My ideal would be to work until delivery-i want every one of those days of leave when LO is here. However, its getting harder...i'm having contractions (that lead to nothing so far) throughout the day, my back is in terrible pain and the flourescent lights at my office now make me sick (wasn't expecting that)....Tomorrow's my due date, and part of me thinks I should just relent and start my leave, but then I consider the idea that it could be 2 more weeks before she is here and that's time with her I won't have PP...no one can make this decision but me, nevertheless I'd love to hear others' thoughts.
Re: conflicted about work
I don't see how you are still doing it! Granted, I was a waitress before I stopped working so it was always a suck-fest even before I got pregnant. LOL.
How much paid maternity leave do you have? If your SO is able to support your family off his income alone for a few weeks, would it be possible to supplement maternity leave with some unpaid vacation time PP? To me, this would be the best option even if it meant having fairly limited funds for a couple weeks.
Kudos to you for hanging in there this long! I was done a LONG time ago. LOL.
Its not a matter of paid vs unpaid leave...DH is working OT to supplement that, but with FMLA i get 12 weeks period...no matter when they start....
Halfdays my boss is being kinda flexible so far...but I'm not sure how long that will last...will keep it up as long as she is gracious about it and I cna even manage that.
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