weeks before and two weeks after are crazy... Except when I'm on the Bump of course ) plus one of my bosses is have knee replacement surgery on 2/4, so I need to be there the first few weeks he's gone (he is a micromanager anyway, so last time he had surgery, he called every day to make sure stuff got done- which it did).
Since we work year-round and I've had some accidents where I've been put on bedrest, I only have about 3.5 weeks worth of paid maternity leave. A few coworkers have been kind enough to donate hours, so hopefully I can take a longer maternity leave.