What to do, what to do....?? (vent..kind of)

Spazzy1

I have been out of work for about a week and a half now due to this sciatic pain that I have.  I started with physical therapy this week, and we will see if it does anything for me. I am hoping so because I really hate this pain. As of right now I am still off work for another 2 weeks. I have just used up the rest of my vacation time for last week and this week. 

I am going back and forth on if I even want to go back to work now. I think about all the things that I can get done while I am at home and how much happier I will be. I can go on long term disability, I won't be making as much, but enough to survive. Then I think about the possibility of staying at home so long. Will I get bored? Will I have enough to do? Will this effect the amount of time that I will have off after the baby comes? I just don't know what to do. I work at Starbucks so the thought of being on my feet 8 hours a day until I deliver is a little hard to imagine since all of this pain started while I was at work...

 Thanks for reading... I just needed to vent. I think that I need to talk to DH when he gets home from work. Maybe since his emotions aren't all over the place he can help me with the decision!! 

stbmittleman

Are you sure you're not qualifying for disability right now so you aren't using your vacation? I've known quite a few people who have gone on it, even for a few weeks (I used to work for county government, so people loved to use disability) and I had one friend go on it after her miscarriage for 8 weeks and she said she actually did better on disability than she did working (since Union dues weren't taken out) and we made good money.

I would be looking into disability especially if you are in Cali like I am.

As for being bored and having enough to do, I left my job in April and about a week ago I reached the point where I've decided I'm bored. I kept myself plenty busy before that though, although I don't know how limited you are physically. But I met my friend's for lunch at least once or twice a week and kept myself busy with projects around the house and going on long walks. I also think part of the reason I'm bored now is that I'm trying to slow down and not push myself so much like I was in the second tri.

With that long winded answer, I think it'sa difficult decision. For me, choosing to leave my job was necessary because I had a ridiculously stressful job, wasn't sleeping and was having a lot of flashbacks on horrible cases and trauma I experienced through my job. So to have a healthy pregnancy I left my job. If I had a job that didn't stress me out then I would still be working.  Good luck with your decision.

nsouplynn

That is a difficult decision to make.

I made the decision to quit my job at 3.5 months of being pregnant. The people I worked for was very harsh on me especially on my pregnancy. I was constantly harassed by one of the managers and I couldn't take it on anymore because no one would help me when the manager kept harassing me.

I can go on long term disability, I won't be making as much, but enough to survive.
- If can live off your long term disability with the help of your DH's income, think of the possibilities of what bills he will be taking on one income. Think about how much your income is going to change once you stop working. I would suggest mapping out a budget plan so you won't have to constantly worry about bills or any other emergencies that comes up.

Then I think about the possibility of staying at home so long. Will I get bored? Will I have enough to do? Will this effect the amount of time that I will have off after the baby comes?
- I can just tell you from my perspective of being at home, there's going to be times you will get bored. I would say maybe the first few weeks was really nice because I was away from all the stress, I got plenty of rest as I could and I was able to get a lot of errands done instead of limiting to my weekends. Being at home, YOU WILL find so much to do at home. I'm a part-time college student so that takes up some of my time but once the baby will come, I'm sure you will have plenty to do.