I am sure it has been asked 1,000,000 times in hear so please forgive me for asking again...
How long did you work with your twin pregnancy? Or how long do you plan to work? I wanted to work until 32 weeks or 6 more (including this week) but I am so stinking tired that I feel like there is NO way I am going to make it...
How was it/or is it for you??
Re: How long did you work??
my Ob told me at my first appt to expect to leave work between 24-28 weeks, even if all was fine - he didn't want me to risk PTL by working longer... esp b/c my job has me on my feet a lot of the day.
I left work at 27w (no issues)... and really took it easy- and made it to 38w without a problem. If i had worked much longer I don't think i would have gone as long... being able to sit and rest during the day was key to me - and made me have so many less contrax, etc.
Preemie ID DDs; then DS; then natural M/C; now due 10/17
High risk for pre-term: weekly Makena injections
28 weeks I started working from home full time, 32 weeks I went out. 4 weeks later I delivered!
My doctor told me right at the beginning I would really need to slow it down at 28 weeks to avoid PTL.
I worked a desk job until I was 30 weeks. I could have easily made it another 2-4 weeks, but the (90+ min round-trip) commute was really starting to wear on me. GL!
ETA: I quit my job to become a SAHM, so I didn't take into consideration the 7 (out of 12) weeks of maternity leave I would have lost.
I worked up until the day before my c-section (at 38 weeks & 3 days)... but I worked the last two weeks of that from home. I have a job where I'm not on my feet though...
My Blog - It's All Part of the Adventure
I was induced at 38w2d and I worked until the Friday before that. So, something like 37w5d.
However, I work at home. And I started working from my couch, in a reclined position, at something like 32 weeks. Ad I had no commute.
If I had a normal job, I would have been out way sooner.
Cut the Crap - Weight loss journey of a Few Fat Chicks
I had a desk job and planned to work up till the end if I could. I ended up on bedrest at 25 weeks due to PTL/shortened cervix.
It really is a crapshoot.
I will say that around 32 weeks I was tired and very very uncomfortable. I'm not sure if that is because I had been laying around for 3 months or not. I did deliver big babies though (7lbs 6oz and 8lbs 4 oz) so I was carrying a large load!
I'm 32w 1d and going strong at work, BUT I work from home so I sit at a desk all day and don't have to get ready in the morning, get in my car to drive to work, etc.
If I had to drive to work and still sit at a computer I think I would make it at least another few weeks, but with my job being at home I plan on working all the way up until the babies come.
My dr asks me everytime how I'm doing w/work so I'm guessing its pretty common to get MoM's out of work starting at 28w and on depending on the type of job you have
Started to cut back on the physical aspects of my job around 28 weeks, (sometimes I have to spend 10-hour days standing) working from home some starting at 32 weeks, done with work at 35 weeks.
I worried the whole time that I'd have to go out much earlier, but thanks to great conversations with my bosses, we figured out ways to help me last. If I hadn't been able to work from home some, I don't think I would have made it as long as I did!
TTC #1 Since July 2009 slightly low progesterone, endo, kinked right tube, Clomid, Lap and Hysteroscopy, and 13 months TTC = BFP! (7/23/10) Cautiously Expecting... 8/19/10 - it's TWINS!... 11/8/10 - Boy/Girl twins! Born 37w4d